In spite of the dubious references, your intitial post has some transcendant value in the conclusions it offers.

Individual humans all have to learn the fundamentals of living among other individuals -- the etiquettes and protocols of basic common survival and basic decency.

Individual nations do, as well. A rule of Law can only prosper when it is subscribed to out of a sense of mutual survival. Nuclear weapons are an extremely contra-survival vector for any nation to pursue, and there is no rationale which justifies them -- not even the Big Cop image of projected force being sent around by the current US Administration.

Not that this has much to do with heros -- unless you can identify as heros those who succeed in bringing enlightened self-interest to the leaders of nations. This is accomplished by quiet people who engage in education in myriad ways, rarely by those who practice the use of force.

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