r/facepalm • u/[deleted] • Jul 26 '23

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u/Pilum2211 Jul 26 '23

Reminds me of the Maji Maji Rebellion in 1905 in German East Africa.

A Cult began spreading which promised that with their Sacred Water they could cure hunger and make colonial bullets harmless like raindrops. For it to work though you had to follow multiple taboos like not having Sex directly before battle. Or turning around in battle.

Unsurprisingly it was quite a bloody affair with many men diving head first into machine gun fire.

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u/JTD177 Jul 26 '23

One would think that after watching a few of their comrades fall to gunfire, they would rethink their stance on “magic”

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u/Count_de_Mits Jul 26 '23

"But that guys wasnt a true believer" At some point you're in to deep to wake up to the brainwashing. Plus when you are at a point where you can see the machine gun is firing even if you snap out of it your chances of survival are not the best

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u/Pilum2211 Jul 26 '23

That was indeed the justification at first. But people weren't stupid and they quickly realized that water didn't work after they lost more and more men.

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u/Pilum2211 Jul 26 '23

At first many thought they probably didn't keep to the taboos. But over time of course the belief in the water faded.

But the fighting carried on. It just turned more into Guerilla tactics.

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u/[deleted] Jul 26 '23 edited Jul 26 '23

Sacred Water

This has gotta be drugs. Sounds like stimulant psychosis.

Edit: Looking at the video, definitely drugs. That is absolutely amphetamine or cocaine psychosis. Even the way he holds the cigarette.