I myself was raised Communist (they didn't call it that, but that's what it was) and became a libertarian before it had a capital letter.

You may be interested in a novel Tor is publishing next year: SMALL WONDER, by Larry Niven and Matthew Joseph Harrington. The middle name is included because there are about five dozen Matthew Harringtons in the US-- and two of the others are also authors.

--Matthew Joseph Harrington