• I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    People like to pretend that karma is somehow real. It’s not. In real life, the bad guys win and live long and happy lives.

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      3 months ago

      Karma is horseshit, yes. But I do feel a little nicer when I find out one of the mega wealthy is perpetually unhappy. It’s proof that all the money in the world can’t save people from themselves.

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        3 months ago

        Their unhappy is not you and I’s unhappy. Not even close. They don’t know suffering. Their worst days would be nothing more than mild annoyances to us. They lack perspective, sure, but don’t ever think they’re miserable. They don’t know the meaning of the word.

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          3 months ago

          Whatever you have to tell yourself as you chase the dream. Can’t buy your way out of being a human creature. There’s lots of history that shows all the money in the world can’t stop some folks from being miserable, angry fucks.

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            3 months ago

            There’s lots of history

            All that history is nothing but fairy tales to make unsuccessful people feel alright for not being absolute sociopaths. None of it is real. Those who have more than ~$5 million net worth are incapable of feeling misery in the same sense that you and I feel. They are insulated from those concerns and will never feel the depths of despair that the common man does. To pretend otherwise is sheer ignorance, even if coming out of place of vain optimism that we’re all somehow equal.

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              You’ll tell yourself that because you want to be like that, so you strive for it. You need to believe you’ll escape your essential humanity. You can’t. You won’t. Rich people are entirely the same exact creature we are. Cannot purchase your way out of that. Call history fairy tails all you want, but you won’t convince me, I’ve been on both sides of the coin. I know from first hand experience how utterly basic and human rich people are.

              They are not unique or special in any way. They are just people. They have more nice stuff and they have power, but they are still just the same species of clever ape we all are. If they all died, they would just be replaced. We replace billionaires all the time. We treat the money as more important than any meat behind it anyway.

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      3 months ago

      If I could do something to piss people off and make life changing money I’d probably do it

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        3 months ago

        Want to know why karma is real? Karma isnt some mystical force that keeps the world in balance. If you live your life pissing people off, one day you will piss someone off who doesn’t take kindly to being pissed off. The more you do it, the more likely it is to happen to you.

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          And if you have screwed over enough folks to get ahead in life, it won’t really matter if you piss someone off who doesn’t take kindly to being pissed off. You will have already gotten ahead.

          Oh what? They file a lawsuit that takes less than 2% of your net worth and takes 5+ years to occur, if it even is successful? Assuming it even comes to fruition, you will have plenty of time to distribute your assets or refinance so you never feel the effects.

          People like Bernie Madoff are the exception, not the rule. For 99% of the rich fucks, even if they lose, they’ll come out smelling like roses and will still have enough capital to ensure they live a long, comfortable life

          You may not want to face the uncomfortable truth, but karma is a myth to make the lower classes feel ok for not being sociopaths.

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      3 months ago

      If this is your outlook on Life I recommend talking to a therapist in order to get a more balanced worldview.

      Our mind is fixated on negative information but there are so many „good“ things happening in the world we don‘t see.

      Quality of Life all around the world has steadily increased for many centuries.

      News outlets dig for negative information because it gets more attention.

      Humans are individuals but in many ways much alike. If you think of yourself as a „good“ person; chances are high that the people around you also are.