Maybe you want to read up on the founders of our Country. Many risked, and lost, a great deal personally. Washington himself was a reluctant candidate for president, gained nothing personally from it, and then went home to continue his life as a citizen, not a celebrity.
>> Maybe you want to read up on the founders of our Country. Many risked, and lost, a great deal personally. Washington himself was a reluctant candidate for president, gained nothing personally from it, and then went home to continue his life as a citizen, not a celebrity. >>
They did indeed RISK their lives and fortunes, but not for certain defeat and not in sacrifice. They risked it knowing that if they were successful, they would be part of changing history and in the end would create a society where they could get their fortunes back. And thats A GOOD THING.
That’s where people get misled - there is nothing wrong with wanting fame and/ or fortune when you successfully do something great - especially if you risked fortunes that you had made earlier.
That’s all good, but it’s not the same as altruism in its purest sense. These men, just like the planners and participants in D Day - knew full well that they were on the precipice of history and that is a large part of what fueled them - and that’s a GOOD thing. But it still did fuel them and to deny it is to deny human nature.
As to Washington, he was a man of very unusual character regarding fame. We was not averse to personal wealth however.