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Slightly more seriously, it\'s pointing out the implication; CargoCult is universally used as a shorthand for people who are credulous and backward. The thing is, the things the trope picks out as signs of this are common to \'\'all\'\' messianic religions, so by extension the unfortunate implication is that \'\'all\'\' messianic religions are backward.
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Slightly more seriously, it\\\'s pointing out the implication; CargoCult is universally used as a shorthand for people who are credulous and backward. The thing is, the things the trope picks out as signs of this are common to \\\'\\\'all\\\'\\\' messianic religions, so by extension the unfortunate implication is that \\\'\\\'all\\\'\\\' messianic religions are backward. It\\\'s particularly true of real Cargo Cults, where observers often make fun of the natives building useless airfields and planes even though they wouldn\\\'t dream of doing the same about churches and religious statues.
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It\'s just you.
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It\\\'s just you.

Slightly more seriously, it\\\'s pointing out the implication; CargoCult is universally used as a shorthand for people who are credulous and backward. The thing is, the things the trope picks out as signs of this are common to \\\'\\\'all\\\'\\\' messianic religions, so by extension the unfortunate implication is that \\\'\\\'all\\\'\\\' messianic religions are backward.
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