Right, but this mentality leads to greater good type causes to require martyrs amongst other types of people. A failure mode of this is brain drain - see most c

Right, but this mentality leads to greater good type causes to require martyrs amongst other types of people. A failure mode of this is brain drain - see most civil service jobs in the west or NHS doctors in the UK. Additionally can create brain drain which the beleaguers the original cause. I guess you can see personnel as an investment towards the cause too