Now some people would argue that Marx had his shot and that his system of government will never work. They would point to the failures of the Russian Revolution in 1917. However, I would argue that Lenin did not hold Marx’s ideals; instead he acted at his own self-interest and gave birth to a totalitarian state instead of following Marx and giving rise to a communism form of government. Vladimir Lenin founded the Russian Communist Party, lead the Bolshevik Revolution, and was know as the successor to Karl Marx’s works (Vladimir). Born on April 22, 1870, in Russia, Lenin had a mixed childhood growing up. He grew up with a educational background, both is parents went to school and were also educated (Vladimir). However, his father was fired from his job due to the economic issues of the Russian government and his brother was charged with planning to assassinate the emperor of Russia (Vladimir). With his brother dead and his father gone Lenin became the man of the house now and his hatred towards the Russian government and its monarchy was beginning to take …show more content…
“Leninism is constituted, above all, as a more or less systematic set of orientations towards the seizure of state power, the conceptualization of the post-revolutionary proletarian state, and the exercise of state power (Vanaik1995, 3076)”. When Lenin took power in 1917, he did so in believing that the new government in charge was not worthy to take over Russia. However, the new government that overthrew the emperor of Russia was a democratic one. By the time of Lenin's death “soviet democracy no longer existed” the people had been forced into a new form of government one ruled by the state (Vanaik 1995, 3076). Marx did not want to force any group or state into Communism, he believed that the mass would they would rise up and take control. “The proletarian movement is the self-conscious, independent movement of the immense majority, in the interests of the immense minorities (Tucker 1978,