It’s much easier to die along with everyone else, but everything depends on the courage of some Vasya. Or on his inflated ego.
And, yes. There are many people to whom I feel I owe a debt. Even my life. The exchange will be quite beneficial.
Just because you consider any virtue a way to boost your ego, it doesn’t become one. Some people are raised in such a way that they simply cannot act otherwise; some don’t want to feel like animals, etc.
We are discussing a hero who saves the world, an ordinary person. Where in the topic does it say that he is a sociopath and doesn’t care about human society? Don’t lump everyone together.
In favor of Cash: it says “not alone,” not “without instincts.”
P.S. Of course. After all, there is patriotic propaganda (just ask our Stalin now), numerical superiority, and a well-chosen tactic that ensures victory.