• inlandempire@jlai.lu
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    12 hours ago

    I mean Karma is grossly misrepresented in the western world so that comes off as no surprise

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      12 hours ago

      I don’t think karma in Eastern traditions is any less victim-blaming, particularly in contexts like Hinduism and Buddhism where it’s used to explain away why poor people are poor, why people who suffer deserve to suffer, etc.