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Politicians are Superstitious

They put religious faith in their theories and use them to affect worldly affairs

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Eric Scheske
Apr 20, 2026
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A progressive politician with a theory is like a peasant woman at her weekday Mass. Both are using tools to access grace. The difference is, the peasant woman isn’t superstitious.

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