Certainly, artistic or other insightful movements can be taken over by vulgar politics. That's the natural order of things. This is a theme of the Dune sci-fi series, as I think we might have discussed already.

I'm talking here about individual authenticity, though, in opposition to the compromises needed to adapt to the norms of large groups. I believe John Vervaeke would stress, rather, the need to adapt in that way, or to go with the flow, on Taoist grounds.