Cargo cults and Obama
23 Feb '10 20:49I have finally revealed the source of Obama's political ideology of the redistribution of wealth. A friend of mine told me all about it. Apparently while living in Hawaii he was exposed to what is called "Cargo cults".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cargo_cult
"A cargo cult is a type of religious practice that may appear in traditional tribal societies in the wake of interaction with technologically advanced cultures. The cults are focused on obtaining the material wealth (the cargo) of the advanced culture through magic and religious rituals and practices (performed in the legislative chambers of Congress), believing that the wealth was intended for them by their deities and ancestors. Cargo cults developed primarily in remote parts of New Guinea and other Melanesian and MIcronesian socities in the southwest Pacific."
"From time to time, the term "cargo cult" is invoked as an English language idiom to mean any group of people who imitate the superficial eterior of a process or system without having any understanding of the underlying substance." For example, primatives may see advanced societies clearing trees away to enable planes to land. They then cleared away trees on other parts of the island in the hopes that those same planes would land with cargo. You may see this as Obama and company copy the FDR policies in the hopes that they too can escape financial ruin. 😀
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cargo_cult
"A cargo cult is a type of religious practice that may appear in traditional tribal societies in the wake of interaction with technologically advanced cultures. The cults are focused on obtaining the material wealth (the cargo) of the advanced culture through magic and religious rituals and practices (performed in the legislative chambers of Congress), believing that the wealth was intended for them by their deities and ancestors. Cargo cults developed primarily in remote parts of New Guinea and other Melanesian and MIcronesian socities in the southwest Pacific."
"From time to time, the term "cargo cult" is invoked as an English language idiom to mean any group of people who imitate the superficial eterior of a process or system without having any understanding of the underlying substance." For example, primatives may see advanced societies clearing trees away to enable planes to land. They then cleared away trees on other parts of the island in the hopes that those same planes would land with cargo. You may see this as Obama and company copy the FDR policies in the hopes that they too can escape financial ruin. 😀
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