Khmer Rouge, What Exactly Isit?

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I recently became interested in the history of the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia, led by Pol Pot, which was responsible for the deaths of an estimated 1.5–2 million people.

I’m curious to learn more about what the Khmer Rouge regime was, how it rose to power, how it governed Cambodia, and what ultimately led to its downfall.

There don’t seem to be many video documentaries covering this dark chapter of history. Does anyone know about this, care to share and discuss?
 

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Standard methodology of twisting the communism idealism to gain power.

They called for Zeroization that is similar to Cultural Revolution but worse. They had put the country back a few decades with that move.
 

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Standard methodology of twisting the communism idealism to gain power.

They called for Zeroization that is similar to Cultural Revolution but worse. They had put the country back a few decades with that move.
Really very cia lat this pol pot, I heard that he die a painful death.
 

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He copied chairman Mao, but he wasn't ruthless enough, and he didnt have enough man power. Chairman man's cultural revolution actually killed more people than the world wars.
 

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He copied chairman Mao, but he wasn't ruthless enough, and he didnt have enough man power. Chairman man's cultural revolution actually killed more people than the world wars.
he managed to kill 1/4 of the population

Approximately 20–25% (most commonly cited as about 21–25% or roughly one quarter) of Cambodia’s population at the time.⁠
 

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but even after all that killing, Cambodia's population bounced back hard... this shows how resilient the human race is.
 

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he managed to kill 1/4 of the population

Approximately 20–25% (most commonly cited as about 21–25% or roughly one quarter) of Cambodia’s population at the time.⁠
Ya, but he didnt finished off his opponents. He didnt study chinese literature..... "cut grass dont remove roots, it will grow again in the spring breeze"

While chairman Mao's campaigns
Cumulative Toll: Across all mass campaigns of the Mao era (1949–1976)—including land reform, suppression of counterrevolutionaries, the Anti-Rightist movement, the Great Leap Forward, and the Cultural Revolution—total estimated deaths span roughly 40 to 75 million+ people, though exact figures remain difficult to verify due to historical opacity.
 

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it was mentioned in the grand tour before
jeremy clarkson recommends watching the killing fields movie to learn more about it
 

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The lesson from fall of Khmer Rouge is FAFO when small country keeps pissing off larger neighbour when it lacks the power to fight back.
 

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can u imagine how demented the minds of liberals are worshipping such ppl?
:LOL:

thing is i dun understand how human beings behave this way, even animal kingdom they at most bite bite around their own species and not to the extend of killing of all their same species, do we see lions kill majority of lions. This pol pot is worst then a beast.


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can u imagine how demented the minds of liberals are worshipping such ppl? :LOL:
Those minds don't develop on their own. The education system them is continuously churning out SJW activists. That's how people like Winnie can laugh at them and tell them that they are going to end up in civil war.
 
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