How Did Pol Pot Impact Cambodia

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Pol Pot, known as the butcher of Cambodia, took an estimated 1.5 million lives ("Pol Pot"). Ruling for a total of 18 years he was by far the worst ruler Cambodia has ever had. His goal was to establish an agrarian utopia which to him was the perfect society ("Pol Pot"). Pol Pot created a military dictatorship that built up a strong fear factor within all citizens. Seven out of twenty thousand people survived when put into one of Pol Pots prison camps ("Pol Pot"). Pol Pot had a big impact on Cambodia's population.

Born on May 19th, 1925 and dying April 15th, 1998 Pol Pot lived a total of 72 years ("Pol Pot"). At birth, he received the name Saloth Sar, but with little time in coming to rule he changed it himself to Pol Pot ("Pol Pot"). To …show more content…

In the act of taking over Cambodia, Pol Pot did whatever he had to in order to gain total control. Cambodia had a harsh government run by military forces ("Pol Pot"). Pol Pot created a dictatorship in Cambodia. He continuously executed, overworked, tortured, imprisoned, and used fear tactics on Cambodians ("Pol Pot"). Also, Pol Pot let his people starve to death and develop many diseases ("Pol Pot").

Pol Pot had many ways of getting what he wanted. He used multiple forms of propaganda in his piece The Little Red Book. "I want you to know that everything I did, I did for my country." ("The State of Mind of State"). Pol Pot fooled Cambodians with the thought of him doing everything for the citizens, when in reality he was power hungry and took lives to show power. He also stated, "Angkar has [the many] eyes of the pineapple." ("the State of Mind of State"). Pol Pot wanted Cambodians to believe that they were always being watched but if he was truly watching he would have observed the suffering he had …show more content…

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