>>529585958
Well, because if his primal desire is to not work hard, but he intends to fulfill the higher purpose of helping people, then that would mean compromising his desires for something else. That's a compromise, at least on my definition, which is also the definition I picked from google.
Again, looks like you took the word from the song and got your own proprietary definition that is extremely convenient for your bias of "Sonic must always be right and cool". Well, I don't operate on that definition, so there's that.

>>527949394
Windnic: "I don't see myself as a hero"
Also Windnic: "WE'RE SONIC HEROES!"