So you wondering about future ? Think about what you do today.
You put out bad actions you receive back bad sooner or later you put out good actions you receive back good sooner or later there is no exacly time but when it's right time you always will receive.
And when we look at someone and his/her history of actions it all make sense.
If we all keep this in our minds then success and hapiness can happening more often in our life.
These words are inline with some religious teachings. It is believed that whatever you do in the present will determine your life in the future. Some religions also teach about life after death. It is believed that the unrighteous will be punished with suffering and destruction, while the righteous will enjoy eternal life in the afterlife. I guess this is why most religious people always want to behave righteously to avoid these future pains.
I have my own belief about life, which is I don't do to others what I don't want them to do to me. If you know what will harm your neighbor or cause him pain, we have to avoid it. We should always show empathy in everything we do because nobody deserve to suffer. If we have the consciousness that life is a seed, we will be careful about how we behave toward others. If corrupt politicians who engage in the stealing of the country's commonwealth know that their evil will return to them, they behave well.
Recently, the son of a former president of a country was caught with some people when they were burgling a house. His father might have acquired much wealth for him, but he might have squandered all of it. If they know that all these funds they are stealing will be wasted, they will govern the people well. A former president of my country who stole so much money is now suffering from blood cancer.
Only If they could turn back their time and doing things different ways.
There is no escaping from karma and taking the criminal money it's like a rotten treasury it will lose value some day.
If we all will learn those principals well then we could understood better.
The smart ones don't do bad themselfes they just might support bad ones so in later they reap the benefits for example financing the both sides of war that action itself is not bad...If you borrow money from me then im not blamed what you do with your money the very smart and educated people never cross the line of karma directly they make sure that they never involved directly in any bad actions ..."directly" - off course some how some ways it will afgecting them but not so much becouse they keep distance from bad activities themselfes they might be related to it but they will be behind the "wall of others" Even with military company dealings they never direct share holders they create the trusts and companies and corporations inside in another corporations...why? Because they know karma works and they try to get benefits of all the situation but far away as possible.