Henry Kissinger, dead, is big on LinkedIn

Henry Kissinger’s death at 100 on Wednesday, after a storied career drenched in blood and unchecked war crimes, has sparked both dutiful tributes and notes of justified revulsion from around the world. But in one corner of the internet, merchants of corporate aspiration have been activated, celebrating what appear to be random encounters with the former secretary of state. The apparent purpose? To tout one’s incidental proximity to the statesman. The result has been a parade of photos, invariably greasy and blurry, featuring LinkedIn users noting their honor to have...