It reminds me of George Orwell – Idealistic rebel who looked around one day and figured out that the utopia he was working towards was a hellish fraud. At that point many people are content to keep their realizations to themselves – it takes real courage to do the right thing and say now I get it. David Mamet is another one – realized overnight that every time one of his liberal new york friends said something, he was clenching his fists and trying to stop from telling them to STFU.