Lenin's works are essentially rebuttals to his critics and yes there's something to his arguing against figures who ended up on the garbage heap of history. But

Lenin's works are essentially rebuttals to his critics and yes there's something to his arguing against figures who ended up on the garbage heap of history. But the ideas of his critics live on, with new advocates. For example, he wonderfully critiques anarchists and terrorism. We still live with right and left terrorists who think they will make a difference. They will not. And so on.