Kill Thy Heroes

You don't actually know your heroes. What you know is an image of them sold to you through media, internet, television and from all the marketing or advertising means. It's a fake persona (totally made up) tailored for you to feel a certain way about the person. The PR machinery is actively laundering people's reputations.

I could take specific examples but the truth is all your heroes are humans. Humans do right & wrong things on different levels. From any objective level, some of them are goddamn evil. And you can't get successful without entering a grey area.

Never underestimate the capacity of a human to be evil. Especially when they have a lot of power. It's very tempting to commit debauchery when you know that there are no consequences & you can get away with it.

The worship of heroes comes with the power to control masses. To take them away from the truth and make them half-headed idiots. To reduce them down to a number which serves a so called higher purpose. And the loss of individuality.

Think on your own. Evaluate from different perspectives in order to seek the truth no matter how painful the process is. Or better yet, don't follow anyone. Don't endorse anyone that you don't know personally for a very long time.

It's very important to highlight that it's our natural tendency to seek out heroes and be hopeful of the world and when the mask falls off, we only see an imperfect human. Truth be told, it is we that are idiots to even hope for something magical or special. Sometimes it's us; the people who are ready to fall for the magic trick even if they know that magic doesn't exist. So knowing that you can be fooled or rather you are very eager to be fooled is important.

Be wary of whom you admire. Because it's a mask. And you don't know them as a person but a persona!