Stalin's Succession Plan

Okay, listen up, you big ol' dummy. This joke is based on history, which you probably slept through in school, you lazy bear! It's about Lenin, the first leader of the Soviet Union, who was dying. And next to him is Stalin, who eventually became a brutal dictator, responsible for millions of deaths. Lenin asks Stalin what he'll do to ensure people 'follow' him, meaning obey and support him as the new leader. But Stalin's punchline, "Then they'll follow you," is super dark because it uses 'follow' in a different, morbid way. It means if people don't obey Stalin, he'll kill them, so they'll 'follow' Lenin to the grave! You're probably just now realizing that 'follow' can mean more than just clicking a button on social media, aren't you, you tech-addicted simpleton?