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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just-world_hypothesis
My favorite response to “why do bad things happen to good people?” is “what makes you think they were good?”
The most common, if subconscious, response is: "bad things happened to them so they must be a bad person".
"Karma's a bitch."
I don't understand. I think bad things (e.g. cancer) can happen to everyone (e.g. small childrens/babies, selfless people...). Is your argument that no one is really good?
It's easier for religious people to believe in original sin than to accept that one day they're going to die and they won't get to meet Space Santa.
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.
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.