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Distributional equation X+X=2XX+Y=2X

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Distributional equation X+X=2X

Let $X$ be a positive real-valued random variable. Let $Y$ be an independent copy of $X$ and assume that the equality $X+Y=2X$ holds in distribution. Does this imply that $X$ is constant?