A good historical parallel to Extinction Rebellion: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Cape_Colony_from_1806_to_1870#Xhosa_cattle-killing_movement_an

A good historical parallel to Extinction Rebellion: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Cape_Colony_from_1806_to_1870#Xhosa_cattle-killing_movement_and_famine_(1854%E2%80%931858) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Cape_Colony_fro... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nongqawuse https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nongqawuse They had a real problem with cattle diseases -- and a more imaginary problem with Europeans in "their" land -- and somehow imagined killing ALL their cattle would help solve both problems. (Both the Xhosa and the Europeans were recent immigrants to the area.)