I just wanted to ask if he has some noble or redeeming factors? What is his motivation. I always thought that he was doing what he was doing due to insanity.

Is he really just a mad man?

He's an enemy of civilization. Civilization taxes the strong to coddle the weak. He finds that repulsive.

Warlord, mystic, expansionist, gangster, emperor, ufologist, martial arts god, anarchist, imperialist

.....redeeming factors. He's a badass

@loki9876: IIRC, he wants revenge against the society that rendered his family poor and homeless

I thought he made himself poor by spending all his money training at science and martial-arts?

Mandarin’s goals aren’t about materialistic agendas or avarice, at all. Mandarin is all about spiritual, mental, and physical superiority. It has nothing to do with greed. Mandarin follows the ideological and philosophical doctrine of life. He believes that such things as money and political agendas should not rule the world. The world should be ruled by wisdom and severity, not by corrupt ideals and agendas. That’s the reason why he is so fascinated by the philosophy of Yin and Yang, art of war, and why he is fascinated with Chinese ancient history in general, and why he possesses strong sense of honor. Mandarin is a twisted ideologist, not a corrupt politic.