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Tuesday, November 16, 2021

Lenin is on his deathbed

 Lenin is on his deathbed, and he turns to Stalin and says, "I'm worried that you might not be the right man to succeed me, Josef Vissarionovich. I don't know if the people will follow you..."

"Don't worry, Vladimir Ilyich," replies Stalin. "Half the people will follow me, and the other half will follow you."

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