It's more like: first they came for X, and I helped them disappear X because they gave me a share of the money X was making and it was good money for me! ... a

It's more like: first they came for X, and I helped them disappear X because they gave me a share of the money X was making and it was good money for me! ... and then when they came for me I didn’t complain because that would be cringe and hypocritical.