By the standards of his day can we call Napoleon a bad guy? He wanted more power for France and used military force to achieve that power, but that seems to be pretty standard for the time period. He was not a genocidal maniac, not a racist, at least by the standards of his day, he did have some deep flaws that contributed to his downfall, but he was certainly an improvement over the kings he replaced. So I also have to ask, if he ultimately won and retained power, would Europe ended up being better, worse or much the same?