On the Unpleasant Reality That Some People Get Away with Being Awful

We fervently believe in the existence of karma, the inevitable suffering of the wicked, and the imminent arrival of cosmic justice, poised to sever the arrogant smile on every corrupt individual's face.

But we are not in the business of selling you bedtime stories.

The Uncomfortable Truth

Some people get away with it. Some people are cruel, miserable wretches who keep winning, not because they're smart or talented, but because they've figured out that if you stomp hard enough, others get too afraid to step on your toes in return.

These people exist. They thrive. They accumulate wealth, power, and influence not through merit but through a masterful understanding of human fear and institutional cowardice. They are the ones who discovered that if you make people afraid enough of losing what little they have, they'll let you take everything else.

The False Promise of Justice

And sure, maybe they die rich. Maybe they never face justice or consequence. Maybe they live out their days in gilded penthouses, surrounded by expensive things and people who smile with their mouths but not their eyes. Maybe they win, by every metric that can be measured in dollars or influence or control.

History is littered with tyrants who died peacefully in their sleep, corrupt officials who retired to private islands, and petty despots who never faced a single consequence for their actions. This isn't pessimism—it's pattern recognition.

The One Thing They Can't Buy

But they will never be truly loved, or wanted, or genuinely enjoyed.

They will never know what it's like to be in a room where people laugh because they want to, not because they're too afraid not to. They will never experience the warm chaos of authentic human connection, the beautiful mess of relationships built on mutual joy rather than mutual fear.

And that is the one thing they can never buy.

Our Response

So yes, we laugh at them. Not because we think they'll suffer for their crimes—some of them won't. Not because we think their power will inevitably crumble—some of it won't. But because if they are going to be joyless, paranoid husks held together by money and fear, we might as well be the ones having fun at their expense.

The Ultimate Fear

Because the one thing they will never understand and will always fear is a person who cannot be controlled.

And nothing is harder to control than someone who already expects to fail and is laughing about it anyway.

The Real Victory

They may never face justice. They may never lose their wealth or power. They may continue to stomp through life, taking what they want and crushing those who oppose them.

But they will always be plagued by the existence of people who look at their power and wealth and control and respond with genuine, uncontrollable laughter. People who see their carefully constructed facades of importance and respond with authentic, unmanageable joy.

The Last Laugh

Let them have their hollow victories and their carefully curated worlds. Let them surround themselves with yes-men and sycophants. Let them build their empires of fear and control.

We'll be over here, laughing genuinely, loving authentically, and living vibrantly—doing all the things their money can never buy and their power can never command.

Because in the end, the greatest revenge against those who would control everything is to possess something they can never own: the ability to find joy in their presence without their permission.