Wow, I'm not even trying to argue that he had a good philosophy, just that his ideas ended up being massive failures from what he originally intended.
People cannot be judged solely by the consequences of their actions, in any case; context is also important. We don't consider Robert J Oppenheimer or Albert Einstein mass murderers even though their work very directly contributed to the deaths of thousands of civilians. We do consider Osama bin Laden a mass murder though.
Maybe you ought to be a little less vindictive in your judgment of historical figures.
People cannot be judged solely by the consequences of their actions, in any case; context is also important. We don't consider Robert J Oppenheimer or Albert Einstein mass murderers even though their work very directly contributed to the deaths of thousands of civilians. We do consider Osama bin Laden a mass murder though.
Maybe you ought to be a little less vindictive in your judgment of historical figures.