Lyndon LaRouche

As someone who worked on Capitol Hill for a number of years, I often walked passed the kids outside the subway pushing pamphlets that spouted LaRouche's latest conspiracy theory. I took a few just out of curiosity, but I never really got what he was about, apart from making up some wildly crazy shit from time to time.

After reading this informative profile (via Kevin Drum) of the man and his movement, I can confirm that yes, they are crazy, but in ways that make for an interesting read. LaRouche himself comes across as almost Maoist in the cult of personality he managed to engender among his core group for over 40 years, despite the torrents of personal and financial abuse he heaped upon them. But while Mao got the revolution he wanted and changed the world, the same cannot be said about Lyndon LaRouche. In the end, his is a tale "full of sound and fury, signifying nothing."