Karma is marketed like ultimate moral accounting software that eventually balances out every action, yet reality proves otherwise—evil CEOs retire rich, saints burn out.

A closer look

Karma is often described as life’s invisible scorekeeper, tallying every good deed and every shady move until the balance comes due. It sounds tidy, like cosmic justice with built-in receipts. But reality complicates the story—greedy villains often retire on yachts, while kind souls struggle without reward. Maybe karma really is working, but it runs on a glacial timescale, like divine Wi-Fi buffering for centuries. It leaves us wondering if justice is delayed rather than denied, or if karma is less about punishment and reward and more about how we carry our own choices inside us.