We Could Be Heros

AITOOW wonders how many common thieves/neer do wells are celebrated as patriots/rebels/martyrs? Humanity seems to manufacture more of the latter than nature provides. Selfishness seems to exist in larger measures than selflessness. The makers of myth don't seem to differentiate. How many just started "antagonizing" the "system" for their own welfare/boredom and became the spark of social change?