Joseph Stalin
3 statements across 3 episodes · 0 bullish · 3 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Aug 2, 2023 by Marc Andreessen · said 36 times in 12 episodes since 2019 · across every show →
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2026 1 mention in 1 episode
2025 15 mentions in 5 episodes 3 per episode
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2024 2 mentions in 2 episodes 1 per episode
2023 12 mentions in 2 episodes 6 per episode
2022 5 mentions in 1 episode
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Aug 2, 2023 negative
Andreessen: Albert Einstein held pro-Soviet and pro-Stalinist views
“Einstein, unfortunately, and I know Einstein's, a lot of people consider Einstein to be a hero, not just scientifically, but morally, and the movie paints him as a, both a scientific and a moral hero, which is kind of the received wisdom. A little bit of an is…”
Oct 24, 2025 negative
Andreessen: Albert Einstein was pro-Stalin and favored a communist dictatorship
“Einstein was the exact opposite of a moral exemplar. Einstein was Stalinist. Like, Einstein was, like, a full-on, like, Einstein was pro-Stolic, like, not even just pro-communist, was actually, like, pro-Stalin, and Einstein thought, but, like, American democr…”
Nov 19, 2025 negative
Andreessen: Corporate Five-Year Plans Originated From Joseph Stalin
“The creator of the concept of the five-year plan was, of course, Joseph Stalin. Like, it was literally the Soviet Union run as five-year plans, and actually, in, in the, between the 2019 twenties, 19 fifties, that idea actually mainstreamed itself into Western…”