Here's the pattern
at hand: a) discouragement or
disgust with radical politics or the undeniable impact of some conservatism - friendly facts, results in a move away from political statements and activism, a retreat, into counter-culturalism, self -
discovery, and artistry - for - artistry's sake, b) shifts in the political situation, or
disgust at «apathy,» provoke a passionate recommittment to the leftist cause or a new articulation of it, and then,
at some point, the rock - bohemian returns back to a).