The main narratives are seldom told by those who advance the main narratives. The Great Depression and first World War seemed to be engineered to bring about the poor conditions you describe so someone like Hitler could get into a position of power.

Charlie Kirk, in my opinion, is a casualty of people not being willing to listen to facts beyond their talking points. Free speech is a big one, and Mr. Kirk had to pay the price it actually costs in his own blood. If we want to have some different experience, we need to fix and address the problems we have where a public speaker appears to need an entire security detail complete with their own snipers in order to be possibly safe enough to speak.