It was shameful as it was, and could have been incredibly more shameful, violent, and repulsive. And it could have resulted in murder. I only disagree with the idea that somehow Trump would have "harnessed that chaos to remain in office." You're welcome to that opinion, but that's and incredibly dim view of institutions like the police, the military, the states, courts, etc. I can definitely see it causing more chaos if it was more violent, but no, I don't see the police being "whelp, they're in there and they murdered congresspeople, they're the new government." And California being "well, they murdered our representatives, that's it."
Anyway, it's a semantic argument anyway...Jan 6 was a debacle, and Trump and his enablers should be held responsible. I have no problem with hearings, and prosecutions as warranted. But ultimately, I'm way more concerned with the things that aren't solved by a locked door, which were outlined in that original post, and just want to make sure those are not lost, either by Republicans hoping to sweep them under the rug, or Democrats focused on the more dramatic or salacious things on video.
Our Democracy isn't a building that can be breached or a single person that can be murdered. If that was the case than Russia could have defeated the U.S. with one nuke on the Capitol and "own the United States." It's processes and checks and balances that Trump tried to undermine in the courts and elector slates, etc. that are the more existential danger to me. I'm more concerned with where they held, why they held, what happens next if they don't hold in the future, what can be done about it.
I guess I feel way, way more confident that I know what would have eventually transpired if buffalo head guy killed Nancy Pelosi and Mike Pence than I do about what would have happened if several states had refused to certify election results, or Pence had refused to certify the election, etc.