Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin, these dudes were puppets.

If you're liking him for the reasons you are stating: Admiration of the ability of manipulating other people, the course of action he had taken in tryin to reform society, then he is a great failure.
to understand humans to the point that you can get them to do whatever you want, i admire him for that and also his views on society like people worshipping celebrities and shit and also people afraid to be themselves. but im not too big on the religion part and i doubt he was either. i think he just used it as part of his manipulation tactics.