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PragerU Examines Pol Pot’s Communist Utopia

PragerU last Monday released the sixth and final installment in their video series “The Hall of Evil,” which features commentary on six 20th century dictators. 

Narrated by Paul Kengor, Professor of Political Science at Grove City College and editor of “The American Spectator,” the newest video delves into the horrors of Pol Pot’s rule, exposing the ideology and brutal policies that led to the deaths of two million Cambodians—nearly a quarter of the country’s population. 

The video details Pol Pot’s rise to power, from his collegiate studies in France — where he was radicalized by communist ideology — to his return to Cambodia with a quest to lead the political revolution. 

On April 17, 1975, Pol Pot led the Communist Khmer Rouge party in taking control of Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia. All the city’s inhabitants, regardless of age or…

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