Volodymyr Zelenskyy will always be remembered as a democratic hero by Ramin Jahanbegloo April 2, 2022 https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/volodymyr-zelenskyy-will-always-be-remembered-as-a-democratic-hero-russia-ukraine-7848703/
The democratic contract, as much as the process of democratisation of dictatorships, are both in need of heroes.
in The Hero with a Thousand Faces, Joseph Campbell defines a hero as one who battles either personal or historical limitations and who becomes a source through which his society is reborn...Even if Ukraine loses the war of democracy against Russian authoritarianism, Zelenskyy will always be remembered as a democratic hero who achieved a moral victory against Vladimir Putin.
..Today, more than ever, the spirit of democracy in Ukraine is confronted with a political tragedy in which the feelings of horror and sorrow are accompanied with heroic moments of civil resistance and democratic heroism.