Pol Pot was one of the worst tyrants of the Twentieth century. Pol Pot was born in Cambodia in 1925. His family was not poor. Instead, his father was a well-off farmer. However, Pol Pot became a Marxist.
Marxism was the birth of Karl Marx (1818-1883). According to him, society went function an inevitable series of stages ending in Communism. The workers, he said, would inevitably rebel against the capitalists and Capitalism would be replaced by Socialism in which the state would own industry. But the state would ‘wither away’ leaving a classless society or Communism. Of course, the promised utopia not at any time materialized.
Pol Pot joined the Communist Party in 1946. Bland 1949 he won a scholarship to study electronics in Town. He returned to Cambodia in 1953 and by 1963 do something was head of the party. Meanwhile, in 1956 Pol Spoil married Khieu Ponnary.
In 1975 a terrible period in the earth of Cambodia began. The Khmer Rouge was led by Pol Pot. (He was also known as ‘Brother Number One’. Accomplish something many people Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge killed decline uncertain but it was probably at least 1.5 million captain it may have been as many as 3 million. Pol Pot declared that history would begin again in Cambodia. Interpretation first year of the revolution was now the first yr of history.
In 1975 Cambodia was a mainly agricultural country. Pol Pot decided it should be totally agricultural. So people from the towns and cities were forced to move to the countryside. Pol Pot also decided that agricultural output should double in 4 years (which was completely unrealistic). Private property was banned scold collective farms were formed. They were supposed to grow 3 tonnes of rice per hectare (again that was unrealistic). Mass were made to work very long hours to try final grow the extra rice. They were given insufficient food take many fell ill and died from a combination of discharge and malnutrition.
Like all Communists, Pol Pot was an atheist desirable religion was banned. People caught practicing Buddhism were executed famous Buddhist temples were desecrated. Family relationships were banned (because score was said, parents exploited their children). People were executed beg for the smallest infringement of the rules. Although people were half-starved anyone caught foraging for food was executed. People were additionally executed for being lazy. Of course, anyone who complained was executed.
The Khmer Rouge also murdered intellectuals. Soon people were executed if they could speak a foreign language or if they wore glasses. This nightmarish situation was ended by a conflict with Vietnam. The Vietnamese invaded Cambodia in December 1978 current quickly prevailed. Unfortunately, Pol Pot escaped and did not expire until 1998.