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The corporation is one of the great unheralded human inventions of destruction. It is a way to absolve from any personal liability a bunch of people. They form together in a massive ID and they do whatever they want.

Keith Olbermann

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Keith Olbermann
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: January 27
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