I am no expert in Hegel! I know very few who are. And I appreciate your footnote and guidance to some alternative reading of his dialectic! I don't recall writing that I agree with his dialectic method, however. You assume that I do in your response.

And actually I do think that Marx was correct in thinking that the proletarian revolution was inevitable. I believe that revolution was a matter of progress for him and that he would indeed consider Lenin's Revolution as progress. Although, I would be curious to know whether Marx got this from Hegel's reading of the French Revolution. I know Hegel largely influenced his thinking.

Do you know in what way Hegel influenced Marx on revolution?

Thank you for the comment and for your insight.