Why is DIO evil/his motives?


I do not understand what DIO actually wants and why he is so evil. He goes
through something that isn’t too off what quite a lot of others go through
except he becomes some sort of evil supervillain and obsessed with Joestars.

I don’t understand what his motives are and especially in part 3. In part 1 he
could be seen as a rival to Joseph but in part 3 he adds nothing on to the
story aside from memes. I don’t understand what his motives are or why he is
even doing what he is doing does anyone know what his motives are or what he
is trying to achieve?




Dio just wants what is _rightfully his_. And damn those that happen to stand
in his way.

At first, he wants a warm meals, and damn those idiots for thinking they're
better than him at chess. They don't _deserve_ their coins if they can be
beaten by him.  
(Oh, and if his father, Giorno, could die so he would't have to look after him
anymore, that would be swell.)

Then, when he gets adopted by George Joestar, he wants the Joestar family
fortune. And damn that idiot Jonathan. That bratty upstart, who hasn't had a
hardship in his life, doesn't _deserve_ to have that just handed to him.  
(Oh, and if [George could
die](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pc1nZ5H2aMM&t=76) to expedite the
process, that would be swell.)

An finally, once he becomes **DIO** , he wants... Well, it doesn't really
matter any more. What ever he happens to want, he _certainly deserves_. He's
no lowly human anymore. He's the most powerful being on the planet and what
ever he wants (including human life, which he views at the level of cattle at
the time) should _rightfully_ be his. Since might makes right. Right? And
anyone who got in his way, well they just damned themselves, didn't they?  
(And if the pesky JoJo would finally die and stop pestering him with that
annoying Hamon of his, that would be swell.)

That would answer the direct question, but I don't think that's quite the
answer that would satisfy you.

No, Dio isn't exactly a complicated character. He doesn't have some almost but
not quite justifiable reason to do his evil. He barely has a tragic backstory.
(Well, it is quite tragic, but it doesn't really factor into his character or
motivations.)

But that's not what people adore about him as a villain. Dio is a pure,
uncompromising and utterly unredeemable _force of nature_ villain. And his
sheer confidence and utter dominant force is what draws readers to him. We
_know_ that by all accounts Dio _should_ win.  
Not because we want him to (I think that's what you are looking for from him
when people said he was "an amazing villain"), but because we know just how
powerful an entity he is. The heroes shouldn't stand a chance against him. And
damn is he stylish and confident when is tossing the heroes (and random
bystanders) around.

Who else, but Dio, would compare human lives to break?  
Who else, but Dio, would torment Polnareff by repeatedly carrying him down
some stairs?  
Who else, but Dio, would command a random store assistant to bring him his
severed leg? (And then kill her.)  
Who else, but **DIO** , would think to finish his opponent by dropping a road
roller on them?  
He may not be the most complex villain there is, but he's **far** from a
boring one.

