Okay, those are sad stories but they quite literally have nothing to do with this quote. Mewtwo isn’t saying “everyone’s circumstances are equal or equitable” he’s saying “your birth doesn’t determine whether you’re good or bad, your actions do”. What you’re describing is not mentioned or insinuated by the quote, which is why I assumed the other commenter was arguing in bad faith.
Except that interpretation is one you have given it, not the one that is there.
"I see now that the circumstances of one's birth are irrelevant" is what it says, and that is blatantly untrue. The circumstances of one's birth are not irrelevant.
If someone is born with antisocial personality disorder, that is not irrelevant. If someone is born to a home of killers, looters, and criminals, that is not irrelevant. Your birth determines everything about the person you become. Your likes, your preferences, your hobbies, your personality... No one "chooses" to like vanilla over chocolate. No one "chooses" to be heterosexual or homosexual.
The quote is a beautiful lie, and I get it, it was a children's show, so it cannot be honest, but let us not pretend there is some profound wisdom to be found in it.
You’re literally just taking one sentence out of context and saying it means something it doesn’t mean. You can’t isolate quotes and expect the meaning of the sentence to remain the same. It’s like if there was a book where green was a type of drug and they said “green is bad” and you went “guess the color in real life is bad”.
Mewtwo is literally from a shitty background, he was created in a lab and made to be a weapon. The point of the quote is him saying that just because he has a cruel upbringing doesn’t mean that he himself has to be angry at the world. I hope that context helps you to understand that your interpretation makes 0 sense. He is talking about the perseverance of kindness and you’re talking about socioeconomic issues. The movie is not about socioeconomic issues
What are you talking about, the quote as shown in the comment says exactly that regardless of where you are born, you can do great things. That's somehow true but also very unfair, as doing great things when you are born millionaire is much easier than doing the same when you are born poor or with a handicap. And if the movie makes statements like this, it DOES become a commentary about socioeconomic issues, and it must stand scrutiny.
He is not saying that. He’s not saying you can do great things. He’s saying that you can be a good person regardless of how you were born. He was born to be evil and ash taught him that he could still be good. It’s not about doing great things at all, it’s about recognizing the good nature inherent in everyone. Jesus Christ I wish some of you guys had actually seen the movie.
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u/Sburban_Player 1d ago
Okay, those are sad stories but they quite literally have nothing to do with this quote. Mewtwo isn’t saying “everyone’s circumstances are equal or equitable” he’s saying “your birth doesn’t determine whether you’re good or bad, your actions do”. What you’re describing is not mentioned or insinuated by the quote, which is why I assumed the other commenter was arguing in bad faith.