Great points. I guess my OP is asking: when he is mentioned, is seems to be as much about his personality and failings as the core of his system, so I am trying to sort that out…your points about his points being taught clarifies that.
The way my professor explained it, he wasn’t against civilization, just big centralized government. He wanted government to be as local as possible. His ideal world would be millions of mostly-independent city-states.