"Someone ONLY Gets What They Deserve" & Its Implications
Posted: June 9th, 2016, 11:32 pm
I notice that frequently people here believe that someone only gets what they deserve, even if it's sometimes in a wordless, subconscious way. It's the general concept of "good goes to good & bad goes to bad," so someone will:
(1) Win if they're right (whether it's a fight or an argument).
(2) Will be believed if they tell the truth.
(3) Will be held in the esteem they deserve all around (seen as the actually are & will only see THEMSELVES as they actually are).
(4) Will get "paid hard" if they work hard.
All of this CAN happen, but there's no ambient "Santa Claus Principle" that makes it go that way. It seems that there's a concept of symmetry or reciprocity involved, but it can also work like a God Complex- since the person is the only factor in how these things go. I've wondered about people looking at someone else as the "bad guy" when something comes down on them & always thought they were simply being cruel (which happens) or had issue with the situation & wanted to not sympathize because they had issue with the mental picture- not wanting to be disturbed by the prospect of this happening to them, which they likely make easier by acting this way (prison seems to have this dynamic about certain things & rapisty ones at that).
What do you guys think? Any of you notice this in America? How about in other countries?
(1) Win if they're right (whether it's a fight or an argument).
(2) Will be believed if they tell the truth.
(3) Will be held in the esteem they deserve all around (seen as the actually are & will only see THEMSELVES as they actually are).
(4) Will get "paid hard" if they work hard.
All of this CAN happen, but there's no ambient "Santa Claus Principle" that makes it go that way. It seems that there's a concept of symmetry or reciprocity involved, but it can also work like a God Complex- since the person is the only factor in how these things go. I've wondered about people looking at someone else as the "bad guy" when something comes down on them & always thought they were simply being cruel (which happens) or had issue with the situation & wanted to not sympathize because they had issue with the mental picture- not wanting to be disturbed by the prospect of this happening to them, which they likely make easier by acting this way (prison seems to have this dynamic about certain things & rapisty ones at that).
What do you guys think? Any of you notice this in America? How about in other countries?