因果 has no logic.
let say i get retribution in my next life. how does it
'hurt' me when i dont even know its me?
If a person was drunk and unfortunately got hit by a car and was
paralysed. He could not recall what had happened and how he was hit
by the car because he was drunk but that does not mean he will
change the fact that he is paralysed for the rest of his life.
Can you relate the story to the fact that how it hurts you when
you have to suffer for your sins although you can't recall what you
had done in your past life?
The point here is it does not matter whether you can recall or
you can't. Karma will still work regardless of whether you
can recall or not.
Buddha is the wise one who tells us how karma works. Just like
the person who got hit by the car would be told by
someone how he got paralyse though he could not recall the
accident. I believe that person will have lots of regrets and wish
that he had never drunk liquor at all.
Many people like you have the misconception that retributions
only happen in next life. In fact, retributions can happen in this
very life if you observe people or things happening around you
carefully.