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Democracy is always frustrating.

Reid Hoffman

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Reid Hoffman
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: August 5
Businessperson
Entrepreneur
Investor
Writer
Stanford
California
Reid Garrett Hoffman
Reid G. Hoffman
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Democracy
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