From Donald Trump to Katie Taylor – heroes to many but it’s all about us

Humans need to create heroes but hero worship is a selfish act

Tue, Aug 29, 2017, 07:00

Padraig O'Morain

No more heroes any more: In real news, a fake Donald Trump gets installed in the new National Wax Museum in Dublin earlier this year. Photograph: Brenda Fitzsimons

No more heroes any more: In real news, a fake Donald Trump gets installed in the new National Wax Museum in Dublin earlier this year. Photograph: Brenda Fitzsimons

Do you regard somebody as heroic? If so why? I don’t mean what makes them heroic. I mean, why do you need to regard anybody as heroic in your life?

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