Majority rule is the principle that the greater number should exercise greater power. The Khmer Rouge takeover in Cambodia is a good example of a majority rule government. During the Cambodian genocide‚ the Khmer Rouge and their notorious leader‚ Pol Pot‚ represented the majority after it defeated the Lol Non government. The question is how are they considered to be the majority when most of the population of Cambodia is against them? They used fear to make the people their followers and thus controlled
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Loung Ung-the author- is an average middle-class five year old. She has three older brothers‚ two older sisters and a younger sister. Her parents “ma” and “pa” have been married since they were teenagers. On April 17‚ 1975 the Ung’s life style would be changed for the rest of their lives‚ when the Khmer Rouge soldiers arrive in the family’s village. The soldiers quickly move all the families out of the village telling them to pack very little. Loung soon finds herself on an overcrowded truck with
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were forced to relocate out of Phenom Penh and were placed in labor camps located far from their original homes. Likewise‚ millions of people were murdered to give rise to Pol Pot’s standard for the nationalization of the country. Prominent figures that gained massive followings were considered a threat to the society Pol Pot was attempting to create. Strict control was taken over the people of Cambodia as forms of entertainment were banned‚ such as televisions‚ radios‚ and music Anyone from an
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attempt to colonize in Southeastern Asia. About twenty years later‚ the organization became formerly known as the Khmer Rouge (French for Red Khmer)‚ named by King Norodom Sihanouk‚ the king of Cambodia at the time. In 1963‚ the Red Khmers gained Pol Pot as their secretary and leader‚ and he guided them into a civil war that broke out in Cambodia between the communists and the Cambodian government. It lasted for a span of five years‚ from 1970 and 1975‚ and ending with the fall of the Phnom Penh
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People that lived during this time or family members of these Cambodians‚ now suffer from mental problems‚ disabilities‚ and injuries. These factors can account for the fact that poverty is a huge problem in Cambodia (Khmer Rouge History). Although Pol Pot is dead‚ other leaders are no longer around‚ and the war is over‚ Cambodia still suffers from violent crime‚ including banditry‚ armed robbery and kidnapping. Landmines are still in the ground and since 1979 nearly 200‚000 people have lost their lives
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audiences. Ngor’s life experiences during Pol Pot’s regime significantly
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into a new‚ virtuous community. The exact term "The Melting Pot" came into general usage in 1908‚ after the premiere of the play “The Melting Pot” by Israel Zangwill. The melting pot is a theory used to describe the American society in its first years. In the very beginning‚ the settlers in the “New World” had to create a totally new nation from many different origins and the proximate result of this situation was the birth of the melting pot theory. The idea behind it is that every immigrant arriving
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radical Communist regime‚ seize power in April of 1975‚ Arn’s unpretentious life changes dramatically. Suddenly‚ his once playful‚ carefree lifestyle is filled with tribulations and tragedies. In the beginning‚ the villagers are devoted to the prince‚ Pol Pot‚ and are therefore loyal to his soldiers. As the novel progresses‚ the citizens begin to realize that the Khmer Rouge is a terrorist group‚ whose sole interest is the creation of Red Cambodia. The Khmer Rouge‚ like other communist groups‚ desires
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cause‚ threats to the Khmer Rouge rule.(1) Pol Pot led the Khmer Rouge and came into power wanting to create his own agrarian utopia in Cambodia this goal required the ‘cleansing’ of his opponents who were labeled enemies to the ideals of the Democratic Republic of Kampuchea. He also wanted to establish an agrarian utopia. Agrarianism is a movement promoting rural life and agriculture as the basis for society(). Anyone suspected of disloyalty to Pol Pot‚ which eventually included many Khmer Rouge
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Political differences‚ rather than ethnic-cultural divisions‚ led to interstate tensions in SEA since independence. To what extent do you agree with this assessment? The assessment above is accurate to the extent that political differences had triggered direct tangible actions which led to actual tensions between SEA states. Compared to ethnic-cultural divisions which merely bred suspicions and mutual distrust‚ contributing indirectly to the development of i/s tensions‚ political differences were
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