I will play Scott Adams here for you:
The fact that he has included Marx and Trotsky above is NOT necessarily meant as a compliment to either man.
He is, however, pointing out that these two fellows had an outsized impact on humanity due to their own particular extraordinary sets of skills.
Pointing out that someone had an extraordinary set of skills that led them to outsized achievement (like noting Hitler’s skill for oratory, as an example) is NOT, repeat, NOT the same as saying that you agree with their policies or ideologies.
Understood.
Just rankled me seeing those two names anywhere near Einstein.