How do you figure that?
He was a milquetoast chemistry teacher who had a second job at a car wash.
Only after getting his DOA diagnosis does he look to finding another source of income to leave his family.
The recruitment of Jesse and the “silent partner” bit showed his naivete and ignorance.
He flinched like a sissy at the sight of a gun.
And then the reality of his stupid choice sinks in and he incrementally becomes what he hates and fears.
Classic tragedy.
I’m not sure what issues you’re personally projecting here but I do think you should calm down a bit.
You know as well as I do that Walt is hurtling towards his own well earned destruction.
Greek tragedy and hubris demand it.
The Bible predicts it.
It can end no other way.
This show is a morality play.
No more, no less.
Do you ever wonder if there are real meth makers watching the show?
Do you suppose they see themselves on the screen?
Do you deny that some of them might very well reconsider their paths, knowing that they will eventually wind up like every dead character, too?
You all love to use the phrase “bad decisions.”
LOL.
If I made something, and sold it to someone, and it turned them into a screaming psychotic freak, who lost all their humanity and suffered brain damage and developed a craving for the same drug that was burning their brains out - and I continued to sell it to them - would that be a “bad decision”?
If it were your family member, your child, would you accept that excuse?
What none of you are HEARING from those who disagree with you is that this is a matter of SCALE.
You’re watching a show equal to someone who decided to run a freaking death camp in Nazi Germany because he suffered from cancer and wanted to provide for his family, and you’re arguing that it beautifully shows that evil doesn’t win.
NO SH!T!
It’s such an obvious lesson, that it’s NOT the reason you’re watching it! It’s the cover story! You’re watching it for the same reason people watch porn - to learn to be better lovers!
No?
NO.
Quite often their own inspiration comes from their faith, or their acceptance of something larger than themselves. Walter White has no such foundation in his life, and his diagnosis ignites his resentments and pride, which have destroyed him. Effectively, he has only Walt ... and it just aint enough.