Isn't Michael Corleone by the end of GF II a dictator, and one with a totalitarianistic (my way or the highway, ride or die) type of mantality. Isn't this doubly interesting considering part of GF II is set in Cuba? I think Puzo and Coppola intentionally set out to draw a simily between a communist dictatorship and dictatorship set up in a totalitarian context as in MC's in GF II.

It's first evidenced when Connie brings home the man she is currently seeing and Michael, the ruler of his world, the “family”, denies her request to marry without even getting to know anything about him.

I think Hagan asks "Do you have to kill everyone" or something like that and Michael says "No, only my enemies" in GF II. His ideology is clearly one that has served him well in the past in GF I with dispelling justice and a sense of equality. But in GF II it results in tragedy.

Doesn't communism employed in a country in a strict context produce an overall lower standard of living and quality of life than a more flexible capitalist system?

Getting back to GF II. Here are my facts:

Pantangeli (who was always a loyal family member) goes to the FBI after the botched hit with the notion that Michael wanted him dead. He then digresses from that position when he sees his brother with Michael at the hearing. I think this shows he is still loyal to the family and decides against this role. He is no enemy. Michael kills him.

Fredo (who is weak willed and not as sharp as the others) is blinded by greed and niavety and allow the hit on Michael to go through. He is then killed when it is clear to everyone that Fredo is completely an innocent, who was dupped. He is much like a child and has many qualities of a child as well. It should also be noted that

Finally Roth. Well he was a bastard and he did try to screw Mike over. It was unnecessary since Roth would die and was in custody with the authorities. I think Mike only did it to prove a point at the expense of one of his top guys Rocky Lampone, another waste.

So we have 3 waste due to Michael’s exercise of his might as the leader and dictator of his world. All 3 in a sense were being punished for living under a system with a ruler with absolute power and grasp and a system of thought in both that are adhered to even when their usefulness is obviously proven to be negated.

Just an Idea, I was wonder what ya’ll thought about it.