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Lenin adopted (or lied about adopting) whatever policies he felt would allow him to get into power and then keep it. That was his only real ideology. Not that

• Ray20 2y ago
  Lenin wrote, like, 20 billion books and articles about his ideology. And no, you generally doesn't need 20 billion books and articles to get into power and then keep it. Compare him with Stalin, who even read with difficulty, or with Putin, who wrote one and a half articles on history.
  • wqaatwt 2y ago
    In that sense perhaps he was more similar to someone like Hitler, that’s true. But the amount of content he published hardly related to his actual actions. He was a power seeking pragmatist above all else (ideological concerns were usually secondary).