But Jonathan Banks instead made it more clear to me that Mike broke bad far quicker in life than Walt did, and that it was probably for far less virtuous reasons.
(Which, in my head, made it all the more tragic for Mike to have gotten killed the way he did.)
But Walt’s at least originated with selflessness, while Mike’s dedication to Stacey and Kaylee is steeped in guilt over the death of his son Matt.
Their respective endeavors in the meth-cooking industry were both influenced by setting up family members with financial stability, yes.