I thought it interesting that Rush had never heard of the Cargo Cults until today.
It’s a famous side-note to WWII history, and has been mentioned in lots of WWII tv documentaries in the last couple of decades.
I hadn’t heard of them either - at least not that I could remember. Probably WWII in the Pacific gets less attention than WWII in Europe.
Not that big of a surprise. Given the choice between reading history or football and golf there’s no doubt as to which he chooses.
It really is a crying shame that more people are not familiar with the cargo cults and the attitudes which they engender. I would have to say that the studies of cargo cults and envy complex are both very illuminating and provide the keys to truly understanding much of what is happening in our world today. These are precisely the sorts of subjects children should be compelled to study in modern "Social Studies" and civics courses.