Lyndon LaRouche Roaches
What’s the point behind Lyndon Larouche? I don’t understand it.
My answer to Falconrath, simple enough:
I don’t understand the question. He was born. He’s crazy. He uses the right memes to attract enough of the politically disaffected to send him money. He operates as a cult.
Right memes to send him money? Take this guy, who has my deepest sympathies:
my brother gave 5K to Lyndon LaRouche
No shit! I just found out today. He’s been brainwashed. At some point during his years at Northern Va Community College he got tuned in by those live at home with parents/bullied in high school/no social life twits on campus. He doesn’t read the newspaper or watch the news, he only gets information from the LaRouche newspaper, and during the fall campaign he made some pretty hefty donations to the cause. I was googling him today and found out, such donations are legally required to be posted. Anybody know any good deprogrammers?
Though, I must say, that is a little harsh to those who live with their parents, were bullied in high school, have no social life on campus, and for that matter those who don’t watch the news. (Actually it’s a good idea not to watch the news — better to read the news… tv news is defacto a joke.)
It occurs to me that these are boom times for the Lyndon LaRouche organization. During the Clinton administration, Lyndon LaRouche was stuck demonizing Alan Greenspan, who one can justifiably criticize — but the basic problem is it’s not a terribly sexy target. Today, he has a full plate of “Children of Satan” to choose from… the Bush Administration, war, and a flunky economy provide him with the restless makings to “fight the power” against.
And the memes? I do not believe that Lyndon LaRouche ever actually came out in support for the election of Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Michael Dukakis, etc. In fact, quite famously he injected the idea that Dukakis was crazy into mainstream debate, which the George Bush the Better Campaign smiled and nodded when the question was asked by EIR at a press conference. (EIR is “Executive Intelligence Review” — LaRouche’s newspaper.) And he called Walter Mondale a KGB Agent. Thus, with the support of Kerry, he threw himself into that classic corner of liberal and Democratic frustration: “Anybody But Bush”. (And if I had a nickle for every time I’ve seen a right-wing blogger make the statement “What’s the difference between LaRouche’s conspiracy theories and the current Loony Left’s? — the parlor game of figuring out the powers that be are a bit messy, and opportunism strikes for those who want to butt in.)
Next, you muse on the spectacle of LaRouche’s discardinging of the low-brow and silly, in favour of… well, the high-brow and silly. Do any of the LaRouch Youth Squad really understand “Gauss’ theory of squaring the circle”? You play with the idea of giving the student knowledge that they’re not being given due to our current decaying educational standards. Also note the backlash against the corrupting 1960s and the “sex, drugs, and rock and roll” ethos. These are indeed good ways to interject your cult (any cult, mind you) into the mind of a certain vulnerable types of college students.