[xiximmxi]

I am going through a difficult time at the moment because this "bad person" that ruined me and my family was on the newspaper the past weekend, portrayed as this beaming business man. I felt disgusted and triggered, seeing his ****ing face on the cover.

Nobody seems to know the truth about this degenerate.

Why are terrible people more successful?
I believe in karma, but bad people seem to live fairly long, prosperous lives without consequences for their bad actions or intentions.
I'm so devastated

I can relate actually. I touched base with someone I havent talked to in years. He emotionally destroyed me. But when you look at him hes gorgeous, smart, active in his community, great job, beautiful family and everyone thinks he is amazing. Nobody knows who he is on the inside. I'm trying not to be bitter.

I don't know why the world works the way it does, but sometimes it feels terribly unfair.

[xiximmxi]

Originally Posted by KissTheRain

I can relate actually. I touched base with someone I havent talked to in years. He emotionally destroyed me. But when you look at him hes gorgeous, smart, active in his community, great job, beautiful family and everyone thinks he is amazing. Nobody knows who he is on the inside. I'm trying not to be bitter.

I don't know why the world works the way it does, but sometimes it feels terribly unfair.

He is a psychopath who takes advantage of people who already have nothing because they are more desperate only to benefit himself. He cheated on his wife countless times. I don't know how these people sleep at night.

Thank you for sharing your thoughts
I guess all I can do is let go... It's just so hard.

Originally Posted by xiximmxi

He is a psychopath who takes advantage of people who already have nothing because they are more desperate only to benefit himself. He cheated on his wife countless times. I don't know how these people sleep at night.

Thank you for sharing your thoughts
I guess all I can do is let go... It's just so hard.

You have no idea how much I relate to what you said. I almost could have written your post.

It's just how life is. I wanted to be a doctor or medical scientist and wanted to do some heroic scientific work (no, not related to Marvel movies in any way) and I had genuine passion, talent and ambition in science (especially the life sciences) and I could have been a great doctor.

My parents, they isolated me from the rest of the society. Today I am viewed as a joke cause I lack the basic street smarts. I am ashamed every day. I wanted to be someone like House, not the personality, but I wanted to be a brilliant doctor with a good social life. House wasn't 'friends' with his colleagues, except Wilson. But in the second season we can see everyone trying to save House, for one reason or another.

I know it's just a TV series and things don't work like this in real life, but yes, I believe evil is more powerful as long as they play smartly. The good people have to tremendous work to do and it's ridiculously hard, while the evil ones' jobs are much easier...

I used to know a bully that harassed me since fifth grade until the end of tenth grade. I graduated high school in tenth grade. Anyway, now, he is invited to parties, and is popular and many people celebrate his birthdays. I, a good person wanting to help people, am not invited to any parties and nobody gives a damn about my birthday or me. It's just how life is.

[MickeyCheeky]

The world can feel very unfair... but we must stay strong and not give up.

[xiximmxi]

Originally Posted by TheLonelyChemist

It's just how life is. I wanted to be a doctor or medical scientist and wanted to do some heroic scientific work (no, not related to Marvel movies in any way) and I had genuine passion, talent and ambition in science (especially the life sciences) and I could have been a great doctor.

My parents, they isolated me from the rest of the society. Today I am viewed as a joke cause I lack the basic street smarts. I am ashamed every day. I wanted to be someone like House, not the personality, but I wanted to be a brilliant doctor with a good social life. House wasn't 'friends' with his colleagues, except Wilson. But in the second season we can see everyone trying to save House, for one reason or another.

I know it's just a TV series and things don't work like this in real life, but yes, I believe evil is more powerful as long as they play smartly. The good people have to tremendous work to do and it's ridiculously hard, while the evil ones' jobs are much easier...

I used to know a bully that harassed me since fifth grade until the end of tenth grade. I graduated high school in tenth grade. Anyway, now, he is invited to parties, and is popular and many people celebrate his birthdays. I, a good person wanting to help people, am not invited to any parties and nobody gives a damn about my birthday or me. It's just how life is.

Wow those are great examples!

I dreamed to be a doctor too, actually. I wanted to study cardiology. But I didn't really have any moral or financial support from my parents. & I was a troubled kid growing up and which led me to go out with friends every weekend, drink and experiment with different drugs and stuff. Def was not disciplined enough to become one.

Had I become bitter or "evil" because of my circumstances, I think I would've found a way to succeed and "get whatever I want," as psychopaths can do anything and everything to do so. I imagine they have great focus on their goals and confidence in themselves.

Any "psychopaths" out there (sorry if I'm flinging around this term so loosely) that can confirm this? LOL

My parents did not want me to do the "bad stuff", now I am intellectually disabled.

Originally Posted by xiximmxi

I am going through a difficult time at the moment because this "bad person" that ruined me and my family was on the newspaper the past weekend, portrayed as this beaming business man. I felt disgusted and triggered, seeing his ****ing face on the cover.

Nobody seems to know the truth about this degenerate.

Why are terrible people more successful?
I believe in karma, but bad people seem to live fairly long, prosperous lives without consequences for their bad actions or intentions.
I'm so devastated

If you believe in karma, then you believe in souls having multiple lifetimes. Don't worry... karma will come back to them in the next lifetime. Yes, it appears that they go unscathed, but I truly believe that harmful actions come back like a boomerang and WHAM! They get hit and HARD.

[TishaBuv]

I believe good prevails over evil. It may not happen now but someday he’ll get his.

Yes I believe it is. Whenever I would watch the star wars movies it just seemed so obvious that the dark side was stronger.

But, I believe that the good side is stronger long term. And I do believe in Karma. I have had about 10 real life examples of Karma in my life. Evil wins the battle but good wins the war. It just takes time.

[rise13eyond]

The split second thought that popped up into my head was evil and good only have the power you allow them to. But I completely disagree with that statement. I don't really believe humans can be truly evil or good. Everyone, regardless of what they've done in the past has the capacity for doing good an bad. We all have sides of us that speak good to us, encouraging us to be kind and sensitive. And we have a side that eggs us on to do bad, it tells us to think selfishly or twists our beliefs into thinking something evil is actually good. Call it a conscience or shoulder angel, whatever. I don't really think of it as conscience, because it doesn't necessarily tell us what's right or wrong, it just tells us to do something that could be good, or tells us to do something that could be bad. Now that aside I do think actions can be good or evil. I've experienced the results of other people doing evil things. I was sexually abused and to say that only happens because it's allowed to is not only victim blaming but it's unrealistic. Terrible things happen to everyone even when you strive to be the best you can, it's part of life. But does every situation have to have the worst possible outcome? No. And we only have control over what happens to a small degree. So what do you do when you feel that evil is reigning? You hold onto what innocence you have in yourself. It's kind of like remaining positive in a negative situation, but it's so much more than just being positive. I don't think it's possible to be 100% positive, even the most happy of people get dragged down. Yeah it sounds kind of hopeless. But humans are also very good at finding the light hidden in the shadows. What do you view as good and innocent? How can you amplify that little bit of good and put it inside you? I think those are questions with answers unique to the individual. It helps if it's something a bit more tangible than emotions and thoughts. I'll use me for example. I love animals. I look at my pets and I see very good living things. They are sweet and sensitive and (adorable) caring. Their simple nature means that they've always been that way and will always be that way, playing with them creates, even if only temporary, a really good escape. So I guess the actual answer that I'm trying to give is that no, evil is not more powerful. Good and evil, I believe, are on equal grounds and both exist everywhere, it's your choice whether you ponder over which. No that doesn't mean focusing on one will make the other go away. The thoughts we have are pretty powerful and in the very least when you're stuck in the bottom of the bottomless pit that something good will makes trying to climb out seem a lot easier.
Rereading that I'm not entirely sure if it was helpful, but those are my thoughts.

Originally Posted by xiximmxi

I am going through a difficult time at the moment because this "bad person" that ruined me and my family was on the newspaper the past weekend, portrayed as this beaming business man. I felt disgusted and triggered, seeing his ****ing face on the cover.

Nobody seems to know the truth about this degenerate.

Why are terrible people more successful?
I believe in karma, but bad people seem to live fairly long, prosperous lives without consequences for their bad actions or intentions.
I'm so devastated

(((xiximmxi))) How terrible for you and anyone else who was hurt by this man. Maybe it's time you let others know the truth about him. Evil should not win in this day and age.

[eskielover]

I don't think evil is more powerful but I think many who are not evil tend to be naieve thinking that people wouldn't do bad stuff like that because they can't comprehend thinking like that. When we are not aware of what is happening we tend to let evil go on longer than it should be allowed.

Some cased evil preys on the weaker people because they feel they can't or won't be able to fight back.

I was surprised when I caught the home care person abusing my mom when she was dying of cancer. However I saw red flags that had started at the very beginning. Things I observed over just 5 days all added up & the police got involved. They didn't have enough evidence to file charges against her because I did a good enough job of blocking her damage up front. She totally disappeared. I am sure she is still doing her evil elsewhere but she sure didn't get away with the evil she intended to do with me & my mom. Think she was after getting my mom's house by getting me out of the way. It all backfired on her & my mother's boyfriend's daughter who was in on it too. Evil doesn't always win though many times it does.

[Fuzzybear]

I believe that good prevails.. eventually

[xiximmxi]

Originally Posted by Emily Fox Seaton

Yes I believe it is. Whenever I would watch the star wars movies it just seemed so obvious that the dark side was stronger.

But, I believe that the good side is stronger long term. And I do believe in Karma. I have had about 10 real life examples of Karma in my life. Evil wins the battle but good wins the war. It just takes time.

"EVIL WINS THE BATTLE BUT GOOD WINS THE WAR"
^^^

[xiximmxi]

Originally Posted by rise13eyond

I agree that one can both be good AND evil. Maybe even 50:50... & We may be aware of what is good and what is bad, but when it comes down to it, people tend to be very selfish and lose their integrity.

For example, when someone finds a phone, would they try to find the owner or just keep it?
We're hardly ever "tempted" to pick up the trash, make a donation, or help the needy - unlike stealing, lying or killing. Couldn't this mean the evil is more powerful?


Really liked this:
"But humans are also very good at finding the light hidden in the shadows."

[WishfulThinker66]

It sounds like this person is a classic narcissist preying upon and manipulating the vulnerable.

[MickeyCheeky]

((((Everyone))))

It's the biological (therefore natural) tendencies of animals to be violent. After all, as Darwin said, only the fittest survive. To be fit you need to prove you're fit. That's my two cents anyway. But sure it wouldn't hurt to be good, as long as you're not targeted for your goodness. I am easily targeted due to my long-term condition, mental illness and overflowing kindness.

[xiximmxi]

Originally Posted by TheLonelyChemist

It's the biological (therefore natural) tendencies of animals to be violent. After all, as Darwin said, only the fittest survive. To be fit you need to prove you're fit. That's my two cents anyway. But sure it wouldn't hurt to be good, as long as you're not targeted for your goodness. I am easily targeted due to my long-term condition, mental illness and overflowing kindness.

I feel like only truly intelligent beings are able to control their instincts, hence the name homo sapiens (wise man). We aren't cavemen anymore; we no longer need to kill, steal, rape, be jealous or gossip to survive.
This is what sets us apart and above other animals.

Are some people just not as evolved?
Is it illogical for me to think like this?

Originally Posted by xiximmxi

I feel like only truly intelligent beings are able to control their instincts, hence the name homo sapiens (wise man). We aren't cavemen anymore; we no longer need to kill, steal, rape, be jealous or gossip to survive.
This is what sets us apart and above other animals.

Are some people just not as evolved?
Is it illogical for me to think like this?

Nope, you aren't wrong to think about like this. Everyone is entitled to have their own opinion, and who knows what will the future reveal to us.

I believe we, especially teenagers and young adults, have an instinct to kill and have sex. The urge to have sex is universal and in fact unfortunately the only purpose of life is to continue life. While killing, we may kill for many reasons, including to show dominance, to end the feeling of injustice etc. which a psychologist can better explain. Life's rule is, "Do anything it takes to survive and be dominant."

[pachyderm]

Originally Posted by TheLonelyChemist

It's the biological (therefore natural) tendencies of animals to be violent. After all, as Darwin said, only the fittest survive.

But there are other ways, besides or in addition to, violence, to "survive" and thrive. Violence is primarily the way of the "lizard brain".

As to whether "evil" is more powerful, I don't see that the answer is obvious. I don't see that there is any big Decider that is deciding that for us.

There is not many people out there that can be classed as pure 'Evil' full stop, that is rare. Reserved for people like Hitler, Josef Fritzl, Peter Sutcliffe, Ian Brady and Myra Hindley, Fred and Rose West etc. Psychopaths and Sociopaths and serial killers.
We are all made up of shades of light and dark. We all have our defence mechanism that we are usually unaware of. And as it has been mentioned, the world is still "survival of the fittest." We are all at war with internal and external forces. Or in otherwords is it nature or nurture that drives us more. Nature is our lizard brain and unconscious drives. Our super ego is nurtured to follow rules. But Nice guys finish last they say.

Originally Posted by pachyderm

But there are other ways, besides or in addition to, violence, to "survive" and thrive. Violence is primarily the way of the "lizard brain".

As to whether "evil" is more powerful, I don't see that the answer is obvious. I don't see that there is any big Decider that is deciding that for us.

Yes, adaptions, whether physiological or anatomical, bioluminescence, etc. are various ways to survive without violence. But let's not ignore the prey-predator relationships. And after all, everything needs food to survive, which commonly includes other living objects.