I ran into every political wacko and ideology in Cambridge before I was 18, most of them died of drugs or were destroyed by them, sad a lot of talent down the tubes.
I've always loved folk music too...from the time I was 12 or 13.And I guess for a while I believed its messages too.But later I realized that most folk singers were/are phony limousine leftists.But in spite of that I still love the music itself.