It's obviously based on a few anecdotes involving a small number of indigenous groups ... perhaps mainly just one! "Cargo cult" should not be taken as a serious

It's obviously based on a few anecdotes involving a small number of indigenous groups ... perhaps mainly just one! "Cargo cult" should not be taken as a serious term, on the level of "polytheistic religion" or "agrarian society". Anthropologists who take "cargo cult" seriously have let themselves be trolled by pop culture.