I struggle to separate the man from the ideals, when it comes to political and economic matters.

The fact that Tolstoy was a (no disrespect meant, but I'll use the modern term: ) 'nepo baby', born and raised into nobility on his own estate with all the trappings, and then in turn begat his own large brood of noble-born nepo babies (who by-the-way were paid a special allowance by their government in order to maintain the family estate, following Leo's passing - quite the opposite of the elsewhere-mentioned Land Value Tax, then), is somehow a sad indictment of the way humanity trumpets it's hard won wisdom either during, or after, doing the opposite themselves.

That said, he was also a very good writer, and an intelligent and accomplished person in many ways.