If your argument is "sure, a terrible modern event has a parallel in the 1920s and 30s but don't worry we turned out just fine", might I suggest reading about the 1940s.

i want to be exactly rich enough to buy a spacious, perfectly organized kitchen, where i’m not forced to stack all my pots and pans in a psychologically unmanageable way. and no richer

You spend years platforming and agreeing with Nazis and the next thing you know people are not charitably interpreting a hand gesture

That guy who's been boosting Nazis and spreading Nazi propaganda for years? He was doing one of those "My Heart Goes Out To You" salutes.