
It’s actually a great example of the difference between movies and reality. In most movies the evil people “know” that they are evil, they want to be evil. In reality evil mostly comes from people thinking they are doing the “right” thing, which has to be done, while ignoring their empathy or being incapable of empathy.
Last I checked he was the richest person on the planet. Couldn’t he just pay the protestors more than what they are paid now to make them stop protesting?