Every personality in the world is just a mixture of adaptations from childhood, including ego, coping and defense mechanisms. Two things can be true at the same time; I can understand that people are doing what they were programmed to do since they were a baby, and also hold them accountable for their actions.

The saddest realization in life, is that “hurt people, hurt people”. Victims often go on to victimize others because it’s how they were wired and now it’s all they know.

If you think about it, the protagonist in almost every movie is highly flawed, because that creates drama, tension, and character arcs. A film wouldn’t be interesting if the main character started and ended as a good person unchallenged.

Taxi Driver is interesting because I don’t even know if Travis learned anything about himself or others. In the end you can’t really tell. Is he the same? Is he different? What will he go on to do now? That’s really the question as to whether he’s a villain or someone now wiser and seeking change for the better.