The Hall of Evil: Pol Pot | Paul Kengor

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🗓️ 17 March 2025

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How did Pol Pot transform 1970s Cambodia into one of history’s deadliest dictatorships? In this PragerU 5-Minute Video, Paul Kengor, Professor of Political Science at Grove City College, exposes the horrifying reality of the Khmer Rouge regime. Under Pol Pot’s communist rule, nearly two million people died from execution, forced labor, and starvation in Cambodia’s infamous “killing fields.” Discover the truth behind this genocide and the deadly consequences of radical leftist ideology. This video was made possible through a generous donation from the Robert W. Plaster Foundation, part of the Robert W. Plaster Foundation Playlist: Free Enterprise Will Set You Free, which educates Americans on the virtues of our nation's founding principles and the consequences of straying from them. This video is part of a 6-part series. Click here to watch the entire Hall of Evil series. Get all our content ad-free on ⁠PragerU.com⁠ or download the PragerU app: ⁠https://l.prageru.com/45GvWlu ⁠ Follow PragerU on social media: Instagram X/Twitter Facebook Rumble YouTube Follow Dr. Paul Kengor: Instagram: Faith and Freedom, The American Spectator X: Dr. Paul Kengor, The American Spectator Facebook: The American Spectator, Faith and Freedom Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:31.7	On April 17, 1975, the communist Camer Rouge took control of Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia.
0:39.3	That same day, they ordered the evacuation of the entire city.
0:43.3	The inhabitants were allowed to take only what they could carry.
0:46.3	It didn't matter if you were sick or infirm, young or old, you had to leave.
0:50.3	No exceptions. Where were you going? The soldiers couldn't tell you. If you protested, you'd
0:56.0	be beaten with rifle butts or simply shot. The Khmer Rouge had a slogan for troublesome people.
1:01.0	To keep you as no profit, to destroy you as no loss.
1:05.0	Cambodia's communist revolution would prove to be, per capita, the most radical, bloodiest
1:10.0	revolution of the 20th century,
1:12.5	maybe of any century. About 2 million people or 25% of the Cambodian population perished
1:18.5	during the Khmer Rouge's four years in power. Countless were murdered outright, countless more were
1:23.8	worked or starved to death. Not even Mao on his worst day could match that ratio.
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