The traditions responsible for developing the idea of karma didn't do so from superstition. I speak mainly from the Buddhist perspective, which is largely concerned with empiricism and observing reality, both external and in the mind.
This is why I object to your view of karma as hocus-pocus. Working with karma is about working with reality, with what you see and experience. It's a personal thing.
Buddhists would call superstitious views delusion. It always comes back to cause and effect—you know, the opposite of
The Secret.
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That and I find it hilarious that materialistic white people on the Internet are acting snobby about the philosophy of emptiness.
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Even Buddhists acknowledge the role of materialism.