r/AskReddit • u/DrCompenomics • 12h ago

Who’s the best real-life example of “you either die a hero, or live long enough to see yourself become the villain,” and what happened?

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u/Typical_logistics 6h ago

The government was paying Savile to front major public safety campaigns at the exact time the BBC blacklisted Lydon. The state propped him up as a civic role model while silencing the punk scene for pointing out the rumors.

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u/MGD109 1h ago

The BBC never blacklisted Lydon, he was on his radio show with the very week after the interview. He wasn't fired till years later, and that was entirely down to his own antics.

Lydon never called out Saville, you can listen to the interview its on youtube, he makes absolutely no accusations, and moments earlier he was talking about how he would love to kill Mick Jagger.