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Structures can be manipulated for ill as well, especially when people are dealing with issues of power, or control, or violence.

Ian MacKaye

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Ian MacKaye
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: April 16
Composer
Guitarist
Singer
Washington
District of Columbia
Well
Ill
People
Structure
Especially
Violence
Control
Issues
Manipulated
Power
Structures
Wells
Dealing

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