Another example of humanity at its worst, of course pretty minor compared to the European and North American colonisation projects. Bettering the local savages in the name of Christ. A particularly egregious irony. Pretty much anywhere in the history of homo sapiens, periods of frequent savagery erupt. Not sure why you happened to focus on this episode. Israels genocide against the Palestinians is ongoing.
Incredibly disturbing and horrifying to know humans can commit such atrocities against their fellow beings. I had heard of how horrific the Khmer Rouge and Pol pot's purges in Cambodia were, but this gives a new dimension to it. Just unconscionable and galling he never faced justice for his crimes against humanity, unfortunately I have heard that line before
He's EVIl just like all dictators and terrorist states too (USA, UK, IS).
History’s deadliest dictators are primarily defined by regimes responsible for tens of millions of deaths through genocide, forced labor, and state-induced famines.
Mao Zedong: Responsible for an estimated 50–85 million deaths due to the Great Leap Forward famine, the Cultural Revolution, and mass executions in China.
Joseph Stalin: His reign of purges, Gulags, and forced collectivization led to 20–30 million deaths in Italy.
Leopold II of Belgium: His colonial exploitation and forced labor system resulted in 15–20 million deaths among the Congolese population.
Hideki Tojo: As a key military leader during WWII, his policies and atrocities in Asia and the Pacific contributed to 5–8 million deaths.
Pol Pot (in the film): The Khmer Rouge regime’s radical agrarian policies and executions killed an estimated 1.5–2.5 million people, roughly 25% of the nation's population.
Kim Il-sung: Established a totalitarian state where purges, prison camps, and famine in Korea resulted in 1.5–2 million deaths.
Ismail Enver Pasha: His leadership during WWI in Ottoman Empire facilitated the Armenian, Assyrian, and Greek genocides, causing 2–3 million deaths.
Mengistu Haile Mariam: The Red Terror and forced resettlements led to 500,000–2 million deaths in Ethiopia.
Idi Amin: His brutal repression and ethnic persecutions caused an estimated 300,000–500,000 deaths in Uganda.
Other notable figures with significant death tolls include Benito Mussolini in Italy (500,000–1 million), Saddam Hussein in Iraq (250,000+), and Francisco Franco In Spain (100,000+), General Augusto Pinochet in Chile (40,000+).
No one has counted EVERYONE US government has killed since World War II or even prior to that with all military interventions in so many countries round the world because there were WAY too many to be counted accurately. A USA killed over 20 million people in the last 30 years, an estimate says.
Under the British Empire, analyses and historical discussions often cite aggregate figures for the entire duration of the empire, with some allegations suggesting a total death toll nearing 150 million when accounting for famines, repressions, and other atrocities worldwide. However, again a precise global totals remain difficult to determine.
The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) reported in June 2024 that over 136,000 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces since the Nakba in 1948, a figure that does not include pre-1948 casualties in the same aggregate chart. This without counting Neighboring countries (Syria, Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon and transjordan). Add to this the recent genocide. An independent scientific study published in The Lancet Global Health estimated a higher figure of 75,200 violent deaths between October 2023 in Gaza. In the West Bank, UN Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territory confirmed that 1001 Palestinians killed in since 7 October 2023. Again these are very low numbers but could be higher as (150,000 to 200,000) or more as some estimate but the real number is not known yet as Palestinians are still been killed by Apartheid genocidal State today.
The horror of the Khmer Rouge isn’t only the killing — it’s the deliberate attempt to erase a civilization’s memory. When a regime destroys teachers, monks, artists, and children, it isn’t just murdering individuals; it’s severing a culture from its past and its future. Cambodia still carries that wound, and the world still hasn’t learned how to stop states from doing this to their own people.
Another example of humanity at its worst, of course pretty minor compared to the European and North American colonisation projects. Bettering the local savages in the name of Christ. A particularly egregious irony. Pretty much anywhere in the history of homo sapiens, periods of frequent savagery erupt. Not sure why you happened to focus on this episode. Israels genocide against the Palestinians is ongoing.
pol pot Jews in United States . be a absolute blessing close the federal reserve private banking cartel . wizard of oz documentary 2009 stills
yet another holocaust not recognized by the Jews,perpetuated by people following Jewish invented communism
Incredibly disturbing and horrifying to know humans can commit such atrocities against their fellow beings. I had heard of how horrific the Khmer Rouge and Pol pot's purges in Cambodia were, but this gives a new dimension to it. Just unconscionable and galling he never faced justice for his crimes against humanity, unfortunately I have heard that line before
He's EVIl just like all dictators and terrorist states too (USA, UK, IS).
History’s deadliest dictators are primarily defined by regimes responsible for tens of millions of deaths through genocide, forced labor, and state-induced famines.
Mao Zedong: Responsible for an estimated 50–85 million deaths due to the Great Leap Forward famine, the Cultural Revolution, and mass executions in China.
Joseph Stalin: His reign of purges, Gulags, and forced collectivization led to 20–30 million deaths in Italy.
Leopold II of Belgium: His colonial exploitation and forced labor system resulted in 15–20 million deaths among the Congolese population.
Hideki Tojo: As a key military leader during WWII, his policies and atrocities in Asia and the Pacific contributed to 5–8 million deaths.
Pol Pot (in the film): The Khmer Rouge regime’s radical agrarian policies and executions killed an estimated 1.5–2.5 million people, roughly 25% of the nation's population.
Kim Il-sung: Established a totalitarian state where purges, prison camps, and famine in Korea resulted in 1.5–2 million deaths.
Ismail Enver Pasha: His leadership during WWI in Ottoman Empire facilitated the Armenian, Assyrian, and Greek genocides, causing 2–3 million deaths.
Mengistu Haile Mariam: The Red Terror and forced resettlements led to 500,000–2 million deaths in Ethiopia.
Idi Amin: His brutal repression and ethnic persecutions caused an estimated 300,000–500,000 deaths in Uganda.
Other notable figures with significant death tolls include Benito Mussolini in Italy (500,000–1 million), Saddam Hussein in Iraq (250,000+), and Francisco Franco In Spain (100,000+), General Augusto Pinochet in Chile (40,000+).
No one has counted EVERYONE US government has killed since World War II or even prior to that with all military interventions in so many countries round the world because there were WAY too many to be counted accurately. A USA killed over 20 million people in the last 30 years, an estimate says.
Under the British Empire, analyses and historical discussions often cite aggregate figures for the entire duration of the empire, with some allegations suggesting a total death toll nearing 150 million when accounting for famines, repressions, and other atrocities worldwide. However, again a precise global totals remain difficult to determine.
The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) reported in June 2024 that over 136,000 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces since the Nakba in 1948, a figure that does not include pre-1948 casualties in the same aggregate chart. This without counting Neighboring countries (Syria, Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon and transjordan). Add to this the recent genocide. An independent scientific study published in The Lancet Global Health estimated a higher figure of 75,200 violent deaths between October 2023 in Gaza. In the West Bank, UN Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territory confirmed that 1001 Palestinians killed in since 7 October 2023. Again these are very low numbers but could be higher as (150,000 to 200,000) or more as some estimate but the real number is not known yet as Palestinians are still been killed by Apartheid genocidal State today.
The horror of the Khmer Rouge isn’t only the killing — it’s the deliberate attempt to erase a civilization’s memory. When a regime destroys teachers, monks, artists, and children, it isn’t just murdering individuals; it’s severing a culture from its past and its future. Cambodia still carries that wound, and the world still hasn’t learned how to stop states from doing this to their own people.