People hate it when you say this. But it’s legit.

Yeah, I knew that was gonna get downvotes.

You put it far more eloquently.
We all combine together to achieve/do what humanity does.

Additionally we also tend to romanticise horrible things (rich ppl, warmongering & wars, empires doing horrible things, even lapdogs professional middleman agents like CEOs and generals get fame during and long after their deaths). Which ofc tends to reward, or I should say, we reward ppl that behave as such.