Maybe this Karma thing is real?
Maybe that's what we are witnessing? The chickens do come home to roost. We really do reap what we sow. What we do, does come back to haunt us. Sort of like a "Spiritual Boomerang."
So if you hate, and stir-up hatred, hatred will come to you. If you disrespect people, they will disrespect you. If you lie, cheat and steal, you will be lied to, cheated, and stolen from.
If you strut around like an over-fed, spoiled child, you will be treated like an over-fed, spoiled child. If you bully everyone, you will be bullied. If you treat people like shit, you will be treated like shit.
If you act like an asshole, you actually are an asshole. And maybe that is your worst fate - you have to be the person you are, your acts, your thoughts will define who you are, and you will carry that with you to the grave.
Karma. It's a hard thing. Not a dinner party.