Burris- Lenin used the desires of the Russian people so that he and his extremist group could seize power

The October Revolution and its results were representation of the people of Russia in order for Lenin and his extremist group to seize power. Lenin started off doing what any other leader would do; he simply told the people what they wanted to hear, hoping that he would be able to gain power from it. Lenin knew that the country of Russia was in poor conditions following the February Revolution and the lost of the Russo- Japanese war, so this was Lenin’s chance to come up with a plan that was pleasing to the people of Russia so that he could seize power. Lenin used the slogan “Peace, Land, and Bread.” (Source 3) To demonstrate what he would provide for the people as they were in need and in favor of that; the people where suffering from starvation, the workers and peasants were longing for land, and the majority of the people in Russia were wanted peace from the war. Lenin targeted mainly the workers and the peasants within his campaign to seize power of Russia because they were the majority of the people. “He and his tiny group stood for the people, particularly the workers and peasants, while the provisional government represented the bourgeoisie.” (Source 3) Lenin made the people of Russia become of his favor by deeply identifying the problems within the Provisional Government, “Provisional Government; exposure of utter falsity of its promises.” (Source 4) Lenin discovered some unmade promises to the people and proposed by the Provisional Government so that the people would be in favor of him. Lenin wanted to be pleasing to the people to earn his dictatorship as he wanted, “Confiscation of private lands. Nationalistic of all lands in the country and management of such lands by local soviets of Agricultural Laborers’ and Peasants’ Deputies.” (Source4) By Lenin being favored by the majority of Russia’s population which was the working class and the peasants, it was easier for him to seize the throne.
Although Lenin told the people of Russia exactly what they wanted to hear, it was all so that he could uphold a successful attempt to seize power by strong armed tactics. “In a famous article published in Pravada on April 9, 1917, he remarked that “the basic question of every revolution is that of state power.” At the earliest possible moment that was what he wanted. He cared less about the fine words of the constitution.” (Source 3) Lenin’s main aim was to feed the Russian people with what they wanted to hear, and then seize power as soon as possible. Lenin did not like anyone that disagreed with him, “What they failed to understand was that Lenin’s schematic thinking provided nationalization for attempting to take power immediately. Once back in Russia, however, Lenin won over most of the Bolsheviks and wanted to excel anyone who disagreed with him.” (Source 3) Lenin wanted to be the dictator of all dictators and out shine everyone, which was his main purpose, he longed for the spotlight. “What he really wanted was power which he considered the crucial target in all revolutions.” (Source 3) Lenin considered power as a very crucial target. Power meant more to Lenin than freedom for the people meant. “Lenin’s desire to pursue “real freedom” by dictatorial means undermined the project of democracy before it got off the drawing board. His millennial dreams for the people of the Russian Empire were to lead down a road of greater suffering and misery than anything in their worst nightmares.” (Source 3) Lenin really cared about himself and power more than anything. “Their “dictatorship of the proletariat,” he claimed, represented “higher” form of democratic institution than a mere republic with a Constituent Assembly. He had a way with words heaping abuse on anyone who opposed him.” (Source 3) Lenin longed for and gained power of the people and he verbally abused anyone that did not agree with him. Lenin formulated new police within Russia to do the following tasks, “1. To suppress and liquidate all attempts and acts of counterrevolution and sabotage throughout Russia, from whatever quarter. 2. To hand over for trial by revolutionary tribunal all saboteurs and counter-revolutionaries, and to work out means of combating them.” (Source 3) Lenin wanted to punish those that were against him, simply because he had the impression that it was Lenin’s way or NO way! The October Revolution began off as being the desires of the Russian people as it was Lenin’s and the Bolshevik’s plan to seize power through the use of strong armed tactics.