Portland Is Trapped in a $30 Million Container Shipping Cult

Cargo cults are a well-documented sociological phenomenon that emerged among indigenous people in Melanesia during the early to mid-20th century. The cults were inspired by the arrival of European colonizers and the material goods they brought.

Very much in that vein, Oregon leaders are proposing to prop up a similar cargo cult edifice, in the form of Portland’s failing container terminal.

Oregon policymakers are poised to pour $30 million per year of taxpayer money into a decades-old pipe dream: reviving container shipping service at the Port of Portland.

Source: Portland Is Trapped in a $30 Million Container Shipping Cult