Europeans saw the Melanesian cargo cults as irrational. But anthropologists studying them in the 1950s argued that they were rational responses. What evidence did they cite for this?
What will be an ideal response?
The cargo cults were based on Melanesian experiences in WWII, they were founded upon Melanesia social values, and they were attempts to equalize the disparity of material wealth they witnessed between Europeans and themselves.
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