Originally posted by olivant:
...this thing about Mike: he was, to use someone's term, a sociopath. He used murder as a method to achieve his ends as he perceived those ends. That perception helped to rationalize his actions...
And again, in what way does this make him different than his father, his brother, Hyman Roth, Barzini, or any other Don?
Because none of these people had a brother who turned traitor and had to be killed just as any traitor would?
Murder was a part of the business they had all chosen.
It was used by all as a method to achieve ends.
Apple
