Quote Originally Posted by Molodets View Post
Good = improving living conditions for his people. Bad = unneccesary violence. You didn't understand what I meant by good/bad? An example: Hitler was bad. He may have done some good things for some people, but I certainly don't think Hitler was a hero. And I know more about Hitler than I do Lenin... which is why I asked...
Well, all the activity of Lenin (as it was claimed) was directed towards the goal of ultimate improving living conditions for all the people worldwide. Most probably he believed it himself. And he believed that all the violence was absolutely necessary. So from this point of view he is perfectly good.

On the other hand, his project (world revolution and just society of plenty and happiness) finally failed and all the violence appeared to be in vain. So from this point of view he is perfectly evil.