I ask because I feel I relate to him as of late.

No one is trusted. No one is immune from being talked very harshly to at even the slighest sign of disrespect. I'm blunt to the point of painfulness with almost everyone. I could literally cut anyone off and replace them, or if not totally replace them, find a reasonable enough substitute. I think of other people and I just see the things I don't like about them.

So I'm curious as such, what is Michael's mindset at the end of II?