Many voters supporting the former president also rated him as more truthful than their own friends and family

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    Because he’s the only candidate who has expressly promises to make the lives of people they hate worse

    Of course, that means their own lives will be worse, but they’re not smart

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      There’s an old Russian proverb about a man who finds some magic creature, I can’t remember what exactly. It tells him he can have anything he wants, on the condition that his greatest enemy will get the same thing. “In that case,” the man says, “take one of my eyes…”

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          No, I think the point was that many people would rather make their enemies suffer alongside themselves than share in something good.

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            I mean was the Russian proverb that you can wish for what you want, but your worst enemy will get twice as much. Answering losing one eye means your worst enemy will lose two.