They aren't evil though, they're grey. It makes more sense if you ditch the childish and useless notion of discrete good/evil rather than the obviously more real spectrum. They're willing to do bad things but in a focused and contained way that furthers productive goals. They don't rape children for fun, they eliminate enemies.

>>218300183
Me own fookin brother

>>218300183
Michael was fine even after he came back from the War. It was only when that cop busted his jaw that he decided to turn evil. Did you even watch the movie?

>>218300205

And they become like this due to cynicism and the ability to realize that the strict "good/evil" paradigm you mention is fake, and only enforced by the broader reality of force and might make right. People have to kill others, and be killed, in the real world (battle), in order to ensure that the simple folk in the middle can continue their social construct and facade for the sake of intrasocial harmony, life, commerce. But it isn't real, and they know it, and now they see other vectors for life success that don't fit within the normie model. Still, being naturally good, they have a moral compass and red lines.

>>218300205
Good take

>>218300183
Tommy Shelby is a gypsy, born into a life of crime.

>>218300183
Did gypsies really get drafted.
Seems like something they wouldnt allow themselves to get caught in.

>>218301463
apparently they actually volunteered

Shelby was never presented as evil though. Unlawful but comically just. It's probably why I couldn't take his character seriously.

>>218300183
That's such a cuck take. Boo hoo the war made me do it, when there are million people out there who went to war then came back and continued working in the sawmill or whatever. They were obviously evil all along and would eventually show it war or no war

>>218300205
They kill people who have nothing to do with their business, like Michael did with the Vegas prostitute