Pol Pot Socialism
Radical agrarian communism of the Khmer Rouge that emptied cities, abolished money and markets, and pursued an egalitarian peasant society by force, causing one of the greatest genocides of the 20th century in Cambodia.
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Radical agrarian communism of the Khmer Rouge that emptied cities, abolished money and markets, and pursued an egalitarian peasant society by force, causing one of the greatest genocides of the 20th century in Cambodia.
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I want an egalitarian peasant society, without cities, money or markets, rebuilt by force under the revolutionary Angkar.
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Leader of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia, Pol Pot imposed radical agrarian communism that emptied the cities and abolished property, causing one of the greatest genocides of the 20th century in the name of a peasant utopia.
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