I feel really bad for the guy. Clearly his "friends" are very short sighted since while they lived high on the hog for a moment, long term who will ever want to work with them? What will be their means of income?
“Activism is a way for useless people to feel important, even if the consequences of their activism are counterproductive for those they claim to be helping and damaging to the fabric of society as a whole.” - Dr Thomas Sowell