Why do some people seem to think others deserve to suffer even though they haven't done anything they would normally consider wrong?
Hello. I am not sure what kind of question this is, my apologies.
Warning: Mentions of people suffering.
I just learned about what happened to King Louis XVII of France today and I have been looking into it and I see some people who seem to argue with others who say the boy didn't deserve to die like that. I am probably misunderstanding but from what it seemed, some people seem to try to say he deserved it or they try to justify it. I saw some people saying he did not deserve it, which I would personally agree with, but they may be biased toward that side already and I wanted to ask for opinions that are preferably unbiased on something that happened centuries ago. I cannot give a good description as I do not know much, but apparently he was tortured for a third of his life and left to die around the age of 10. He was the son of the French King that lived in luxury while his people suffered, and got taken down by the French Revolution. What do you think?
This same thing seems to happen with other situations too, like someone lacks all compassion for the innocent people of the side they disagree with, or cannot relate to, or cannot understand, ignoring the fact that they are innocent (or, are only guilty of being disagreed with or misunderstood or of something they cannot control). I notice people currently seem to think like this about things that have happened in the past and things that are currently happening. It seems to be a way of thinking that many people have had throughout time. This reminds me of the way of thinking I had to unlearn in therapy (like, rigid thinking or black and white thinking, maybe?) when I was younger.
I accidentally came across multiple posts on Reddit in a row that seemed to have a lot of people trying to justify wrongdoings and not seeming to understand what it is that what they are saying actually entails (they also seem to think that if others do it, it is wrong, but if they do it, it is fine, or that people should be punished for things they cannot control, or stuff like that - I am not sure how to explain what I was reading, but it seemed confusing). I have not read anything like this in detail in years (not since I was a kid myself) and the amount of people who seemed to try to justify suffering in just those few posts I rarely get emotional but for some reason I cried. I do not understand why people seem to think this way. I know a lot of things come down to opinion and objective stuff (I guess like, what is right and wrong, what does it mean for something to be bad, it depends, stuff like that). What is the cause of this way of thinking? Does it make sense? Can this be explained logically? I do not really understand what I am asking. I am quite naive and this entire post probably comes across as idiotic and mean, and I apologize if that is the case or if this causes any negative feelings.