"Facing the truth–that the world visits violence and poverty and discrimination upon people capriciously, with little regard for what they've done to deserve it–is much scarier. Because, if there's no good explanation for why any specific person is suffering, it's far harder to escape the frightening conclusion that it could easily be you next."
Oliver Burkeman at The Guardian looks at the "just-world hypothesis."
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