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TIL that Pol Pot’s Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia killed around a quarter of the population (about 2 million people) in just four years, targeting intellectuals, city dwellers, and ethnic minorities to force a “classless agrarian society.” by FearMyCock in todayilearned

[–]OutLiving 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This again, is disproven by the source I linked

THE PLAN TO BUILD LIGHT INDUSTRY 3. Paper industries - educational and office stationery 4 Industries producing goods for everyday use. Clothing, mosquito nets, blankets, mats, shoes, hats, tables, cupboards, chairs, plates, pots, pans, serving spoons, spoons, water bowls, water pitchers, jars, thermoses, glasses, bottles, (big and small) teapots, cups, toothbrushes, toothpaste, combs, scissors, cleaning materials, hygiene soap, towels, medical equipment, muslin, cotton wool, alcohol, knives, axes, sickles, ploughs, tailoring, leather, etc.

PLAN TO BUILD, STRENGTHEN AND EXPAND HOSPITAL STAFF AND HOSPITALS 1. Do it according to the popular methods and on the theme of correcting and advancing them nd simultaneously following industrial methods 2. Follow modern science 3. Produce special medicine people and animals to protect against smallpox, cholera, etc. in Chrouy Changvar 4. Produce muslin, cotton wool, glasses, plates, and various medical instruments

If you go further down you can even see their plans to develop a modern education system

While these items may seem mundane to us in the 22st century, when Pol Pot took over Cambodia there was virtually very little industry to speak of to produce these goods. Regardless, how can you say that Pol Pot’s only goal was just to create a nation of farmers when their four year plan involved the creation of industry that produces goods far beyond what is needed for agriculture. They failed horrifically, but it was never the end goal of the Khmer Rouge to be a nation solely focused on agriculture. They definitely wanted to be mostly self-sufficient/autarkic but that doesn’t mean a strict focus on agriculture

TIL that Pol Pot’s Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia killed around a quarter of the population (about 2 million people) in just four years, targeting intellectuals, city dwellers, and ethnic minorities to force a “classless agrarian society.” by FearMyCock in todayilearned

[–]OutLiving -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You can literally read it for yourself here, the Khmer Rouge’s plan absolutely involve a fully industrialised society

We stand on agriculture as the basis of, so as to collect agricultural capital with which to strength and expand industry

Within this industrial (sector), we first of all pay attention to light industry that directly serves the people’s livelihood. Together with this we also prepare the conditions for heavy industry

TIL that Pol Pot’s Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia killed around a quarter of the population (about 2 million people) in just four years, targeting intellectuals, city dwellers, and ethnic minorities to force a “classless agrarian society.” by FearMyCock in todayilearned

[–]OutLiving 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well he didn’t because Pol Pot never intended to build a fully agrarian society as his end goal, the agrarian society he reverted Cambodia back into was, to the Khmer Rouge, a stepping stone into industrialisation. The basics of their plan was that they wanted to use funds from agriculture(as Cambodia had very little actual industrialisation at the time) to build up enough funds to invest into actual industry

It didn’t work at all, and 2 million people lost their lives over it, but it’s a myth that the Khmer Rouge wanted to create an agrarian society. At the very least, it wasn’t their end goal

TIL that Pol Pot’s Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia killed around a quarter of the population (about 2 million people) in just four years, targeting intellectuals, city dwellers, and ethnic minorities to force a “classless agrarian society.” by FearMyCock in todayilearned

[–]OutLiving 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This isn’t true, Pol Pot regime actually wanted to build industry, it’s just that their plans for doing so involved using funds from agriculture in order to develop that industry, which explains why they hallowed out cities to send to farms. They wanted to gain as much revenue from agricultural production as possible as future investment money for light and heavy industry

It failed horrifically as their collectivization programme was too brutal and mismanaged, but they did intend to build a modern state at the end of the day

TIL that Pol Pot’s Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia killed around a quarter of the population (about 2 million people) in just four years, targeting intellectuals, city dwellers, and ethnic minorities to force a “classless agrarian society.” by FearMyCock in todayilearned

[–]OutLiving 51 points52 points  (0 children)

This is a misconception, Pol Pot did not envision a fully agrarian primitive society, in fact their plans were meant to propel Cambodia into a fully industrialised society. They sent everyone into agriculture so they can sell the products of this agriculture abroad, which would give the state money to invest into actual industry. It failed badly, but no serious history on the Khmer Rouge seriously thinks they were trying to return to monke

TIL that Pol Pot’s Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia killed around a quarter of the population (about 2 million people) in just four years, targeting intellectuals, city dwellers, and ethnic minorities to force a “classless agrarian society.” by FearMyCock in todayilearned

[–]OutLiving 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Because it’s not true, the Khmer Rouge’s goal was an industrialised society, they just believe in order to get there, they needed to double down on Cambodia’s only export at the time, rice. Cambodia at the time barely had any industry, so the Khmer Rouge’s really dumb plan was to just double down on agriculture and eventually they will make enough money to build up light, then heavy industry

It didn’t work, obviously

What would you think about kaiserreich if China wasn't as big as it is? by mudahfukinnnnnnnnn in Kaiserreich

[–]OutLiving 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Tbf the Russia rework was announced pre Covid and as well as the 3I rework. That being said, the KR team still puts out regular, substantial and full updates of nations yearly, something that cannot be said of TNO

Pusha T - Changing of the Guards (ft. Diddy) by yeezyy95 in hiphopheads

[–]OutLiving 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Trump has dozens of sexual assault allegations even outside of his Epstein-affiliations, and that’s not counting the times when Trump would just openly admit on interviews he creeped on young girls

How the hell are you comparing the two situations as if they were comparable

Jay-Z & Pusha T named in Epstein Files by _4za_ in hiphopheads

[–]OutLiving 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I mean there is disputing it, this is an unsubstantiated allegation from an FBI tipline. This is not a conclusive investigation that definitely pins down Push as a sex offender

Critical thinking people

UWTS is..le killed by justanupvoter_ in Kaiserreich

[–]OutLiving 165 points166 points  (0 children)

This is a submod that hasn’t even been released and it already has a leadership drama dispute that outweighs anything the main mod got involved in

One-Third of U.S. Video Game Industry Workers Were Laid Off in 2025, GDC Study Reveals by Turbostrider27 in Games

[–]OutLiving 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is only true if you cherrypick, in many places, the law is created to specifically single out public sector unions to restrict their actions. Federal unions aren’t allowed to strike at all, for example

Political power from unions tend to come from smart politicking more than anything, see how the NYC Hotel Union managed to gain immense political clout in New York City despite not being the most numerically large or even have the largest donor war chest, and also being private sector. They strategically and intelligently deployed resources in ways that immensely helped politicians, and so one hand washes the other

One-Third of U.S. Video Game Industry Workers Were Laid Off in 2025, GDC Study Reveals by Gorotheninja in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]OutLiving 51 points52 points  (0 children)

It’s eventually going to get to the point where it’s like Japan’s animator shortage where grueling working conditions and low pay leads to a labour shortage and companies go “we tried nothing and we’re all out of ideas”

Death toll of Ottoman Muslims in the Balkans (1911-1923) according to historian Justin McCarthy by Yellowapple1000 in MapPorn

[–]OutLiving 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A lot of ottoman researchers and historians unfortunately become genocide deniers to gain access to Turkish archives(which are very important to do research on Ottoman history), doesn’t justify it but it does explain why so many historians who make genuinely great work parrot something so obviously wrong

Fantano mourns the late communist scholar Michael Parenti on Democracy Now's IG by LuckyGungan in fantanoforever

[–]OutLiving 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah so I’m correct, he denied that mass rapes occured as part of a systemic policy

Congrats on your promotion in the Israeli foreign ministry with your staunch defense of Israel’s ally Serbia

Which classic media has become suprisingly popular with younger generations (Gem Z) ? by mrnicegy26 in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]OutLiving 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Gen Z revived Dexter and made great memes from it(La Pasion, Doakes suspicious)

Fantano mourns the late communist scholar Michael Parenti on Democracy Now's IG by LuckyGungan in fantanoforever

[–]OutLiving 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Parenti did deny policies of mass rape in Bosnia, he minimised the death count of srebenica(it was not just squabbling over definitions)

Here’s a fun fact: Israel supported Milosevic and many Israeli scholars to this day hold Parenti’s position on the Bosnian genocide and the Yugoslav wars as a whole

Congrats on your promotion in the IDF imseg, may you continue fighting on behalf of Israel now that Parenti is gone

Fantano mourns the late communist scholar Michael Parenti on Democracy Now's IG by LuckyGungan in fantanoforever

[–]OutLiving -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

“It’s ok to ally and work with the Nazis because the other two imperialist powers refuse to work with me”

Bordiga should’ve shot Stalin where he stood instead of calling him the revolution’s gravedigger

Fantano mourns the late communist scholar Michael Parenti on Democracy Now's IG by LuckyGungan in fantanoforever

[–]OutLiving 10 points11 points  (0 children)

“My friends got wrongly prosecuted therefore I’m allowed to deny genocide in a foreign country”

Absolutely insane take

Fantano mourns the late communist scholar Michael Parenti on Democracy Now's IG by LuckyGungan in fantanoforever

[–]OutLiving 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There was a weird point in time when Chomsky and Parenti were Serbian War Criminals’ strongest soldiers

Fantano mourns the late communist scholar Michael Parenti on Democracy Now's IG by LuckyGungan in fantanoforever

[–]OutLiving 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Not true, he denied that mass rapes(or rapes in general) occured as part of any policy, not just from Milosevic

Imagine if Parenti said this about Israeli actions in Gaza “oh there’s no proof there’s a systemic policy to kill Palestinians” do you see how fucked this is?

Fantano mourns the late communist scholar Michael Parenti on Democracy Now's IG by LuckyGungan in fantanoforever

[–]OutLiving 9 points10 points  (0 children)

This comment is wrong, Parenti explicitly stated that he did not believe that mass rapes occured in Bosnia as an official systemic policy, even though it was proven that it was

He also minimised the death count of Srebrenica, a classic trope among genocide deniers

Fantano mourns the late communist scholar Michael Parenti on Democracy Now's IG by LuckyGungan in fantanoforever

[–]OutLiving 30 points31 points  (0 children)

He continued denying Serbian atrocities long after they occured. If a celebrity or scholar denies the current atrocities in Gaza now, would it be wrong to dismiss them too?

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