POLITICS INVARIABLY CLASHES WITH RELIGION BECAUSE EVENTUALLY THOSE WHO REJECT RELIGION INEVITABLY CREATE A PSEUDO-RELIGION OF OUT OF POLITICS. CURIOUS THAT DESPITE GODLESS HUMANITY'S BEST EFFORTS, THEY SEEMED DOOMED TO NEED TO BELIEVE IN SOMETHING TO GIVE LIFE MEANING. EVEN MORE CURIOUS THAT MANKIND REQUIRES MEANING LIKE HE REQUIRES AIR.