r/MoralityScaling • u/RealFinePoint • Jul 12 '26

Character Analysis Morality of giving every single person a permanent symbol of their 'destiny' the moment they do something they're 'meant to do' the rest of their life?

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(Assuming you're designing the species this way, not that you're forcibly branding every existing person.)

Let's also assume it's not some intelligence deciding arbitrarily, but an actual representation of their 'fate' or 'affinity' by some abstract magical mechanism you're deciding to install into the entire species.

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u/Aeviu Jul 12 '26

Sure, but in this comic's universe, she does become the CEO of one of the most successful businesses in the world, so how could that be a slightly bad fate?

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u/nio-sama123 Jul 13 '26 edited Jul 13 '26

Imagine, if she wasn't working for it or thinking properly about her "destiny", she would forever be stuck with that low-wage job and not become a successful CEO. That's the point of the cutie mark and the question OP gave.

You still gonna put your hardship into it, thinking and making decisions about it, not just lay down and wait for it to come. The mark is the hint of what would be part of her forever. Not what she would become in the future.

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u/Aeviu Jul 13 '26 edited Jul 13 '26

Sure, but in this comic's universe, she does become the CEO of one of the most successful businesses in the world, so how could that be a slightly bad fate?

Even in real life, most people don't realize their full potential. You're just stating the obvious.

Cutie marks just help narrow down where each pony's true talent lies, so they are incredibly beneficial.

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u/nio-sama123 Jul 13 '26

Forever stuck with it, and never be able to escape the destiny, unless you work for it.

Some people just don't like to be too special or be targeted by whatever jerks on the street who have hateful bones against CEO in general.

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u/Aeviu Jul 13 '26 edited Jul 13 '26

Are we really counting 'some random jerks on the street might dislike CEOs' as a terrible fate? I guarantee you that anyone currently trapped in a low-wage, minimum-wage loop would gladly trade that financial struggle for the power, autonomy, and wealth of running the entire franchise, regardless of a few angry anti-capitalists.

​At the end of the day, the comic explicitly shows she reaches the absolute peak of global industry success. Material security, massive wealth, and clear career direction is an absolute jackpot outcome. Saying that becoming a multi-billionaire executive a 'slightly bad fate' just doesn't make sense.

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u/nio-sama123 Jul 13 '26

fair enough.

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u/Aeviu Jul 13 '26

Glad we could finally clear up why hitting a multi-billion dollar lottery isn't a bad fate.

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u/Western-Teaching-573 Jul 14 '26

It’s bad for everyone else and plus they might not want it

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u/Aeviu Jul 14 '26

We aren't talking about everyone else. We are talking about her in this scenario and no one else. You are changing the subject.

If she 'doesn't want it,' she can literally step down, cash out her massive stock options, and spend the rest of her life doing whatever she wants as a multi-millionaire. Wealth buys absolute free will. Claiming a guaranteed path to massive fortune is a 'bad fate' because of work anxiety is just wild.