I admit a bit of ignorance when it comes to karma or the concept of karma. But it doesn't really matter, because we're not actually talking about people who truly adhere to the ideology of karma. We're talking about the common, U.S. based usage of karma as a word to indicate the universe paying back what you have done, usually in a negative context where someone does something bad, something that someone else doesn't personally like, etc. Where karma is invoked to comfort the one slighted with the reassurance that "so and so might have gotten their way for now but they will be punished eventually."
I find it a bit ridiculous because of how subjective it is as a concept. Like, from your perspective, something bad happened, but does it really mean that person then deserves not to get their way later? Sometimes it's used to reference deliberately anti-social behaviors where someone is being rude or harmful to others. But everyone has justifications for why they personally chose to do something hurtful and if ever their reason is "because I'm an asshole and I like to make others suffer" we usually think "oh, there's something wrong with that person. Like they're broken or something isn't working as it should in their minds." Do they really deserve to simply be punished at that point? I mean, if there's something broken about them already, doesn't that deserve some compassion and empathy?
Anyway, I think people who invoke karma as their own revengeful/wishful thinking are abhorrent and probably canceling out how karma decides who should suffer or not. Like, if you ever think "Karma will get them" or "their time will come" you're not a good person anymore. Just saying.
I find it a bit ridiculous because of how subjective it is as a concept. Like, from your perspective, something bad happened, but does it really mean that person then deserves not to get their way later? Sometimes it's used to reference deliberately anti-social behaviors where someone is being rude or harmful to others. But everyone has justifications for why they personally chose to do something hurtful and if ever their reason is "because I'm an asshole and I like to make others suffer" we usually think "oh, there's something wrong with that person. Like they're broken or something isn't working as it should in their minds." Do they really deserve to simply be punished at that point? I mean, if there's something broken about them already, doesn't that deserve some compassion and empathy?
Anyway, I think people who invoke karma as their own revengeful/wishful thinking are abhorrent and probably canceling out how karma decides who should suffer or not. Like, if you ever think "Karma will get them" or "their time will come" you're not a good person anymore. Just saying.
