Inspired by them or not, it’s cartoon. The fact that we're arguing this is sad.
Danzo was a scumbag, Uchiha were bigger scumbags, that's how the world works. There's no 'evil' side here, the world itself was evil
Now tell me, do you think it'd have been wiser if Danzo allowed the Uchiha to do as they please only for the civil war to incite a shinboi war worldwide that'd lead to thousands upon thousands of casualties.