He was made to look that way for the movie, but the entire point of the story is that we're all just cogs in the grand machine of society. There really are no such things as good guys and bad guys. Watch the movie again. Bill the Butcher is the character who consistently tells the hard truths about the world: fear and threats of violence are what keep the working class in line, and power is gained through violence and subsequently rising in the corrupt hierarchy. These words come from the "bad guy" because that makes them easier to discredit. Hollywood has been doing this for decades, as they are the propaganda wing of the elite ruling class.

He was made to look that way for the movie, but the entire point of the story is that we're all just cogs in the grand machine of society. There really are no such things as good guys and bad guys. Watch the movie again. Bill the Butcher is the character who consistently tells the hard truths about the world. Fear and threats of violence are what keep the working class in line, and power is gained through violence and subsequently rising in the corrupt hierarchy. These words come from the "bad guy" because that makes them easier to discredit. Hollywood has been doing this for decades, as they are the propaganda wing of the elite ruling class.

He was made to look that way for the movie, but the entire point of the story is that we're all just cogs in the grand machine of society. There really are no such things as good guys and bad guys. Watch the movie again. Bill the Butcher is the character who consistently tells the hard truths about the world. These words come from the "bad guy" because that makes them easier to discredit. Hollywood has been doing this for decades, as they are the propaganda wing of the elite ruling class.