If time itself was an element of existance (and not independant of it), and the manipulation of time was possible, wouldn't it also mean that we have always been the slaves to destiny?

If time itself was an element of existance (and not independant of it), and the manipulation of time was possible, wouldn't it also mean that we have always been the slaves to destiny?
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Either im too stupid to anwser the question or it requires more explanation. But ill give it a shot anyway as it sounds like an interesting question to me. If there was a big bang and then a big freeze ,or whatever the hell you name it, happens. Then everything would repeat. Life would be developed in the same way as it was in the Big bang before. So we will be making the same actions and having the same thoughts, over and over for all eternity. In that case we have always been enslaved to our destiny and we will always be.
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