In Buddhism morality is big in the philosophy and the practice. I wonder if the karma part actually sits independently of these moral aspects acting more like a natural law. I wonder if this natural law may work in such a way that certain people and their situations have particular karmic forces that attach to them.

As such these forces might bring about sequences of events, runs of good or bad luck as we say it. People might even pass those forces on to others, leaving them behind in turn. They themselves may have picked them up like germs. This would be not from rebirth or transmigration but just in the same way as other things get passed around whether it be behavioural patterns, psychological states or physical diseases. In this way humans might take on some of the archetypal traits and tendencies of those they know particularly those close.

This is nothing like the notion that good or bad deeds come back in consequence of actions, if not in this life then another. Less even is it like the idea of an overseer keeping the score and doling out retribution. It’s more of a causal process just as indiscriminate as any other. Hence the ability of some to get away with all kinds of immoral acts major and minor - consistently!

Even if something like this were true it is hard to see how you could know for sure.