Im guessing that the comic is comparing the goals, strengths, and motivations of Giovanni to the other enemy team leaders, and by looking at the last panel, it looks like Giovanni can't stack up to the other leaders.
While it's almost never depicted (most likely not in this image either), from what I remember, Giovanni's private goal was something along the lines of 'I want to make a world where my son(?) [Silver] will never face the same discrimination that I did'... ...I don't know about you, but that feels like a somewhat noble cause to me. If only a little misguided.
Apparently, Giovanni was born a poor nobody and built his way up the hard way. No idea really, I can't remember well enough. I think it was from an interview with one of the Nintendo guys or something like that (gamefreak, etc).
So... his response to discrimination against the poor/have-nots that he suffered in his childhood... was to build a criminal empire that would victimize the defenseless? After he had already made himself into a Gym Leader, one of the most respected positions in his culture? Yeah... "a little misguided" doesn't quite cover it.
Eh, Pokemon logic is a lot like Touhou logic. Take yours, leave it at the door, and roll with whatever they give you. (Seriously, somebody Cut Lex Luthor a Check )
That's right.The evilHuh? Pokemon aren't tools, you know?Isn't that right!? I was starting to think that my values weren't normal.We shall make money using Pokemon, then we shall take control of this world behind the scenes!Sakaki and the bosses of criminal organisationsOur lives have developed on this great earth along with Pokemon.The hell are you talking about? The seas mean everything.Of course, it is vital that we expand our great earth in order to further our growths.What an ugly thought... Doesn't he know that this world is such a beautiful place...? People other than Team Flare, and the Pokemon, which are the sources of strife, must all be erased for the sake of this beautiful world...No, yours is the most realistic one.You want a fight, bastard?!An incomplete human being talks of an incomplete ideal in this incomplete world... This petty world and the faint hearts will be purged and a new galaxy will be born with the help of Pokemon's power... That is my righteousness.Was I wrong...?So criminal organisations aren't like what my team is, apparently.All the money in the world! Pokemon are the tools to make money!Please do consider my feelings for being stuck between these two electrical buzzes of nuisances.What? You must be mad.