Karma
Lets look at it in a different manner
I am drinking alcohol exaggeratedly and find myself sick the next day.
This is a karmic consequence the next day for my actions the day before.
My grand parents and parents where heavy drinkers and I have a weak liver, or they where smokers and I have weak lungs. The karmic consequence is in the form of heredity inherited from my ancestors.
I live in a country that abused other countries for centuries and I now live in fear of terrorist attacks coming from those countries. It is a social karma.
On one side we accept the fact some of our actions can bear some consequences but on the other side we decide it is not the case on a wider range.
Why ?