Muse- The people's desires made them vulnerable and open for Lenin's sieze of power

During the Ocotber Revolution Lenin used the people's desires in order to sneak in and obtain power within Russia. Over time he played back and forth on key factors that helped him gain and maintain power. He spoke to their needs and gained their trust in order to create a domino effect and advance his place in the country.
As Lenin was returning from exile he was able to create 10 ideas that became his April Theses (2). These theses were ideas/points that Lenin believed would better the country and pull them from the slump they had previously been in, while at the same time push him to top command. Some of these ideas included: removing power from the bourgoise and placing it with the Soviets and proletariats, the merging of all banks, bringing about communism, etc (4). He believed that these ideas could lift Russia by addressing the people's needs, especially since they had previously been under an irresponsible Provisional Government as well as the Tsar. Both of which left the country in dire need of repair and control. Lenin promised "Peace, Land, and Bread" (2) for the people in order to win them over. Although there were skeptics, the majority of Russia began to buy into him and his ideas. One of the major and most discussed forms of reform was his idea to give power to the Soviets (2&4). The Soviets were basically the voice of the working class, NOT the voice of the bourgoise. Basically Lenin was proposing a "Dictatorship of the Proletariat" (2) which, alhtough yielding power to them, revealed more of his real intentions...dictatorship.
That being said, Lenin had a few points in his April Theses that proved to be a little sour. He wanted to oust democratic elections but create a Republic of Soviets consisting of other Bolsheviks and himself (4). Although this Republic was outlined in his April Theses, his true intentions were to create a large dictatorship for himself. He created many opportunities for the people while at the same time had some instances the began showing a different Lenin. As seen in source 3, Lenin signed for freedom of press which was a large factor for the people. Although he opened the freedom of press he, at the same time, contradicted his decision by silencing the newspapers that "incited resistance to Sovnarkom."(3) Yes the main goal of his so called "rise to power" was to gain trust and control of the people[mainly the proletariats] BUT with most of his ideas being put into place Lenin was creating a gap between him and the bourgoise. Though they weren't the majority of the population they still accounted for a significant amount.
One fo the areas Lenin stressed to address was lack of supplies for the civilians due to the war effort. Both the Tsar and Provisional Government had depleted the people of supplies and still expected their respect and loyalty (1). So when Lenin began addressing issues he ensured "Peace, Land, and Bread."
A large factor that contributed to both support and disclaim of Lenin was his creation of the Cheka. The Cheka was a secret police that was put into place in order to stamp out resistance(3). He gained support from the proletariats because the Cheka would be able to deal with counterrevolution. As the bourgoise, landowners, and rich were undermining the revolution they were bribing parts of society to participate in riots (3). This way the Cheka assissted the proletariats by ridding of those that created opposition.
So in all, Lenin was able to sieze power by playing off the people's desires. He gave them power, or what they believed to be power, in order to gain trust, promised them improvements from previous governments/leaders while at the same time gained opposition due to his attempt to please the lower class. He used cunning and trickery to achive a place of power, in whihc he had both hipocritical instances and points of brilliance. Overall I would say Lenin, although concieved as a liar, was a power driven mastermind.