>>213704999 (OP)He's kinda a victim of circumstance.
He's not a great man - what would be required to overcome them.
He's just slightly above average man.
So, he does the best of what he can with the cards he was given, but that isn't enough to escape the life of a scumbag mob boss.
I think Sopranos kinda fit in the "banality of evil" theme.
Tony acts like an evil psycho cunt because it't what's most convenient, most beneficial for him and his family in his situation.
And he's simply not great a man that could step above it and become something better and less immoral.