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[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I like this, but having skimmed it I didn't find a description I connected with.

For whatever reason, I feel the world isn't "just", but I personally will have a better life if I do good things. It's rooted in selfishness rather than celestial balance.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago

The world isn't just. The universe isn't just. Both of those have no concept of just.

Society is better when people try and act like good people. So I do that.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Sure you can alter circumstances to an extent and that's probably the best way to live life. But all the good in the world doesn't stop a freak car crash killing you or being struck by lightning. And while being struck by lightning is used synonymously with an act of god, I don't think it actually means you deserved it. That's the issue with the just-cause fallacy. It takes a huge spoonful of selection bias to only notice the people who did deserve it.

In my opinion the idea of karma is a convenient crowd control mechanism to prevent people from taking action to fix their situation when they have faith that the universe will magically balance itself out.