There are the few who make a difference and the many that
do not. Station does not determine this distinction: There are the many among
those in power who live and die insignificant and there are the few among the
lowly who prove noteworthy.
In fiction the important characters never die or do so
dramatically. Unimportant characters are slaughtered in droves and we are
grimly amused no matter the body count. Reality is not so different.
In fiction a hero is loved for his heroism and a villain
for his flair. The anonymous, even if granted token names, are entirely
expendable whether supposedly good or bad. Reality is no different.
We celebrate our fictional heroes because they live and
die for things worth fighting for. We enjoy our fictional masterminds for
bothering to make evil interesting. We appreciate the slaughter of our
fictional bystanders and cannon-fodder because their grim fate is the only
thing that makes them interesting. Again, reality is no different.
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