[eartrumpet]

White vows to himself that he will get out of the meth business when he accumulates that sum. But, after he is told his cancer is in remission, he has transformed into a different person, who continues to build his empire because it has now become his "purpose".

And that is exactly where I quit watching. I realized he had become just another @*#&$^%*# drug dealer.

[justlurking]

I realized he had become just another @*#&$^%*# drug dealer.

I think that's the point. The series shows his descent from a decent person to a degenerate one.

There's no moral preaching about "he was forced to do it". He made that choice, even after the "mitigating circumstances" were no longer relevant.

[Blackirish]

So did you quit watching “The Godfather” when Don Corleone agreed to sell herion?

[Ol' Dan Tucker]

I realized he had become just another @*#&$^%*# drug dealer.

That's how his wife first characterized him when she found out. He corrected her by saying he wasn't a 'drug dealer'. He was a 'drug manufacturer'.