If you posted the entire sentence it would be clear that I left out the word not, as in.
LOL. That there was a "not" missing never occurred to me.
As for "the word not, as in," I have not clue what the "as in" is about. Trying to find context to help isn't doing the job. I can, however, figure out despite the punctuation errors that "not" is in apposition to "word" even though "not" is neither set off by commas as required to show apposition nor in quotes to show that the word is a quotation, not a normal part of the sentence.
The above string of words is another example of where it helps to write English sentences if one expects to be understood. Spelling, grammar, and punctuation errors are generally ignored in these types of fora as long as the language is intelligible. However, it's unreasonable to accuse folks of lying when they cannot interpret unintelligible sentences in the way you had in mind. You have to either get your typed words closer to your intent or not judge readers so harshly when they have not come up with your preferred interpretation.
They did believe that COMMUNISM was not good for the people, Lenin called COMMUNISM and propaganda a tool.
As for the form, at a minimum, the comma is still wrong. Should be either a semicolon or a period. However, based on further context provided by you, I think what you meant was "Since Lenin referred to communism and propaganda as "tools," I conclude that they did not believe that communism was good for the people.
As for the correctness of your conclusion, I offer this quote from Wiki, since you seem to find it credible:
"A communist revolution is a proletarian revolution inspired by the ideas of Marxism that aims to replace capitalism with communism, typically with socialism (state-run means of production) as an intermediate stage. The idea that a proletarian revolution is needed is a cornerstone of Marxism; Marxists believe that the workers of the world must unite and free themselves from capitalist oppression to create a world run by and for the working class. Thus, in the Marxist view, proletarian revolutions need to happen in countries all over the world; see world revolution."
Sounds to me like the communist revolution was founded on a belief that communism was in the best interests of the people. That damn capitalism is just too oppressive. <g>
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