[rusk]

He was born into it ... he didn’t have a choice that’s the point. It’s as much a riff on free-will vs determinism

[grabbalacious]

But to begin with he was somewhat aloof from his father and brothers and he decided to kill that police captain. As I recall.

[kd0amg]

Michael is the one Vito was trying to keep clean in hopes that he'd eventually be able to rise into a position of legitimate power, outside the criminal underworld.