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Originally Posted by The Batlord
Grab a library by the pussy.
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Lavrentiy Beria approves.
If memory serves, in Lenin's last days, Stalin had a pretty rude conversation with Lenin's wife (I don't remember exactly what he said, but it was interesting). Trotsky didn't have the gumption that Stalin did, which is why Trotsky lost in the power struggle. Say what you will about Stalin, but he was obviously an incredibly intelligent guy (not just booksmart, like many of the leading members of the appartchik at the time), and a masterful political manipulator.