I’m sure some of the people who were in the Capitol were there to smash and destroy. But let’s not forget that there was a coordinated plan, I believe by the FBI, to lead protesters directly in the Capitol. It was a trap. There are many videos which in fact show police moving barricades and allowing protesters to enter.
And you are right. Lots of innocent people are having their lives and careers destroyed. Canceled. Because they were caught in this trap.
Judging from some of the firebrands I see here on FR - and have seen for years - I don’t think anyone needed the FBI to ‘lead’ them to the Capitol; and they didn’t need the President to do that, either.
They just needed a relative few people who said, ‘Come On!’; and a lot of fools, pumped-up emotionally and without thinking, fell for it.
(Didn’t one of the more colorful people there have a sign that said ‘Q sent me’???)