Suits were in fashion in the '80s!
After watching those videos, I'm sure he was sincere at every period in his life. I wouldn't blame him for deciding to earn himself some money, it's tough being poor. I expect everyone would want to live in eutopia if given the choice, but we must still survive in the society we have now. As long as he didn't exploit people, animals or the planet to make his money, I don't judge him for it.
Some of the things he said back in his younger days seemed a little unrealistic to me, so his mellowing was not all bad for him as a person I think. When I watch and read about the hippy radicals, many of them seemed to have gone way over the top with their demands. The money-throwing stunt in the stock exchange was pure genius, of course. I think it's great that he became an environmentalist. For me, the green movement is the true hippiedom. People, planet, profit
Everything I write is fictional roleplay. Obviously! End tribal genocide: www.survival-international.org Quick petitions for meaningful change: www.avaaz.org/en/
End prohibition: www.leap.cc www.tdpf.org.uk And "Feeling Good" by David D.Burns MD is a very useful book.