Well, no; I don't either. In fact it's hard to imagine an "evil" folkie, even crafting such a performance/identity without his or her skill or demeanor commenting on things.So, no, M&M ain't carrying any folk torch. On the other hand, he is the flavor-of-the-month in the popular (money-grabbing) arena, which always has had an element of the sideshow geek in it: real points exaggerated to ultra-simplicity have always sold, because they are easier than thinking. Certainly people who have had miserable childhoods, see the world in terms of certainties, and see themselves as people with a license to hurt and kill to redress these matters are attractive to the immature. But skillfully applied mud is still mud.