Why are wicked people rewarded the most in life?

A common example that comes to mind is bullies. There's this popular narrative in movies and TV where the bully ends up a failure and the victim goes on to become successful. But in reality at least in my experience it doesn’t seem to play out that way.

I’ve seen so many people who treat others terribly end up with everything: a solid education, a great career, a nice home, car, family, and a thriving social life. Meanwhile, a lot of the people they hurt are left struggling with little to show for it.

People often tell me, “Well, they’re probably secretly unhappy and just pretending.” But honestly, that doesn’t bring me any comfort because we don’t actually know that. For all we know, they could be genuinely content.

It just blows my mind how often life seems to reward the worst kinds of people. They cruise through life without ever facing real consequences. At this point, I don’t really believe in karma it just doesn’t seem to work that way.