Don T, again, this all goes back to the cultural differences between Vito and Michael. Old school thinking vs. New School thinking. The old time mentality of taking care of the "needs" in life versus the modern world mentality of getting whatever one "wants" in life.

Let us not forget that Vito was basically on his own at an extremely young age and was self taught in the he grew up in the streets and learned how to use people to get what was beneficial to himself, and did so in a way as to not offend them, which always left the door open for more. Michael on the other hand is really born with a silver spoon in his mouth and does not have the background that Vito did as a foundation for his personality.


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