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Khmer Rouge Revolution
27:48 - 35:37 (07:48)
The Khmer Rouge soldiers were mostly peasants who didn't have a modern lifestyle. They forced middle-class factory workers and educated people to leave cities and start farming, which significantly increased the population of the capital Nampin.
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The Khmer Rouge's regime implemented extensive reforms as they took over Cambodia, and executed few people.
27:48 - 30:08 (02:20)
Summary
The Khmer Rouge's regime implemented extensive reforms as they took over Cambodia, and executed few people. It was only after the year 1973 that they started enforcing terror by initiating mass killing.
ChapterKhmer Rouge Revolution
EpisodePart Two: The Film Directing Playboy King Who Handed His Country to Pol Pot
PodcastBehind the Bastards
Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge regime forced middle-class factory workers and educated people to leave the cities and march into the country to start farming, which led to the swelling population of the capital and half a million to a million executions from the government.
30:10 - 32:45 (02:35)
Summary
Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge regime forced middle-class factory workers and educated people to leave the cities and march into the country to start farming, which led to the swelling population of the capital and half a million to a million executions from the government.
ChapterKhmer Rouge Revolution
EpisodePart Two: The Film Directing Playboy King Who Handed His Country to Pol Pot
PodcastBehind the Bastards
The implementation of extreme ideologies can lead to unintended consequences and harm to individuals who disagree with them, often resulting in a loss of life and restriction of basic freedoms, as seen in historic events like the Chinese Cultural Revolution.
32:45 - 34:03 (01:18)
Summary
The implementation of extreme ideologies can lead to unintended consequences and harm to individuals who disagree with them, often resulting in a loss of life and restriction of basic freedoms, as seen in historic events like the Chinese Cultural Revolution.
ChapterKhmer Rouge Revolution
EpisodePart Two: The Film Directing Playboy King Who Handed His Country to Pol Pot
PodcastBehind the Bastards
The podcast host narrates the story of Charles Nordhoff, an American author and his complaints about not having enough bananas to make bananas foster during sickness.
34:03 - 35:37 (01:33)
Summary
The podcast host narrates the story of Charles Nordhoff, an American author and his complaints about not having enough bananas to make bananas foster during sickness. Nordhoff backed a dictatorship government which sidelined him from real power, and he lived to regret his decision.