Burn with Fire

In popular psychology, there is an opinion that when faced with a choice between two evils, a person always decides to take the path that requires the least effort. Is that true?
What drives a person who chooses to become a traitor? How to live after making the wrong choice?
"The Tale of a Real Man, on the contrary," as the author describes it, will shed light in the darkness of the soul of a person who has stumbled.