I should say, ‘in hope of making a few extra bucks’. May they rot for what they have done.
It's pretty much guaranteed you'll get your wish.
Historically, when media or scientific types throw in with Marxists, tempted to do so by money or influence, they get a surprise when the Marxists have consolidated power and no longer need them.
Hi ho, hi ho, it's off to the Gulag you go!