@@SaltareObscurum dude people who suffered from this are still alive. It's a bit rude to joke about such a tragedy while it's victims are still around.
Is it true some people were ask about math question although not this easy. They lied that those could get it right would get more meal but some people who were can see through this and give the wrong answer.
My dad's actually one of the many lucky survivors of pol pot. He said that he was only a kid when everything happend and to this day he's still traumatized cuz of all the murder, gunshots, landmines explosion, raping, cries, etc. He still have nightmares about the past but he's glad to have survived with two of his brother's, but everyone else not so much.
He didn't do just that. Appearently when my teacher was younger, she witnessed a family killed because the dad had a shirt he liked. They made literally everyone watch as they had their way with the mother and daughter before killed with the father to crush their spirits and quell any rebellious thoughts
Well that's disturbing.. thanks USA, for supporting another civil war. Real nice of you to let the kmer rouge take over and employ child soldiers. Y'all should watch "first they killed my father". I think you'd like it, as it's a moviw about the civil war in Cambodia.
There is a memoir I read for school called “first they killed my father” by Loung Ung. It’s a great book if you want to see truly how much people suffered in that time
😭😭 I remember my dad talking about Pol Pot and his atrocities. He decided from then on he was going to be part of that underground that moved people out of politically oppressed countries.
One can still visit the killing fields where LOTS of people died… there’s a tower that’s completely filled with skulls… and there’s some trees that still have blood marks where they’d smash babies before throwing them into the pits It’s a heavy energy there… And there’s this school type building (several buildings linked together) where they’ve posted the pic of the known victims, it’s pretty heartbreaking
Yes, quite sad. And when it mildly rains, bone fragments from the creek bed and surrounding areas are brought up to the surface. Visitors pick these pieces up and pile them up on the sides of the walking path out of respect. Heavy energy indeed.
A few of my teachers were survivors, however they’re still here in Cambodia. One told stories of the lives during that time, according to him, if anyone was late for school, they would have to go ‘study’ which was basically code word for death. My other teacher had said that many men and women were forced to marry each other, even if they had no clue who the other was
@@Chezroblos People blame it completely on him, but what about the soldiers that carry those acts out. They are equally monstrous and wouldn't even ban together to stop him. It's beyond disgusting
I recently read a book about this called "Never Fall Down". It's a decently quick read, I got it done in about a day with on and off reading, but it's gut-wrenching. I can't express enough how tragic this entire thing was. It's such a good book, can't recommend it enough.
Another good book about this is called “first they killed my father.” It’s from the perspective of a young girl growing up in all this. They made a movie on it on Netflix I believe.
I just came back from a study abroad trip to southeast Asia. And while I was in Cambodia, I visited a killing field in Siem Riep and the S-21 prison. Incredibly difficult to witness. The image that will never leave my mind was seeing the actual clothes and bones of victims laying on the ground in the killing field and a tree that was used to smash babies into. May the innocent lives lost to the Khmer Rouge rest in peace 🙏
Not just that but Pol Pot was also being supported by the US and China and some more nations during their war with Vietnam. And Vietnam won with only minimal support from the Soviets, East Germany and Laos.
@@meowsquarade after what he has done to his country and Vietnam, its like the best thing anyone could say to him lol. Oh and fun fact, one of our tank divisions accidentally drove into Thailand and made them think we were trying to invade them, pretty funny story tbh
He treated them worser that you can hope to be worser than him. I had once, went to that KR prison or smth, it's actually only 15.3km away from my house on the east of where l lived.
Pol Pot: Hey, the killing Fields were so great, I purged the parasitic, burgeois cityfolk! Did I do great? Mao and Stalin: those are Rookie numbers bro, you gotta step up your game!
Got a neighbor/family friend, who survived the Khmer Rouge, named Wayne. He has this super friendly demeanor, almost airheaded kindness about him. Not that he’s dumb, he just seems very simple at face value. Always kind, never talks about Cambodia. One time, I went to an indoor gun range with him to take some pistol shots. I went to get eat protection, and when I come back, Wayne’s face is washed over with this lack of emotion. Dude is stone cold, doing QuickDraw drills from the table, and practicing tactical reloads. He missed a few times, but he kept hitting center mass and the face. Turns to me like a fucking cartoon, smiling from ear to ear, and handed me the pistol as he teased a little about the sights. Scariest fucker in the building. Deadass never worried about a break in if Wayne is home.
I think kinda normal for him to be so good at gun because back when Khmer Rouge started they will take the children and make to become a spy on the people, put bomb in the ground and actually a lot more, and women and children and men to live separately so that why it’s so easy to control the kid
His logic was that intellectuals could've been spies from the US, so "just in doubt" he decided to purge them all to "make sure". That's not even the beginning of his endless paranoia, though. He saw spies everywhere from all classes. Dude believed he was playing Among Us, lmao.
Honestly that's pretty accurate. Andy didn't even scratch the surface of all the reasons you could be killed, one of them being that they just felt like it
I was born into this, literally. Much of my family were killed by the Khmer Rouge. I was a small baby when my parents escaped a labor camp in Cambodia & fled to a refugee camp in Thailand. I still have leech scars from when we trudged through swamps & jungles to escape from the genocide and communist regime.
My teacher had to actually jump off of a cliff bc they were shooting people at the edge of a cliff and she survived and her family. And kids were thinking she was mean and they were disrespecting her but she just wanted people to get an education bc she barely got one in Cambodia
I'm Cambodian, my dad and his side of the family were all located in Phnom Penh (capitol of Cambodia) My dad doesn't remember much because he was two years old when they left to America, but I'm pretty sure none of his family died. There was a church in Washington that sponsored my family and they all flew out to Washington. This was a blessing for my family but also it made my family go into heavy debt and it took my grandma her whole life to pay it off but still had some left over. She died when my dad was 17
Wow that's like the same as my dad who left when he was 2 with his family they went to la but some of his family was out in washingtion which is where I live now
My grandma was a survivor of this horrific event, she can’t speak English very well (but is learning!) And my mother told me stories about what happened that were told by my grandma to her, the event was truly horrific and I feel so bad for Those who witnessed it and those who died.
@@globnoggin8779 there could've been a lot of smart people pretending to be dumb for survival. But I'm sure you wouldn't have to pretend had you been in their situation
Fun fact every cult leader and dictator in the history of the world has been a very charismatic person because it takes Charisma to get people to follow along with your deranged ideas
Fun fake am cambodian, usa was da reason why all this happen he kill 11 of my ant and uncle on juss my mom side, am bless we escape to the state but witout goin in2 it look at the history
Just watched the movie “First they killed my father.” And then read the book, it’s heartbreaking. To imagine anyone going through what happened in Cambodia is terrifying..
Pol pot believed Everyone must have the same knowledge. If they were smart they were killed, teachers government and such were taken to “help” but then were beaten to death
My mum experienced the Khmer Rouge at the age of 10, she told me that her and her family escaped in 1981, and got to Australia in the 2000s, she didn't tell me her full story, but it was obvious that she didn't want to relive that memory
I went to Cambodia in 2017 and visited the Killing Fields museum. It was so heartbreaking seeing the metal beds where they would torture those people before killing them by trying to get "information" from them that they didn't have
What’s worst is that once his regime ended in 1979 he was still hanging around for another 20 years sharing power with then democratically elected president. Basically as a second presidential officer. He wasn’t convicted to any crime And ironically dying of a natural cause. How was this possible you might ask ? Well it involve the British and the US.
Just like Ferdinand Marcos from the Philippines, he was ousted by the people's power revolution but he escaped to Hawaii by the help of the us,wasn't convicted and died there.
@@bjack8315 yeah i guess that’s true in a sense but unfortunate so many regular people had to die. If the government had even the slightest inkling that you were “socialist” you’d be dead
I remember learning about Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge. It was beyond horrific. Besides the unimaginable cruelty, they created huge piles of skulls and left them sit there as monuments to their evil.
My great grandpa fought off the Khmer Rouge too! He got shot in the stomach but survived because the bullet didn't hit any internal organs and lived happily. Thank you for your great grandfather's service. Việt Nam muôn năm!
@@chickenpuddingstudio4730 I think he lived until about 80 years old. The wound healed up quickly, so he didn't have any pain except when running. Thanks for the reply, I appreciate it
I heard about this in the song "Holiday In Cambodia" by The Dead Kennedy's. For it's era it was about rich preppy kids in America not understanding the troubled events around the world. Using Cambodia as the main example. It's a really good song and I think you'll like the message behind it at least.
God that picture of him smiling. It feels so off, I've never been put smack dab in the middle of the uncanny valley by a picture of a real person before.
(Sources in replies) Fun fact, the U.S. wanted Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge to represent Cambodia, and Vietnam played a strong role in helping to oust the Khmer Rouge
My grandparents actually grew up there during this time. They were one of the few people that survived. They were able to flee to Thailand at some point and stayed at the camps were my mother was born. After a while they left to the Philippines, where one of my uncles were born. Eventually, they were all able to come to the US (were me and my family lives today).
When I was younger in third grade, My teacher told the story of Pol Pot and the torture. But she explained not to detailed so we don't get scared, but for some reason, I was scared, until my teacher said that Pol Pot is now dead, and I Almost Cried of happiness. I didn't even know why.
I think the people who worked under him or any sadistic dictator are some of the weakest people ever. The fact that you follow their evil rules like a mindless puppet to kill civilians without even thinking if the killing is morally just is just sad. Like they should work together to over throw dictators
@@gabyspook6822 the cia has a done a lot of stupid counterintuitive stuff even planning to assassinate some of the presidents to assume greater control over America
Not directly related, but imagine actively supporting dictatorships and terrorists "to fight communism" and causing just as much death as "communism" did. It's just sad, no matter what's your political view, it's really just awful.
@@alberto3814 Communism is a irredeemable ideology based on exploitation of a person’s “surplus value” Communism has Murdered more than 100 million people The CIA is stupid yes but Supporting Genocide wasn’t the goal it was the unfortunate outcome keep in mind the CIA did not know what they were doing at that time nor did pretty much anyone else until after the Vietcong seized the nation
Him : “I don't like that guy, he's too handsome... Guard! Execute that man” Guard : “B-but sir!!!” Him : “EXECUTE HIM, NOW!!” Guard : “B-but sir!!! T-that's your own reflection on the mirror” Him : “wha---” *Happy ending*
Didn’t even get into the craziest parts. Virtually all trade and money were banned. Literally all money and even financial records were destroyed. Most people living in cities were deported to the countryside to work in agricultural collectives essentially, where they were termed “new people” and basically used as slave labor. The education system was intentionally almost entirely dismantled, children were barely taught how to even read, and instead it was decided all learning would be essentially through apprenticeship. Dude was literally trying to send the country back in time 1000 years, and killed 1/4 of the population despite being in charge only 5 years.
We actually have a family where I live that were survivors. They own a restaurant that my family used to go to all the time and the older members of the family DO NOT speak. I have only ever seen the grandmother talk to her kitchen staff, which are also all family. The younger generations are the public face of the business and deal with customers. They are wonderful people, and always treated my family like we were part of theirs.
Actually my school took us on international trip for community service. We visited the mass graves and the infamous s21. It humbled all of us. It was a life trip. I don't want say any more because this will turn long, but I am so thankful for this experience and the people there.
It is not easy. The war continue until 1999 thanks to US, China, UN supporting for Pol pot. Do you think that it is easy to beat a 5 years old kid that dare to pick on you ? Watch out his brothers .
My ancestry, as well as my family on my maternal side were also of the lucky who were able to escape. My childhood was with a grandma, but apparently not the one my mother was born from. Much respect to my family, as well as health , wealth and love! (It's tradition over here to wish for others' wealth and health, as well as love and preaching respect. Those are the people Pol Pot tried to exterminate.)
My parents, grandmother, and relatives were all survivors of the Khmer Rouge. My father worked so hard to provide my siblings and I a home to live in, food, medicine, etc. He's the best father I've ever had in my life, despite our small arguments. He's sacrificed many things for our family, and I'm glad I was able to have a great father like him. ខ្ញុំស្រឡាញ់ប៉ា
Yea but he died peacefully of natural causes in his bed…. Like wtf after all the brutal torture and executions he committed against random families he died peacefully….
Some more info: This event is called the Cambodian genocide, and it was a very dark period for the Cambodians. Pol Pot was responsible for the death of a quarter of all of Cambodia's population which was 8 million at the time, so 2 million were killed. He also singlehandedly reduced the life expectancy to 18. Things got so bad that eventually Vietnam got involved. (A fellow Communist country) This is a bit more complicated though as Cambodia attacked Vietnam first and killed thousands of Vietnamese so then Vietnam invaded Cambodia and overthrew the Khmer Rouge regime (Pol Pot regime). They then set up a transition government and stayed there for 10 years leaving in 1989 after the new government consolidated power.
@@wildwildwest1662trời biết vậy tại sao mày biết Không có chứng cứ tại sao nói Việt Nam! Lấy đi tài sản của Cambodia trong khi họ đã cứu giúp hàng triệu người Cambodia Cá nhân tôi nếu được ai cứu mạng tôi chấp nhận cho họ toàn bộ tài sản,bạn là con người hẹp hòi và dối trá
Why the fuck do you think you can survive, in the Khmer Rouge you were either the punisher or the punished, and even the punishers were given shitty conditions.
To learn more about this, you could read, “First They Killed My Father,” a memoir written by a survivor who was 5 years old when it happened. It recounts her life under their rule.
Yeah I watched the movie.but let me tell you . Each of us Khmer people have went through hardship horrible things during that times. Each one of us has a different story how hell life living under the Khmer Rouge regime . I was only 10 or 11 years old when the Khmer Rouge took over Cambodia. Can you imagine how such a young child working from sunrise to sundown no real food to eat nothing but a few rice and lot of rice broth .when am sick no medicine , when I make a mistake they would tight me up to a tree and let all the 🐜🐜🐜 Bits me and crawl all over me for hours. Let me tell you my worst nightmare , I was working in the rice field in deep water and the leech got in to my V Jj and I did not notice it until at night time when I got real real bad pain in my stomach , oh it was so bad too much of pain and I got l lucky that night because one of the old lady was the Khmer old medicine was there and she’s helping me. I did not know how she did it but the damm thing came out of me dead . There were more horrible things that’s happened to me and I have to live with it. Killing field survivor .🙏🙏🙏.
My dad is a survivor of the Khmer Rouge. Ever since I was little he would tell me stories of Pol Pot and my late grandmother and grandfather. Three years ago we actually visited their old house on the outskirts of the palace in Phnom Penh. My dad is youngest out of 7 siblings. The 6 oldest left for France at the time. My dad and my second youngest uncle were caught while everyone was being forced out of their homes in Cambodia. Apparently 300+ of people related to me died. Like cousins and people. My dad and uncle both ended up in America. I visit my relatives in France with my cousin, uncle, and dad every summer. Although not recently due to Covid. My dads stories of the war got him into Andover.
Dude slaughtered most of his people because of his insecurities.
Exactly he basically had all the things he killed people for was smart wore glasses spoke french was religious so he’s just a piece of 💩
His logic was that if you could afford glasses you must be rich
Does anyone know the song name?
The real dicktator
With a name like pol pot i would be insecure to
The 1970s isn't even that long ago.....imagine how many survivors are living with the trauma to this day.
My mom is 1975 baby. That shit is crazy….
I think it’s still going on, but Nowdays the place is called twitter
@@SaltareObscurum bro, this really isn't something you should joke about.
@@googleaccount2288 you Sound like Twitter 🙄
@@SaltareObscurum dude people who suffered from this are still alive. It's a bit rude to joke about such a tragedy while it's victims are still around.
Him: “What’s 1+1?”
Someone: “2, obviously.”
Him: “Execute them immediately.”
IT IS 11
@@Sir_Scarab I can see you were a survivor
Isn't it yes
Lol
Is it true some people were ask about math question although not this easy. They lied that those could get it right would get more meal but some people who were can see through this and give the wrong answer.
the one time me being a dumbass would help me lmao
Shiiiid I got me an engineering degree and 3 rental properties but my ass can play dumb better than Kanye, now gimme that scratchoff.
@@braceyourselvesfortruth2492 💀
lmaooo 😂😂
No, you’ll still die, you see, you are able to write this TH-cam comment
I think that already qualifies as „interllectual“
@@krichenboi So I'm intellectual for having basic reading and writing skills?
"What's 1+1"
"Eleventy one"
"Perfect"
“onety one”
@@breadburner7276 💀
@@breadburner7276 bruh I almost spit out my drink
Lol, if you are good at javascript, you won't be die by Pol Pot
@@MaPhongBa129 you wont be die
My dad's actually one of the many lucky survivors of pol pot. He said that he was only a kid when everything happend and to this day he's still traumatized cuz of all the murder, gunshots, landmines explosion, raping, cries, etc. He still have nightmares about the past but he's glad to have survived with two of his brother's, but everyone else not so much.
Im sorry, but I have to ask did he have good eyesight
@@asgerhougardmikkelsen8770 omg 💀
Its a good thing my parents live in a more friendly area then i wouldn't have been born
@@asgerhougardmikkelsen8770 why
Just to have a kid that makes memes
He didn't do just that. Appearently when my teacher was younger, she witnessed a family killed because the dad had a shirt he liked. They made literally everyone watch as they had their way with the mother and daughter before killed with the father to crush their spirits and quell any rebellious thoughts
The sickening thing is that Pol Pot was still alive into the late 1990s!
Well that's disturbing.. thanks USA, for supporting another civil war. Real nice of you to let the kmer rouge take over and employ child soldiers.
Y'all should watch "first they killed my father". I think you'd like it, as it's a moviw about the civil war in Cambodia.
@I_Commission_DSPriscilla_Art he won't 😂🤣
@@Ravioliyt i cried very heartbreaking story
@@Ravioliyt fucking christ everyone cries when we intervene, and cry again when we don't
“He kill anyone with glasses.”
Me with glasses: *heavy sweating*
same
Same
I'm coming for you all.
@@micahjones3695 _😧_
They took it as a sign that you are educated. They would kill teachers, doctors, or anyone who's associated with the previous government.
Pot: "Whats 9+10?"
Someone: *palms are sweaty* "uh-, uhm..uh... 21?"
Pot:"...hm... Welcome to the team."
420
Behold the ultimate meme comment
Knees weak.. firearms are ready!
Knees weak moms spaghetti
XD
"If you're good at math, you'd be executed"
This is the only time my dumbass mind is actually a blessing
Tf😭😭
There is a memoir I read for school called “first they killed my father” by Loung Ung. It’s a great book if you want to see truly how much people suffered in that time
they also made it into a movie and Loung Ung is an executive producer
😭😭 I remember my dad talking about Pol Pot and his atrocities. He decided from then on he was going to be part of that underground that moved people out of politically oppressed countries.
Do you have a link or a pdf to it?
I love this book. So heart wrenching though
@@adinashaina9977 based dad
The strange thing about Pol Pot was that he was a teacher before he became a 'lunatic murderous maniac'
Looking at some teachers now, yeah that’s makes sense
@@jonathanwilliams1065 the teacher prob got jealous some student corrected their mistake in class 💀
He even got to study in paris..
Thats... WOW, now im puzzled
Bị Trung Quốc thao túng đem Cambodia là nơi thực hiện game sinh tồn và chăn nuôi
One can still visit the killing fields where LOTS of people died… there’s a tower that’s completely filled with skulls… and there’s some trees that still have blood marks where they’d smash babies before throwing them into the pits
It’s a heavy energy there…
And there’s this school type building (several buildings linked together) where they’ve posted the pic of the known victims, it’s pretty heartbreaking
Yes, quite sad. And when it mildly rains, bone fragments from the creek bed and surrounding areas are brought up to the surface. Visitors pick these pieces up and pile them up on the sides of the walking path out of respect. Heavy energy indeed.
Smash babies😥! I want to smash Pol pot
And I don't like how his first name is my childhood nicknamem
And there are still some tankies that think pol pot did nothing wrong🙄
@@ramarne578 oh i wish i knowing where they live
WAIT WHAT THE FUCK? THEY THROW BABIES TO TREES AND DROP THEM TO A PIT? WHAT THE HELL
A few of my teachers were survivors, however they’re still here in Cambodia. One told stories of the lives during that time, according to him, if anyone was late for school, they would have to go ‘study’ which was basically code word for death. My other teacher had said that many men and women were forced to marry each other, even if they had no clue who the other was
Including rap*ng and other bad stuff
@@Chezroblos ohhh
The last part sounds like Indian society
Wait....didnt they want the masses uneducated? Go figure dictatorial law makes no sense.
@@Chezroblos People blame it completely on him, but what about the soldiers that carry those acts out. They are equally monstrous and wouldn't even ban together to stop him. It's beyond disgusting
I recently read a book about this called "Never Fall Down". It's a decently quick read, I got it done in about a day with on and off reading, but it's gut-wrenching. I can't express enough how tragic this entire thing was. It's such a good book, can't recommend it enough.
never been a book person but i genuinely want to read this book now
Thanks for the recommendation, I'll add it to the list of books I want to read
Another good book about this is called “first they killed my father.” It’s from the perspective of a young girl growing up in all this. They made a movie on it on Netflix I believe.
@@bobbot6842 Great book, read it twice. Incredibly interesting and enlightening👍
@Subaru WRX he said he can't recommend it *enough*
I just came back from a study abroad trip to southeast Asia. And while I was in Cambodia, I visited a killing field in Siem Riep and the S-21 prison. Incredibly difficult to witness. The image that will never leave my mind was seeing the actual clothes and bones of victims laying on the ground in the killing field and a tree that was used to smash babies into. May the innocent lives lost to the Khmer Rouge rest in peace 🙏
Damn... Babies too? That is a deep deep place pol pot will go to...
Chủ mưu là chính quyền Bắc Kinh
Is no one gonna talk about how Vietnam singlehandedly squashed this dude right after chasing off the americans?
Not just that but Pol Pot was also being supported by the US and China and some more nations during their war with Vietnam. And Vietnam won with only minimal support from the Soviets, East Germany and Laos.
@@dinguswattle How ironic
the way you described his death like he died like an ant is funny 😭
@@meowsquarade after what he has done to his country and Vietnam, its like the best thing anyone could say to him lol. Oh and fun fact, one of our tank divisions accidentally drove into Thailand and made them think we were trying to invade them, pretty funny story tbh
@@dinguswattle and our plea for help to the UN got nothing back but silence and the UN also played a role in supporting that dirtbag
"You'd have to be a dumb loser sheep with good eyesight to survive"
Damn I guess I'm a survivor
Same
But do you have good eyesight?
@@RealBeanMan no but I don't wear glasses
Hooray 🎉
@@RealBeanMan no lol
When you single handedly lower your entire country's life expectancy to 18
because cambodia being bombed to the stone age by the US had nothing to do with it.
Nah, bro.
He lowered the IQ of his nation to 18.
@@surv3994 the Cambodian slaughters by the dictator were way worse than the bombing campaign I’m pretty sure
@@ember2933 bro lowered both 💀
12*
Pol Pot treated Cambodians like how I treat my Minecraft villagers
💀
Stolen comment
He treated them worser that you can hope to be worser than him. I had once, went to that KR prison or smth, it's actually only 15.3km away from my house on the east of where l lived.
Bro I’m Cambodian but this funny 😂
Kim Jong Spoon: "I'm the most brutal, ruthless, and spoiled dictator since Hitler"
Pot: "Hold my intelligence"
I don’t think I get all of this but this is the best thing I’ve seen all day.
Pol Pot: Hey, the killing Fields were so great, I purged the parasitic, burgeois cityfolk! Did I do great?
Mao and Stalin: those are Rookie numbers bro, you gotta step up your game!
I think even kim and stalin would see pol pot as a complete lunatic.
I call it Kim Far Flung
@@ARGAN7705 don't ever put Stalin and Kim in the same sentence
Got a neighbor/family friend, who survived the Khmer Rouge, named Wayne. He has this super friendly demeanor, almost airheaded kindness about him. Not that he’s dumb, he just seems very simple at face value. Always kind, never talks about Cambodia.
One time, I went to an indoor gun range with him to take some pistol shots. I went to get eat protection, and when I come back, Wayne’s face is washed over with this lack of emotion. Dude is stone cold, doing QuickDraw drills from the table, and practicing tactical reloads. He missed a few times, but he kept hitting center mass and the face.
Turns to me like a fucking cartoon, smiling from ear to ear, and handed me the pistol as he teased a little about the sights.
Scariest fucker in the building. Deadass never worried about a break in if Wayne is home.
Guy seams badass. I want to go to the range with him.
if anyone robs your house, theyre screwed if Wayne is home lol.
I think kinda normal for him to be so good at gun because back when Khmer Rouge started they will take the children and make to become a spy on the people, put bomb in the ground and actually a lot more, and women and children and men to live separately so that why it’s so easy to control the kid
Life now must feel really calm and peaceful compared to the past, hence the airheaded kindness
@@tsu_draws1078 southeast asia in that era is horrible.
Man he isn't going to hell he will go straight to the core
He will go all 7 rings of hell
He was already in the hell he created.
Killing off everyone who's intelligent or successful just makes him look insecure lol.
try telling him that
For real be was projecting so hard.
You realize he didn’t care or notice his insecurity
Pol pot studied in an elite school even when to France for higher studies
His logic was that intellectuals could've been spies from the US, so "just in doubt" he decided to purge them all to "make sure". That's not even the beginning of his endless paranoia, though. He saw spies everywhere from all classes. Dude believed he was playing Among Us, lmao.
“He breathe, he die”
- Pol Pot
Anyone who likes this comment is kinda cute (no diddy)
329 likes with no comment?? Make that one
@@YouEdit dub
@@YouEdit not everyone need to replay to a comment they like
Honestly that's pretty accurate. Andy didn't even scratch the surface of all the reasons you could be killed, one of them being that they just felt like it
@@osheridanthat’s fucked up like dawg imagine being killed jus cus some guy was bored 🤦
I was born into this, literally. Much of my family were killed by the Khmer Rouge. I was a small baby when my parents escaped a labor camp in Cambodia & fled to a refugee camp in Thailand. I still have leech scars from when we trudged through swamps & jungles to escape from the genocide and communist regime.
That’s crazy dude, I hope you’re doing ok now.
I’m so sorry you had to live through that. I hope you’re living a peaceful life now
Damn I never knew that other parents are lik mines
I got traumatized when I heard how the executions were done. I'm terribly sorry for your loss.
I feel sorry that you had to live through such terrors, meanwhile I am here eating crisps without a care in the world
“So howd you die?”
“I knew what 1+1 was”
Shoutout to Vietnam for tearing Khmer Rouge a new one 🇻🇳
Yesss 🇰🇭🇻🇳
@næga byeonhæ Pakistan has the best military? If your talking about size it’s China and budget is the US so I don’t know what you mean
@næga byeonhæ you triggered many Indians by saying it lol
@Unkown considering there are around 200 countries on the world the 10th best is still knew of the best
@@nintenjoe2734 i think he means that it is well trained and professional for a third world country like pakistan
He just makes Kim Jongin sound like an amazing leader
The kims doing the same stuff rn don’t think overwise
@@LS-jv9hp that and they've been going at it for several generations. There is no better dictator, only worse ones.
@@aceaids4000 Up, the sad reality that is North Korea.
Both look ridiculous and insecure
Well yes, but actually no.
My teacher had to actually jump off of a cliff bc they were shooting people at the edge of a cliff and she survived and her family.
And kids were thinking she was mean and they were disrespecting her but she just wanted people to get an education bc she barely got one in Cambodia
Samr
I still can't believe how this does not get the recognition it should get.
It's hard to get detailed reliable information tbf.
I'm Cambodian, my dad and his side of the family were all located in Phnom Penh (capitol of Cambodia) My dad doesn't remember much because he was two years old when they left to America, but I'm pretty sure none of his family died. There was a church in Washington that sponsored my family and they all flew out to Washington. This was a blessing for my family but also it made my family go into heavy debt and it took my grandma her whole life to pay it off but still had some left over. She died when my dad was 17
How does it feels to be liberated by Vietnam
God Bless your grandma
so your family is dumb with good eye sight? lol jk im glad your fam made it out
Wow that's like the same as my dad who left when he was 2 with his family they went to la but some of his family was out in washingtion which is where I live now
I’m Cambodian, and I’m shocked about this video because I never knew this happened
I learned this in the book, “first they killed
my father” , it was so fucking sad and devastating
Same
And most Cambodians nowadays blame it all on Vietnam and think Pol Pot a hero🗿
true
@@7yearsoldcrow they are right
@@surv3994 bruh wth
“I’m gonna need someone who’s good at math to calculate how many more we’ll kill”
*silence*
“Oh, yeah”
This comment killed me
@@major_kukri2430 the comment was pol pot. Rip
@@major_kukri2430 You’ll be remembered, be in peace now 😔
Exactly what happened when Stalin killed/imprisoned all doctors
Millionaire : 🤦♂️
Killionaire : 👨💼
Me: "I'm near-sighted and can't see past a foot from my face without my glasses"
Pol Pot: "I "see" you have chosen death..."
I'm also near-sighted and I need my glasses otherwise I'm basically blind
@@YesntSir yeah it sucks...all I see is colors and blurs without them lol
It's myth but it would hilarious if it was true
You “see” you have “chosen” …..
@@visigo7770 it ain't myth, and death of innocents ain't funny buddy.
“If you told him his hair looked like a caterpillar, you’d be executed”
Sounds like Jouske but worse
lol
A deadly Jojo reference
*pose of death* 🕺🏻
This tragedy is like anime reference!!!1!11!!1 🤓🤓🤓
@@unavailities 911 is a jojo reference
My grandma was a survivor of this horrific event, she can’t speak English very well (but is learning!) And my mother told me stories about what happened that were told by my grandma to her, the event was truly horrific and I feel so bad for
Those who witnessed it and those who died.
Thats a round about way of calling your grandparent dumb shame on you.
@@globnoggin8779 how?
@@globnoggin8779 there could've been a lot of smart people pretending to be dumb for survival. But I'm sure you wouldn't have to pretend had you been in their situation
china supported the Khmer Rouge.
Vietnam defeated the Khmer Rouge and liberated the Cambodian people.
Fun fact every cult leader and dictator in the history of the world has been a very charismatic person because it takes Charisma to get people to follow along with your deranged ideas
True
Ah yes, Joseph Stalin known for his charisma.
Fun fake am cambodian, usa was da reason why all this happen he kill 11 of my ant and uncle on juss my mom side, am bless we escape to the state but witout goin in2 it look at the history
yes but also a lot of the "soldiers" that participated in the senseless murders were of the age of 12-17
@@MeepGamingTH-cam Joseph Stalin inherited Lenin's post-revolution Russia.
Just watched the movie “First they killed my father.” And then read the book, it’s heartbreaking. To imagine anyone going through what happened in Cambodia is terrifying..
And some people think it was Caputalist Propaganda to make communism look bad.
Damn
Vietnam: i'm about end this man whole career ( pol pot )
True tho, but its sad that they also suffer a great loss by both pol pot and EU, Not all good deeds have a happy ending
Did they kill him?
@@bonda_racing3579 yes
@@bonda_racing3579 sadly no. The fker fled to Thailand so we couldn't put our hands on the scumbag.
@@wa1051 he died from heart attack
My friend’s parents both were children in Cambodia when this happened, it was truly horrible
The guy had every academic executed and afterwards no one was left to properly govern or plan ahead
Ruined the gene pool too
@@UltraGamma25 to be fair, given the state of our global society headed towards idiocracy... the only difference seems to be time
Pol pot believed Everyone must have the same knowledge. If they were smart they were killed, teachers government and such were taken to “help” but then were beaten to death
My mum experienced the Khmer Rouge at the age of 10, she told me that her and her family escaped in 1981, and got to Australia in the 2000s, she didn't tell me her full story, but it was obvious that she didn't want to relive that memory
I went to Cambodia in 2017 and visited the Killing Fields museum. It was so heartbreaking seeing the metal beds where they would torture those people before killing them by trying to get "information" from them that they didn't have
What’s worst is that once his regime ended in 1979 he was still hanging around for another 20 years sharing power with then democratically elected president. Basically as a second presidential officer.
He wasn’t convicted to any crime And ironically dying of a natural cause.
How was this possible you might ask ?
Well it involve the British and the US.
Just like Ferdinand Marcos from the Philippines, he was ousted by the people's power revolution but he escaped to Hawaii by the help of the us,wasn't convicted and died there.
Similar to Plan Condor in South America
@@loveforeva12 the "plan condor" was what prevented guys like pol pot from getting to power in south america lol
@@bjack8315 yeah i guess that’s true in a sense but unfortunate so many regular people had to die. If the government had even the slightest inkling that you were “socialist” you’d be dead
During the Cold War ,such obstructions of justice ⚖️ were fairly common,I think, cause both the blocs were vying for greater world platforms
Jeez, whenever I start to feel sorry for myself I just have to remember how good I actually have it
Facts
Same here
I always say this
I remember learning about Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge. It was beyond horrific. Besides the unimaginable cruelty, they created huge piles of skulls and left them sit there as monuments to their evil.
Bro was an average Twitter user before Twitter came out 💀
Stop comparing Twitter users to that, its true they have 27 IQ, but atleast they didnt k*ll millions of people for literally no reason.
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My great grandpa was one of many Vietnamese soldiers who fight to liberate the people of Cambodia from pol pot.
My great grandpa fought off the Khmer Rouge too! He got shot in the stomach but survived because the bullet didn't hit any internal organs and lived happily. Thank you for your great grandfather's service. Việt Nam muôn năm!
@@BlyatifulButter sorry to hear that
@@chickenpuddingstudio4730 I think he lived until about 80 years old. The wound healed up quickly, so he didn't have any pain except when running. Thanks for the reply, I appreciate it
@@BlyatifulButter my great grandpa actually lived to 101 years old. He didnt get any injuries or anything. Anyway thanks for your grandpa service
I thank your great grandpa for liberating my grandparents
I heard about this in the song "Holiday In Cambodia" by The Dead Kennedy's. For it's era it was about rich preppy kids in America not understanding the troubled events around the world. Using Cambodia as the main example. It's a really good song and I think you'll like the message behind it at least.
I would survive because I meet all the criteria for living
It probably sucks
Love that song
@@AlxzAlec no
Dead kennedys are sick and so is that song
God that picture of him smiling. It feels so off, I've never been put smack dab in the middle of the uncanny valley by a picture of a real person before.
It’s an edited picture
The life expectancy in Cambodia from 1975-79 was only 16 years. 😭
When the spoiled brat never grew up and accumulated a power
Pol Pot was an elementary school teacher.
The direction his tyranny took makes total sense to me.
One of my teachers grew up in cambodia. He showed us scars and told us stories from when he was in cambodia. Scary and interesting
When insecure maniacs get power
So dude was basically the opposite of everything, noice.
He got there cuz of USA and USA supported him cuz he fought war against Vietnam
@@JoeManCZ usa was always selfish, freedom bs
"Mom! Can I skip school because if I become smar-"
*SLAP*
(Sources in replies) Fun fact, the U.S. wanted Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge to represent Cambodia, and Vietnam played a strong role in helping to oust the Khmer Rouge
Absolutely, whole country was ruined…till now
@@jeongyeon-san1350 as a thai, now i know why they're so stupid.💀💀💀💀💀
Aren't NVA help Pol Pot in Cambodian civil war?
@@Shoneza yeah i think the US wanted to keep the monarchy in Cambodia to not make a Ho Chi Minh trail straight to Saigon
The US opposed his enemies (vietnam) but they didn't support him
"If you where good at maths youd be executed"
I have a 100 percent survival rate
Well, I'm a crackhead, soo I guess so ( although my left eye has bad vision)
Same, I also have a 200% survival rate
Dude 100%😂😂😂 I'm 7773%😂😂😂
Same
100%? Is that a mathematical percentage you’re using there? You’re getting executed
My grandparents actually grew up there during this time. They were one of the few people that survived. They were able to flee to Thailand at some point and stayed at the camps were my mother was born. After a while they left to the Philippines, where one of my uncles were born. Eventually, they were all able to come to the US (were me and my family lives today).
Yo same except we ran to Vietnam when they invaded gotta love em 😊
I guess it makes sense. Whose gonna overthrow him, a bunch of idiots?
When I was younger in third grade, My teacher told the story of Pol Pot and the torture. But she explained not to detailed so we don't get scared, but for some reason, I was scared, until my teacher said that Pol Pot is now dead, and I Almost Cried of happiness. I didn't even know why.
Imagine being killed all because a dictator was jealous that you were better than him
I think the people who worked under him or any sadistic dictator are some of the weakest people ever. The fact that you follow their evil rules like a mindless puppet to kill civilians without even thinking if the killing is morally just is just sad. Like they should work together to over throw dictators
Fun fact: The CIA secretly supported the Khmer Rogue
Wait what
@@gabyspook6822 the cia has a done a lot of stupid counterintuitive stuff even planning to assassinate some of the presidents to assume greater control over America
Not directly related, but imagine actively supporting dictatorships and terrorists "to fight communism" and causing just as much death as "communism" did. It's just sad, no matter what's your political view, it's really just awful.
@@alberto3814 it did not cause just as much death as communism
@@alberto3814 Communism is a irredeemable ideology based on exploitation of a person’s “surplus value” Communism has Murdered more than 100 million people The CIA is stupid yes but Supporting Genocide wasn’t the goal it was the unfortunate outcome keep in mind the CIA did not know what they were doing at that time nor did pretty much anyone else until after the Vietcong seized the nation
You forgot to mention that he ordered to cut down every tree in Cambodia so that escaping prisoners don't have cover when getting shot.
Him : “I don't like that guy, he's too handsome... Guard! Execute that man”
Guard : “B-but sir!!!”
Him : “EXECUTE HIM, NOW!!”
Guard : “B-but sir!!! T-that's your own reflection on the mirror”
Him : “wha---”
*Happy ending*
**gunshoot**
@@Randomvietnamdude *Intellibence*
Bad ending:
Him: "I DONT LIKE MY REFLECTION, EXECUTE HIM"
Guard: "but sir, thats you!"
Him: "oh, *THEN EXECUTE ME* "
My dad and mom survived the pol pot they so lucky😢😢🎉🎉❤❤😊😊
Now THAT'S a way so make sure a country's future remains regressive for generations
It's exactly what he wanted
the plan was to completely dismantle modern society and turn it into an "agrarian paradise"
absolute insanity
And anti-communist.
@@Munchkino And they're still on the one party system for some reason, after all those years of murdering the absolute shit out of regular people
@@Munchkino not really his rule ended when vietnam liberated them, a communist nation liberated a " communist " nation
Some Of This Generation Is Just Too Stupid
very slept on war, my family actually had to pretend to be peasants to stay alive
The most insecure man who ever lived
Didn’t even get into the craziest parts. Virtually all trade and money were banned. Literally all money and even financial records were destroyed. Most people living in cities were deported to the countryside to work in agricultural collectives essentially, where they were termed “new people” and basically used as slave labor. The education system was intentionally almost entirely dismantled, children were barely taught how to even read, and instead it was decided all learning would be essentially through apprenticeship. Dude was literally trying to send the country back in time 1000 years, and killed 1/4 of the population despite being in charge only 5 years.
to be fair, he was one of the world’s best optometrists. you don’t have bad eyesight when you’re dead.
We actually have a family where I live that were survivors. They own a restaurant that my family used to go to all the time and the older members of the family DO NOT speak. I have only ever seen the grandmother talk to her kitchen staff, which are also all family. The younger generations are the public face of the business and deal with customers. They are wonderful people, and always treated my family like we were part of theirs.
Actually my school took us on international trip for community service.
We visited the mass graves and the infamous s21. It humbled all of us. It was a life trip. I don't want say any more because this will turn long, but I am so thankful for this experience and the people there.
"The only way to survive is to be dumb" Thats how the Vietnamese Troops Easily Defeated them.
It is not easy. The war continue until 1999 thanks to US, China, UN supporting for Pol pot. Do you think that it is easy to beat a 5 years old kid that dare to pick on you ? Watch out his brothers .
Tell me you're insecure without telling me you're insecure💀
That situation doesn't get enough attention. Thanks for the video ;)
My ancestry, as well as my family on my maternal side were also of the lucky who were able to escape. My childhood was with a grandma, but apparently not the one my mother was born from. Much respect to my family, as well as health , wealth and love! (It's tradition over here to wish for others' wealth and health, as well as love and preaching respect. Those are the people Pol Pot tried to exterminate.)
I'm from the USA but I've grown up my entire life here in Cambodia . Happy to someone talk about it.👍
His smile is gonna give me nightmare’s
My parents, grandmother, and relatives were all survivors of the Khmer Rouge. My father worked so hard to provide my siblings and I a home to live in, food, medicine, etc. He's the best father I've ever had in my life, despite our small arguments. He's sacrificed many things for our family, and I'm glad I was able to have a great father like him. ខ្ញុំស្រឡាញ់ប៉ា
Thank god Vietnam just destroyed that guy out.
Yea but he died peacefully of natural causes in his bed…. Like wtf after all the brutal torture and executions he committed against random families he died peacefully….
“Aww who’s the parents??”
“Oh you know just kim jong-un and uh hitler”
Normal parents in Ohio.
@@hishamalaker491 so an austrian and a korean give birth to a cambodian, and suddenly they're AMERICAN?
FUCK YEAH WE'RE MANIFESTING DESTINY AGAIN
“All Asians are smart at math”
A few moments later:
“There's only one Asian on this planet now”
"He Commited suicid, he die"
-pol pot
He died of old age
Well you can commit suicide and not die
@@onadoshinsuke7990 pol pot
my eyesight sucks, man, here I thought I was good
My dad’s coworker, Kilong Ung, lived through this and he published a book about it. I read it and the things he went through…holy shit.
Some more info:
This event is called the Cambodian genocide, and it was a very dark period for the Cambodians. Pol Pot was responsible for the death of a quarter of all of Cambodia's population which was 8 million at the time, so 2 million were killed. He also singlehandedly reduced the life expectancy to 18. Things got so bad that eventually Vietnam got involved. (A fellow Communist country) This is a bit more complicated though as Cambodia attacked Vietnam first and killed thousands of Vietnamese so then Vietnam invaded Cambodia and overthrew the Khmer Rouge regime (Pol Pot regime). They then set up a transition government and stayed there for 10 years leaving in 1989 after the new government consolidated power.
the two countries are enemies but I'm glad Vietnam stepped in to stop this tyrant
Before they left they go5 lot lot of Khmer Treasure , gold all kinds of Souvenir , god know what’s else they took with them back to Vietnam.
@@wildwildwest1662trời biết vậy tại sao mày biết
Không có chứng cứ tại sao nói Việt Nam! Lấy đi tài sản của Cambodia trong khi họ đã cứu giúp hàng triệu người Cambodia
Cá nhân tôi nếu được ai cứu mạng tôi chấp nhận cho họ toàn bộ tài sản,bạn là con người hẹp hòi và dối trá
Me: Well I guess I’m gonna survive!
Andy Jiang: *mentions glasses*
Me again: why did I say that. -.-
Why the fuck do you think you can survive, in the Khmer Rouge you were either the punisher or the punished, and even the punishers were given shitty conditions.
Dood there’s a whole freaking place where piles of skeletons can be found buried underground, and I mean thousands
And they took all of the clothes from the dead skeletons to give it to the slaves
(My dad also told me about his time in the pol pot year)
And a museum too, and I’m going on a school trip there soon.
"hey I'm a dumb loser so i could probably survive" 5 seconds later..
"No wait my eyes are trash"
To learn more about this, you could read, “First They Killed My Father,” a memoir written by a survivor who was 5 years old when it happened. It recounts her life under their rule.
Yeah I watched the movie.but let me tell you . Each of us Khmer people have went through hardship horrible things during that times. Each one of us has a different story how hell life living under the Khmer Rouge regime . I was only 10 or 11 years old when the Khmer Rouge took over Cambodia. Can you imagine how such a young child working from sunrise to sundown no real food to eat nothing but a few rice and lot of rice broth .when am sick no medicine , when I make a mistake they would tight me up to a tree and let all the 🐜🐜🐜
Bits me and crawl all over me for hours. Let me tell you my worst nightmare , I was working in the rice field in deep water and the leech got in to my V Jj and I did not notice it until at night time when I got real real bad pain in my stomach , oh it was so bad too much of pain and I got l lucky that night because one of the old lady was the Khmer old medicine was there and she’s helping me. I did not know how she did it but the damm thing came out of me dead .
There were more horrible things that’s happened to me and I have to live with it.
Killing field survivor .🙏🙏🙏.
~time travels then/there~ ~load shotgun with malicious intent~
If you did that I would be in Cambodia 😭😭
"although he seems kinda friendly here"
*nah* *homie* *that's* *Pol-Pot*
My dad is a survivor of the Khmer Rouge. Ever since I was little he would tell me stories of Pol Pot and my late grandmother and grandfather. Three years ago we actually visited their old house on the outskirts of the palace in Phnom Penh. My dad is youngest out of 7 siblings. The 6 oldest left for France at the time. My dad and my second youngest uncle were caught while everyone was being forced out of their homes in Cambodia. Apparently 300+ of people related to me died. Like cousins and people. My dad and uncle both ended up in America. I visit my relatives in France with my cousin, uncle, and dad every summer. Although not recently due to Covid. My dads stories of the war got him into Andover.
Him : "what's 1 +1"
Someone: 0
Him:"he knows number zero he should be dead"
He is literally Kim Jong-un Overdrive mode
Innocent civilian : breathes
This dude : "I don't like the way they breathe. GUARDS!!"