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To recreate a communist country an economic and political system to reduce the wage gap between capitalists and workers.

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Pol Pot targeted anyone who refused to work, those who didn't leave fast enough, and those who couldn't obey orders. If you tried to oppose him we would kill you as well. Communism was the main symbol he used when he took power of Cambodia.

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Pol pot and the Khmer rouge were the ones who committed genocide on Cambodian citizens. The Khmer rouge was a communist party which was founded in 1968 in Cambodia. The regime of the Khmer rouge forced Cambodian citizens to labor camps were they diseases, were psychically abused, and starved .

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Pol Pot considered the victims as worms, insects, or parasites. The were treated on basis of this perspective.

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Pol Pot wants to create a utopia of communistic ideas and have his army rule it.

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Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge treated the victims differently, as in, he denied them many rights and treated them inhumanely.

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In the end, after the genocide, Pol Pot denied that he did anything wrong and blamed everything on the victims, as done in most cases. In fact Pol Pot was never brought to trial for his crimes

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Pol pot exterminated the enemy by executing those with wealth and a decent occupation. He only wanted the poor to remain.

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Pol Pot started to separate, question an torture people on basis of their ethnicity, age and in some cases sex

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Pol Pot started preparing to kill the Cambodians and spreading he's ideas, so he started organizing militia which would cause the ideas that he would want to spread to spread because of military force.

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Extreme conditions drove the groups apart. Pol Pot also spread propaganda that rich people will not hurt the Cambodians anymore.

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Pol Pot starts to torture there victims by various different methods killing them in killing field with various different methods.

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According to Pol Pot anyone in opposition must be eliminated from the  "traditional Cambodian society."

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"Better to kill an innocent by mistake than spare an enemy by mistake."

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1. Cambodia was run by France until 1953
2. Pol Pot was never brought to trial for his crimes
3. Almost everyone was a target.
4. As part of their attempt to realize their Utopian vision, they branded several groups as "enemies."

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-25% of Cambodia's population was killed and/or tortured.
-Anyone who protested or tried to run away was tortured and/or killed

- Some children were even taught to hate their families
-The main goal was to abolish most luxuries, order, and technology, as well as returning all of Cambodia back to its basic years. By doing this a utopia would be created according to Pol Pot.
-Millions of people were ripped from their homes and families- in most cases, never seeing them again

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Cambodia Teaches New Generation About Khmer Rouge Atrocities

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Genocide in Cambodia: A survivor's story

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This video tells the story of Arun, a survival of the genocide inflicted on the Cambodian people during the rule of the Khmer Rouge (1975-1979)

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Khmer Rouge constantly name labeled their enemies. Enemies considered as worms. Victims of enforced migration were considered parasites.

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Pol Pot created the Khmer Rouge and began waging guerrilla war as opposition to Sihanouk’s government. He did this make it seem like he were fighting the opposition. Anyone who did not follow Pol Pots rule was killed even Khmer Rouge leaders.

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Pol Pot and all of his followers (the Khmer Rouge) were the them and the Cambodian victims were the us.

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1975-1979

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About 1.5 to 3 million died in the Cambodian Genocide

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Pol Pot was a Cambodian politician who guided the Khmer Rouge (Cambodian Genocide) 1963 until 1997.