It's not easy to commit so many horrible atrocities that people say this guy is just as bad as Hitler,

maybe worse. But Pol Pot pulled that off. If we're talking about the most evil people of the last

hundred years, people whose leadership led to more death and despair that anyone else is in the

world, we should mention the Soviet Union's Joseph Stalin. Bad dude, very bad. We've covered him

here on time, suck. China's Mao Zedong, another terrible, soulless, heartless bastard. And we

should also mention Pol Pot. Cambodia is still recovering from what he did in the 1970s.

All these guys arguably as bad as Hitler and other than Hitler, all three were communists.

It's almost like communism is not a good idea. It's almost like it's a horrific form of government

that no one should ever try again ever. Under the Khmer Rouge's short and terrible reign,

led by Pol Pot, the Cambodian state controlled all aspects of a citizen's life. Money,

private property, jewelry, gambling, most reading material, religion, all illegal. The punishment for

just about every crime, death. The punishment for being just about anything other than a farmer

before the Khmer Rouge took over, death. So much death under Pol Pot. Agriculture was collectivized,

children were taken from their homes and forced into the military, even strict rules governed

sexual relations, vocabulary and clothing all laid down by the state. Between 1.4 million and

2.2 million people would lose their lives from execution, disease, starvation and overwork

under Pol Pot's horrific vision and terrible delusional leadership. He thought all of what he

did would make the people happier. At least that's what he told himself. The dude was an insane

bloodthirsty idiot. And we're going to learn all about him and what he did to Cambodia in today's

how the hell does this shit ever happen? Edition of Time Suck.

This is Michael McDonald and you're listening to Time Suck. You're listening to Time Suck.

Working wait made sacks. It's time for Time Suck. Happy Monday you motherfuckers.

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