The fact that Pol Pot and the prince both died comfortably of natural causes makes me want to throw up
@shebbs14 жыл бұрын
The utter vileness of Communism was revealed in the Killing Fields.
@sharkfacemlg3 жыл бұрын
Its weird they almost always get away.
@ghoul21643 жыл бұрын
Pol pot was killed tho. By one of his own comrades.
@shanghaichang3 жыл бұрын
It's more complex than you think. If you wanna something to throw up on. Read on how American secretly bombing Cambodia during the Vietnam war, involvement with Coup D'etat which leads to Khmer Rouge regime in the first place. Then literally support Khmer Rouge regime. and still pretends it didn't happen to this day.
@ghoul21643 жыл бұрын
@@shanghaichang Well USA did give a 250$ million fund to rebels in Cambodia
@soangkeareaksmey10344 жыл бұрын
I’m Cambodian, and I’m here to announce that S21 former director, comrade Duch, just passed away a few days ago.
@Callsign-Blade_RunnerSG3 жыл бұрын
Good! He’ll report straight to Hell! A lot of them are waiting for him.
@Mwraf3 жыл бұрын
Fuck em. Hun Sen will get a foot up his arus next
@joannaedssay59883 жыл бұрын
Fan-fcuking-tastick (I know I'm 8 months late replying), couldn't have happened to anyone better. I'm assuming he has a funeral and burial? If he's buried I hope his grave is forgotten and pissed on by junkies.
@Inklenation3 жыл бұрын
@@joannaedssay5988 but junky piss is expensive?!.. 🤔
@dariagreer30783 жыл бұрын
I am convince that Satan welcome him with open arms for eternity.
@AnthonyChhan4 жыл бұрын
My parents and older siblings endured the Cambodian genocide. I thank you for this video and your video of Pol Pot. They mean a lot and is our constant reminder of where we had come from and what could my life have been had it not been for the genocide. Thank you again, these videos mean a lot to me.
@primesspct23 жыл бұрын
I am sorry for your loss Anthony, my family sponsored some cambodian refugees , we all ate Thanksgiving dinner together. This was long ago when I was in my early 20's At that time I had no real comprehension for what they had been through.
@djquinn113 жыл бұрын
Can’t even imagine, glad you’re family was spared. All the best Anthony.
@joannaedssay59883 жыл бұрын
I send my deepest sympathies to you Anthony. I hope you're able to heal as much as is possible. RIP to your parents and siblings, free from the pain.
@liz-annedior35763 жыл бұрын
💙
@ChristmasLore3 жыл бұрын
Glad (somehow) that France adopted so many Cambodgien refugees as kids. I knew personally some of them, they were adopted by my parents' friends. So sorry you went through something so awfully similar.
@nlwilson48923 жыл бұрын
I've been to both S21 and Choeung Ek. Choeung Ek is about the size of a football field, it was originally paddy fields so each pit is about 6ft deep (they have dug some out and put the bones in a stupa) and they piled the bodies right to the top. There were 17 such Killing Fields in Cambodia. There's a thin layer of soil on top of them now but as you walk along the path you can see bits of clothes and bones sticking out. That tree it shows with the sign on - that is what they used to kill the younger children by holding them by the legs and smashing their head on the tree. They considered 3 generations of each family to be guilty for the "crimes of one". It is estimated that if the Vietnamese hadn't invaded when they did, about 4 million would have been dead within weeks because so many were so close to starvation. Both our guides remember, as children, scratching around in the dirt to find grubs to eat. It was good that Simon drew attention to the fact that other groups around the world are doing similar and the message at the end was very necessary - "The tale of S21 isn't something confined to history, a story that we can easily dismiss. It's a warning, a warning about what can happen when you divide a population, when leaders care only about power and we see our enemies not as people but as slogans."
@joannaedssay59883 жыл бұрын
Thank you for commenting and sharing. I'm kinda at the 'event horizon' of the Cambodian genocide rabbit hole.
@Simca333 жыл бұрын
“We can do this”, being the newest.
@prapanthebachelorette68032 жыл бұрын
I’m seeing this pattern in many countries right now, it’s scary
@fasthracing2 жыл бұрын
Nope it used to be a Chinese cemetery.
@BillClinton228 Жыл бұрын
Marxism always ends the same way, mass m*rder and horrific poverty. It's almost like the ideology doesnt work in real life without massive amount of starvation and misery... but hey lets keep trying it because that wasnt "real" marxism right?
@biofoot78744 жыл бұрын
That closing message, that needs to be in everyone's head
@jamesbuck23784 жыл бұрын
The only way these kind of events would stop, would be if every single person was caged, under total surveillance. And since that would be impossible, saddle up cause its never gonna completely end. Human paranoia is innate and a part of living nature. We all forget from time to time, but we are just as much animals, as we are humans.
@johnstevenson99564 жыл бұрын
@@jamesbuck2378 It may have been HL Mencken who said, "Darwin was wrong. Man is still an ape."
@--enyo--4 жыл бұрын
James Buck I’m pretty sure that’s how these things start.
@biofoot78744 жыл бұрын
While the edge-lord nihilists mumble their piece, the sane and coherent must do what we can to not allow the triumph of the worst of us
@jamesbuck23784 жыл бұрын
@@--enyo-- People with free will, are more capable of becoming corrupted, in such a way that they go on to cause chaos. (Adolf Hitler, Pol Pot, Chairman Mao, Joseph Stalin and so on) That the only way to have stopped these monsters, would have to cage them, surveillance or even just kill them. But since we cannot read minds and since ANYBODY can be a monster, there is no way to completely stopping these things from happening; except caging everyone, or killing all of us.
@oldman9754 жыл бұрын
And in all of these atrocities there were people who said,”It can’t happen here!” They say it even now.
@dshe86374 жыл бұрын
They used to say it in Bosnia :-(
@blacksheep_edge14123 жыл бұрын
Meanwhile in the USA we've gone from, "it can't happen here," to people pushing for it to happen here.
@oldman9753 жыл бұрын
@@blacksheep_edge1412 I’m afraid I must agree with you.
@eegernades3 жыл бұрын
@@blacksheep_edge1412 the beginning domino to push the rest almost got pushed down in january 6, 2021. Thankfully, the domino got stopped before it fell.
@TheLifeOfKane3 жыл бұрын
"It can't happen here" As we pay the Communist Chinese Party to commit the worst genocides in history in exchange for their cheap ethnic slave labor. It's happening now, I'm surprised the video didn't mention China's genocides. But I suppose losing ad money sucks
@sydneymiller39703 жыл бұрын
I visited Cambodia as a teenager around 2013. I will never forget those killing fields. There were signs up telling you to notify a guide if you found bones. You could see the indentations in the ground where the mass graves were. I distinctly remember one tree, famous for having been used to kill infants and young children. You could see the bloodstains on the trunk of the tree, and not particularly high up. It all seemed so recent and fresh.
@BooshMeBaby3 жыл бұрын
I'll never forget the lady who showed my partner and I around S21 telling me, poe faced, about her family walking from Phnom Penh to Battambang, hungry, thirsty, feet raw, stepping over dead bodies along the way. Her face was expressionless but her eyes were the window to a memory as fresh as if it were yesterday. A truly chilling place. As Simon said, everyone lived in fear, even the soldiers. You never knew when it would all turn on you.
@Mansini774 жыл бұрын
5:00 “A middle class teacher daydreaming of revolution.” Yeah, I’ve had a few of those in school myself.
@woollypidgeon19483 жыл бұрын
@Micheal Scott I won’t even bother arguing
@deadrabbit6666663 жыл бұрын
@@woollypidgeon1948 nothing to argue
@Powderlover13 жыл бұрын
Me too... although usually I think of policies like universal healthcare, and a government that works for the people... not what I’m getting from pol pot.
@IronJeff543213 жыл бұрын
Yea they were chosen it didn’t just happen as he says ... it was a proxy war to clear away the population
@750voltsdc33 жыл бұрын
@American Patriot Yupp privatise it so the Chinese state can educate the young better than the American state could. ;)
@chrissoclone4 жыл бұрын
A few years ago I first saw the movie "The Killing Fields" which led me into a rabbit hole on Wikipedia I'll never forget. Quite a strong message there at the end Simon, well done.
@SargBjornson4 жыл бұрын
Quirky story: I was the one who started writing that Wikipedia article, in... 2004-05 I think (it was a mini-stub previously and I was bored out of my mind). I didn't know about the topic prior and I had to document myself on it all. I had never cried previously doing something like that, it was an experience I'll remember all my life
@annescholey65464 жыл бұрын
With the journalists being abused by the Khmer Rouge in the monsoon and Haing S. Ngor fleeing over a corpse filled swamp.
@davidhamilton20934 жыл бұрын
As our Scottish bard wrote, Man's inhumanity to man. Nothing has really changed since he wrote that in the 1780s. Clearly we've learnt nothing.
@crystalmethking4 жыл бұрын
@Gipsy Danger hardest film i have ever watched
@archstanton61024 жыл бұрын
The documentary on this place is more harrowing but also has the survivor interviews.
@somsachum82612 жыл бұрын
As a Cambodian, thank you for this. I remember learning about Brother Duch back in college. Our class had a discussion on why he wanted confessions and agreed that it was their way of absolving themselves of being murderers. If a confession was made, they had killed spies and traitors, not innocent people (though this does conflict with their saying of killing ten innocents instead of letting one live). Of course, this is just a theory we had. I think one other thing Brother Duch was obsessed with was finding spies. Each prisoner had to give at least ten names of people within their network. You can pretty much see how this kept continuing, since each of those ten had to give another ten names as they're being tortured. Also, if anyone else is interested in learning more about this, one of the survivors was an artist. From what I remember, they wanted to paint portraits of Pol Pot and distribute it to the masses. During this time most people had not known of his actual appearance, other than by name. This was what saved the artist's life, as I think even being an artist would get you killed (I could be wrong though). He recounted his experience through that ordeal, and talked about how he was given real food for the first time in forever. It was just rice, but after not having real food for so long, he could barely eat the rice without hurting his jaw.
@stillcantbesilencedevennow Жыл бұрын
The arts rarely survive things like communist regimes. Only just now are those things starting to flourish again.
@Mememeep Жыл бұрын
I actually met this artist during my first visit. He told us it was really art that had kept him alive.
@johnrock24111 ай бұрын
his name was vann nath
@The-Khandor-of-Kalakuta3 жыл бұрын
if you were herded into a camp, and the first thing you saw was a sign that read, "To save you is no profit, to destroy you is no loss", that phrase alone would make your heart sink. it's pretty much telling you your life means nothing, and your pretty much not leaving here alive...
@amb1634 жыл бұрын
"It can always get worse..." Yeah, that's what I worry about, sitting here in the year 2020. I hope more people take your end message to heart.
@mike045744 жыл бұрын
There will definitely not be a mass genocide like this happening this year but we should still be reminded
@amb1634 жыл бұрын
@@mike04574 Don't tempt 2020. There's still four months left.
@spritemon984 жыл бұрын
I always say this phrase
@dudeiii20693 жыл бұрын
Being stuck in you house and being stuck in S21 isnt the same
@amb1633 жыл бұрын
@@dudeiii2069 I wasn't making that comparison.
@b0gie7264 жыл бұрын
When I entered the makeshift cells in S21, chills came up my spine, the blood splattered on the floor, it was so traumatic for me to know that my father had to go through the Khmer Rouge as a 6 year old and not remembering my dead grandfather.
@joannaedssay59883 жыл бұрын
I'm so sorry, your comment brought tears to my eyes. I hope you find peace.
@mizzouranger1343 жыл бұрын
Sorry that happened to your dad but why in the world is that traumatic for you? That’s called privilege that you have no concept of it. Give me a break. It’s gross really. It takes away from their experience.
@BooEntertainment20192 жыл бұрын
@@mizzouranger134 Idk why, but I think your tone of message comes off as quite rude. If it is, have some respect.
@ian-nf9um Жыл бұрын
@@mizzouranger134 dick head it's the person's father's he can feel how he likes.sorry for your family's pain
@dudewheresmyvan3 жыл бұрын
I think the most gruesome thing was the tree in the killing fields, were guards would smash babies against it till they stopped breathing. Definitely one of the sickest things. Taking a tour of S-21 and the killing fields was intense.
@josephwright59212 жыл бұрын
Yes, i saw that tree and have a tiny shard of pottery from nearby. It is horrible what we humans have done to each other. God help us all for the the things that are coming with the Great Reset.
@tyleroutingdyke8492 жыл бұрын
@@josephwright5921 that's not pottery..... thats baby-skull shard dude...
@bluegregory6239 Жыл бұрын
Yeah, I went to both places in 2012, and they are the heaviest things I've ever seen in a lifetime of travel. Bits of bone still working their way to the surface.
@ProfessorRoy823 жыл бұрын
I visited these places in 2017. My Uber driver said his parents survived the Khmer Rouge, I felt a bit awkward being driven to the killing fields. Seeing all of the skulls on display with color coded stickers explaining how the prisoner was killed, seeing leftover personal items bloodied, pictures of people who were murdered, the fields and prison itself - it was just a humbling experience.
@thedefkidletterboxd4 жыл бұрын
I've been to Cambodia twice. It's one of my favorite countries in the world, and it really changed my life. Learning the horrors of the Khmer Rouge and the Killing Fields, seeing the trees where they bashed in the heads of babies, the cliffs they threw people off of to execute them, and the piles of skulls in stupas built as memorials to the victims was devastating to me. And then seeing the beauties of Angkor Wat and the ancient imperial capital outside Siem Reap, it really broke my heart. It's a country that's summited the highest of highs and trod the most dreadful abyssal lows. I've never quite gotten over it emotionally. If you go at some point in the future, though, the people are among the nicest I've ever met. It's really a remarkable land.
@svenlarson68443 жыл бұрын
same as you it changed me,it showed me what the human race was capable of.Without money you have sticks and spears,Bankrolled by i suspect the same gouls hanging around today,Cambodian people are very friendly and people should visit.
@notoriousalien3 жыл бұрын
the fact that people are so kind just makes it even sadder. they have gone through more than any of us yet they smile the widest.
@dadadannn3 жыл бұрын
And now today it is the true wild west country. Where your 1st tuktuk driver will tell you if you have money you can do ANYTHING you want. He's right. Literally anything you want. It's an amazing country with beatiful islands, coasts, jungles, cities and no laws, however unfortunately it's being taken over by China now
@mephala73 жыл бұрын
On my list soon as we can travel.
@chris2pher442 жыл бұрын
Ya I went once with some people from work and it’s like a different plant. I’ve got no clue how anything can get accomplished there but it can/does. It was a great time and huge education. If anyone gets a chance you must go. One of my first jobs when I was young the owner was Cambodian and he lost all his family, he would tell me stories and thought they were crazy but once you go there and see the school and the fields no video or pictures does justice. Friend a Cambodian then you can have a travel guide and hook up where to stay and people. Nice cheap place for vacation.
@danielgillard77954 жыл бұрын
Thanks for making this one Simon - I live about a mile and a half away from Tuol Sleng and I drive past on my motorbike nearly every day. It's pretty much in the centre of Phnom Penh, and the rest of the neighbourhood is a very nice place, with some great coffee shops and local bars. Heck, my shoemaker is on the same street as S21! And where I live is virtually equidistant between S21 and the Choeung Ek Killing Fields. Despite the utterly horrible history here, the good people of Phnom Penh are rebuilding still, and life is a lot happier for many here these days. I've been watching your videos for a long time, and as tragic as the subject matter is in this one, I'm really glad to see you and your team make this video. I was thinking less than an hour ago that I should visit S21 again as it's been a while since I paid my respects. Anyway - listening to you as a fellow Brit on your videos often serves as a nice reminder of home, but this video's a great surprise - a British voice helping to chronicle a very important piece of the history of this lovely adopted city of mine. Thanks again.
@genghis_connie4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for weighing in on this. It's good to hear how things are now. Best to you.
@archstanton61024 жыл бұрын
Was there in June 2017
@danielgillard77954 жыл бұрын
@@archstanton6102 hope you can make it back again one day sir - it's still as lovely and crazy as ever here :-)
@brettkenyon46794 жыл бұрын
@@danielgillard7795 you pretty much well said what I wanted to say. I visited Phnom Penh in 2009 to perform the Cambodian wedding ceremony. I had already married my wife back in NZ. We visited Choeng Ek Sol and S21. We visited yearly for five years, and I haven't been back since around 2014. The experiences I had in Cambodia made me truly appreciate what I have back in NZ. I want to go back again and see my wife's family too. I miss Cambodia.
@andrewstrugnell72754 жыл бұрын
Beautiful Shoes?
@dodge96neon4 жыл бұрын
i remember in the late 1970's that there were many cambodians fleeing cambodia by boat and jane fonda said , " why would anyone want to leave cambodia "
@KhanMann663 жыл бұрын
Ignorance is bliss isn’t it?
@peter-84833 жыл бұрын
The fonda family are insane
@lel78413 жыл бұрын
Well what else expect from her? I have no idea why anyone could be a fan of hers. She's either a complete idiot easily fooled by evil men or a complicit accomplice in trying to hide their inhuman acts with gaslighting.
@UlshaRS3 жыл бұрын
Privileged idiot and the exact kind of 'intellectual' (upperclass book smart world stupid know it all) that those regimes targeted first for extermination.
@MaD0MaT3 жыл бұрын
Just like modern day Hollywood praising CCP for their mass killings. Why would you flee China?
@lunameanstarsdraws86833 жыл бұрын
My Boyfriend is half Cambodian, his mother escaped Cambodia and this genocide, and ended up where I live. I cannot say how thankful I am for her escaping this, and coming here, otherwise I wouldn’t have my wonderful baby. Without this video I wouldn’t have even known this had happened. Thank you Simon, thank you
@jummalinio2610 Жыл бұрын
you ưhore
@jummalinio2610 Жыл бұрын
your boyfriend's family were the KILLERS
@jummalinio2610 Жыл бұрын
your sleeping witha genocider
@PB20704 жыл бұрын
Great video but if feel i have to mention several things. After Vietnam defeated Khmer Rouge, Pol Pot didn't just disappear to the jungle and lived there until he died. Khmer Rouge collectively fled to Thailand and remained an opposition to the newly formed People's Republic of Kampuchea, while also being backed by the USA, UK, China and their allies as a really perverse version "an enemy of my enemy is my friend" because they wanted an ally in fight against Soviet and Vietnam influence in the region. Also, on insistence of USA, UK and China, Khmer Rouge representatives were holding a seat in the UN instead of the ones from the newly formed People's Republic, which in turn received an embargo by the UN Security Council. All in all, a really tragic chapter in human history.
@dshe86374 жыл бұрын
They could not have been successful without Western backing. That's an even bigger tragedy.
@dylanagoblin92983 жыл бұрын
Pardon my ignorance but you seem quite knowledgable on the topic and I have just been wondering one thing. I have been researching this and from what I understand the Khmer Rouge were originally communists, motivated to overthrow the dictatorship of Sihanouk. For what reason did they become authoritarian? They seem motivated to "free the people" and all that, but what made them so afraid that they began murdering people just for having glasses, for seeming "elitist". I don't quite understand the shift?
@Philip2718283 жыл бұрын
If you're still following this: Do you know why the UK was backing the Khmer Rouge?
@rockonallnight3 жыл бұрын
@@dshe8637 China was by far The Khmer Rouge’s main backer during their ascendence to power and all throughout their reign of terror over Cambodia. The US started backing them after Vietnam overthrew the regime, not during the actual genocide that took place from ‘75 to ‘79. US support was essentially a way to continue on with its proxy war against The Soviet Union once Vietnam ousted The Khmer Rouge from power and control over the country. Yes it was horrendous for The US to back The Khmer Rouge in any way, but their support for them did not occur during the actual Cambodian Genocide.
@the_corvid973 жыл бұрын
@@Philip271828 Because they were opposed to the Soviet Union and Vietnam.
@nathanielfamisan19684 жыл бұрын
"One of the great ironies of communism is that so many of its leaders came from the same privileged backgrounds that they rallied against." For once, someone finally said what must be said.
@dsnodgrass48434 жыл бұрын
It's not that big an irony, or a revelation. Nearly all fascists and other right-wing extremist leaders are nowhere near the embodiment of the traditionalist virtues they espouse, either.
@michaelx48104 жыл бұрын
Not sure why you’re elated. Hardly a revelation.
@Dan166734 жыл бұрын
Commie followers dont care because "intentions"
@AJK1564 жыл бұрын
@@dsnodgrass4843 And?
@dshe86374 жыл бұрын
That's why Trotsky proposed that those people never be allowed to establish themselves as new overlords. He was for ongoing change of individuals in decision making posts, so that the country would be managed by a wider consensus. That's why Stalin got rid of him
@darrienscott70484 жыл бұрын
When I was stationed in Japan as an aircraft mechanic for the AF I would often travel to the Philippines, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and more but Cambodia definitely stood out. I went to the "Killing School". It was insane. They did tours and you can still see blood stains in the rooms. There was also a tree that clearly was beat on and would grow bark on certain parts. The guide told us that they used that tree to bash babies against until they were dead. I couldnt continue the tour cause I kept picturing the babies. Till this day I randomly picture it and the BOOM! I see this video.
@superme634 жыл бұрын
You can tell by the closing statement that this one really hit you in the feels, Simon. My guess is because it happened so close to the year of you being born.
@jamieschaeffer36754 жыл бұрын
I cried
@TheAshleyYoyo4 жыл бұрын
A chilling get brutally honest message at the end there. And my biggest respect to you for not ending with the “so I hope you found that video interesting if you did hit the thumbs up” outro. It would have been disrespectful to the education we all got and you kept it respectful throughout. Respect ✊🏽
@misterhat58234 жыл бұрын
And he spared us from the mid-video infomercial.
@TheAshleyYoyo4 жыл бұрын
Mister Hat Very true, he didn’t have to but he did. Classy move all round from Simon
@Masterdeber3 жыл бұрын
ikr it’s so disrespectful and typical when history youtube channels end their videos with “please like and subscribe” after discussing a tragic genocide
@FourOf920003 жыл бұрын
In case anyone was wondering, Brother Duch died on September 8th, a couple weeks after this came out.
@marthaperdew3 жыл бұрын
I hope he is burning in hell !
@becgould37723 жыл бұрын
I hope it was slow and extremely painful.
@epajarjestys99813 жыл бұрын
According to Wikipedia, he died on Sept. 2. He knew he had committed unspeakable evil. He will suffer the consequences. I wish him all the best.
@SomeHomestuck3 жыл бұрын
I hope he is in the deepest pits of Tartarus
@captainkavi3 жыл бұрын
I was at S21, two years ago , it left a indelible impression on me - you can see everything right there in front of you, the same exact beds people were tied to in the same rooms, the marks on the walls and the old faded paint, the photos the journalist took when he discovered the place are truly shocking. But there are beautiful flowering bushes and trees in the courtyard and the whole neighbourhood is actually very nice. I found it one of the most important but disturbing places i have ever visited and i've travelled widely and seen a fair amount over the years. this place really starkly reminds you that we are all much closer to total chaos and a loss of humanity and morals than most people realise. The cambodian people are really wonderful kind and compassionate and the country is beautiful to visit, id consider living there to be honest, it will never cease to cause me such conflicting emotions that this could have happened here and what the country and people have been through to still keep smiling
@r.m.55483 жыл бұрын
Liar
@captainkavi3 жыл бұрын
@@r.m.5548 why would you say that? seems a strange statment and out of no where... i was indeed at S21 2 years ago, why would i lie about that or how it made me feel?
@jamesclendon48114 жыл бұрын
A small blessing: today, Sept 01, 2020 the announcement has been made that Duch has just died at age 77.
@pyromania10184 жыл бұрын
@Dominic No grave. Thanks to COVID, he was cremated and hastily buried.
@pyromania10183 жыл бұрын
@@alexander-mauricemillamlae4567 I don't know if it is.
@epajarjestys99813 жыл бұрын
For being one of the few who genuinely regretted his own atrocities, did not justify or downplay anything, and provided detailed records of what happened, I hope he is headed for better destinations. No one can escape his karma. But some can learn.
@pyromania10183 жыл бұрын
@@epajarjestys9981 I don't think he genuinely regretted anything. He probably hoped it would allow him to avoid capital punishment.
@GleichUmDieEcke3 жыл бұрын
And on that day, he finally became a good communist.
@murlock6664 жыл бұрын
Factual and delivered brilliantly. Definately one of your best Simon. Keep up the good work. More presentations like this might just help prevent it in the future. Very moving.
@knightrider6934 жыл бұрын
He's become one of my favorite sources for history
@ptdvll4 жыл бұрын
Cambodia is an amazing country, and for those who have not been there, please go. Go on the tour of S21 and the killing fields...after that, your life will change and you’ll have a different perspective. Cambodians are some of the nicest people you’ll ever meet. Thanks for this video Simon, it brought back memories
@cashewnuttel90542 жыл бұрын
Cambodia is an amazing country If they are then why are they still poor? Also no thanks, I hate traveling.
@ptdvll2 жыл бұрын
@@cashewnuttel9054 not sure why you’d waste both of our time by even replying to the comment. Furthermore go and learn about economics and how money and power works, then come back with a sophisticated comment.
@cashewnuttel90542 жыл бұрын
@@ptdvll I don't even know why you'd waste your time to write your OP or reply to my comment to begin with. And really, that's your response? To learn about economics, money, and power? I know that in order to travel you need to be economically feasible. I do know that locals will try to squeeze as much money out of you. I do know that the locals think they have the power over you because you're a foreigner and they think you're stupid, and try to squeeze as much money out of you. Stop preaching Pete, you aren't changing the world.
@ptdvll2 жыл бұрын
@@cashewnuttel9054 for all the things you “know”, you’re quite wrong about a lot. Perhaps it’s time you get off your pedestal, and save up some money, go travel, and see the world. It’s clear you don’t know much, as you’ve called yourself out. It’s quite hysterical that wrote that response. Thanks for adding additional humour to the world. Good luck with all your keyboard warrior gigs.
@swiss.29163 жыл бұрын
Simon, your closing was the most impressive thing I have heard in a year. The most presidential sounding commentary I have heard in an even longer time. Thank you.
@AkurA304 жыл бұрын
A terrible part of history... Just wish more people knew about it
@gangsterpenguin87094 жыл бұрын
also kinda funny
@tsartomato4 жыл бұрын
inb4 asian camps in usa
@VNYoshi4 жыл бұрын
From my POV, it was covered up. The US supported the Khmer Rouge (see: Allegations of United States support for the Khmer Rouge - wikipedia). They went as far as using the Vietnamese invasion of Cambodia as an excuse to place an embargo on Vietnam. For more people to know, is to acknowledge that the West willingly backed a genocidal regime out of convenience. Which as you could imagine, fat chance.
@Assassinus24 жыл бұрын
Nyan Nyan And yet thoroughly unsurprising. If anything, I rather feel that more knowledge of this would lead to more Tuol Slengs popping up, especially in the United States.
@glitchass4 жыл бұрын
I remember exactly when and where I was when I found out about Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge. I'll never forget how shocked I was when my dad told me about it. I was in middle school at the time, 7th grade I think. I'd heard the song Holiday in Cambodia by Dead Kennedys tons of times, being a punk fan, but I'd never made the effort to read up on the meaning behind it. It shocked me to think that something so horrible and of such a large scale could have happened in the 70s, but I guess being a 13 year old, I wasn't the most informed anyway. For the rest of middle school and high school, the Cambodian genocide wasn't mentioned once in any of my social studies/history classes. We learned nothing about it at all. In fact, I learned more about the existence of the Japanese internment camps in my freshman year English class while reading Farewell to Manzanar than I did in my US history class. When I took that class my sophomore year, there was, and I shit you not, ONE entire sentence about the camps in our textbooks. One. It's frightening to think about how many people still are unaware of the atrocities that have happened in recent history, and the ones that are occurring right now. I never learned about he Armenian genocide until I looked up the meaning behind the song Holy Mountains by System of a Down a few years ago. There are still so many awful parts of history that everyone needs to be informed of, myself included. I apologize for the wall of text, but your comment really put it best.
@cindyr29514 жыл бұрын
This is by far your most powerful video across all your channels. Well done Simon, to show us history and currant tragedies.
@murlock6664 жыл бұрын
Totally agree
@titanicwang20443 жыл бұрын
History doesn't repeat but it rhymes.
@nessmess5003 жыл бұрын
Great quote!
@roo59403 жыл бұрын
History doesn’t repeat itself, but human behavior does
@robertomanalo63463 жыл бұрын
You fool what mean History doesnt repeat itself . It repeat and judge itself it happen again in China in the Xinjiang region were Muslim Uighur have been Genocide the way Pol Pot did in Cambodia
@robertomanalo63463 жыл бұрын
Titanic Wang you are a Wacko and Weird about your statement
@roo59403 жыл бұрын
@@robertomanalo6346 no you are! Lol
@crumptonemma3 жыл бұрын
Your ending monolog was amazing. Thank you for continuing to cover pieces of history that seem to be swept under the rug.
@lauren96674 жыл бұрын
Your videos have made me laugh, they’ve educated me, they’ve even made me shake my head at people’s foolishness, but this was the first one to make me grieve for humanity. While you were listing the places where atrocities were currently being committed in the closing message, I was able to list a few more...
@tistedmentality37154 жыл бұрын
You should look up what the Chinese are doing to the Uyghurs people. That is one that should unite the people of earth against chit he CCP.
@DriftedVisionMan4 жыл бұрын
Or Tibetans
@--enyo--4 жыл бұрын
Sadly we all know these days, but nobody can do anything about it. 😔
@neighborhoodcatlady60944 жыл бұрын
The photos that we’re recently published. Looks like they were taken from a Nazi concentration camp. Seeing the prisoners next to the train cars. I have heard that they also have an airstrip and medical facility nearby for transplants. Evil.
@khrashingphantom96324 жыл бұрын
tisted mentality Well the Uyghurs are a Chinese Muslims so people have been primed to not care about them and mass news media not cover their plight. (In the U.S at least.) Especially now.
@reeeteee25264 жыл бұрын
Brandon Toad China Uncensored has done videos on these camps. Highly recommended.
@jaxxii3 жыл бұрын
My professor talked about this in class today, so when I saw this in my recommended I was honestly so surprised. This video was very informative/clarifying.
@NR23derek4 жыл бұрын
Almost certainly the best, most informative video you have made Simon. I visited this place in 1993, shortly after Cambodia opened to tourists and I can honestly say I came away terrified at what I'd seen. In one room was a large display of passport style photos of the victims and one in particular caught my eye, a teenage kid with a terrified expression that spoke volumes. I saw ghosts that day and will never forget it. Thank you.
@OF019754 жыл бұрын
One of the senior leaders, Duch just died this morning
@jasonnoghani71164 жыл бұрын
Good, may that bastard burn in hell - love from Kampot!
@blerp66753 жыл бұрын
Good
@mitchellneu3 жыл бұрын
Good riddance
@artemisarrow1793 жыл бұрын
He’s got some serious explaining to do in front of God.
@RapturianCitizen3 жыл бұрын
@@artemisarrow179 Please get over your childish ideas.
@bchin40054 жыл бұрын
Not to take away from any of the atrocities mentioned, but it's disturbing how Rawanda never seems to make it on the lists of modern genocides.
@ThePhantomSafetyPin3 жыл бұрын
I feel privileged to have learned about the Rwandan Genocide in 7th grade. It's important, and nobody, nobody talks about it. Tragic. Same with Cambodia's killing fields.
@SA-52473 жыл бұрын
I’m not sure what you mean? It’s taught in every public school and a movie was made about it.
@rejvaik003 жыл бұрын
Don't forget about the Rohingya genocide Which strangely enough Nobel peace prize winner Aang San Syu Kyi went before the International Court of Justice to defend the Burma military from accusations of genocide in 2019
@starrchild2543 жыл бұрын
People seem to forget the irish genocide as well even though a million people died
@starcraftplayer70843 жыл бұрын
Uganda too... 😢 almost half a million were killed under that idiot general.
@Vizaya3 жыл бұрын
It's hard for me to ask my parents about their ordeal when fleeing Cambodia and the Khmer Rouge. I feel bad asking them to recall it. So thank you for this video. I've visited these places when I was 10 and couldn't fully process the immense tragedy.
@earthflash Жыл бұрын
Blessings for your superb overview! I visited both S21 and the Killing Fields --- and thoroughly photographed both death zones --- for my book, "There are no Foreign People." These scenes were macabre, intense, and heartbreaking --- for my spirit to record. Because of the massacres --- Cambodia seemed eerily empty of any grandparents --- when I visited in 2010. I appreciated your final warning. You are gifted at what you do, thank you. Full love and support from the Earthpeople of Hawaii
@bellacarow36054 жыл бұрын
That ending!!! I love this channel, love the videos and most importantly, the candid way you explain history. It's not enough to know that it happened, we must admit it can happen again so we can take action against atrocities like this.
@quirkyMakes4 жыл бұрын
Finally something that has some real feeling in it. this is how the crimes of the past should be betrayed. Thank you for the video. I had no Idea about Cambodia's recent history. This is why I watch your channel. Keep up the good work.
@eursiaameria93932 жыл бұрын
The fact that people still continue to praise and want socialism and communism is just astounding since they have access to the truth like this
@deadflag70303 жыл бұрын
*"It's a holiday in Cambodia, where you'll do what you're told, it's a holiday in Cambodia, where the slums got so much soul."* -Jello Biafra
@j.a.weishaupt17484 жыл бұрын
Please never stop this collaboration with Morris M. Thank you for always writing thrilling stories with your typical weird sense of humor.
@pathallahan30164 жыл бұрын
Not even mentioning a "so I hope you liked that video, if so....". I've seen others where he said something along the lines of "im not going to ask if you enjoyed that video" etc. This one he didn't even do that. Amazing ending to a well done video
@RyanSmith-pp5hc3 жыл бұрын
I lived a few blocks away from S21 for 3 years. I knew it was a place I needed to visit while I was living in Cambodia but also knew the emotional toll such an experience would take. My brother came to visit a year into me living there and the two of us went to S21. It was chilling just to walk through the gate. You could almost feel the pain and death that took place there. I would imagine it is similar to visiting Auschwitz. Definitely worth a visit. Let us never forget the atrocities human beings are capable of under the right circumstances.
@jameswight62593 жыл бұрын
Really appreciated that you included that conclusion/message at the end. So true and so important! Suggested follow up reading for those interested, not specifically on Cambodia but generally on the psychology of the perpetrators of crimes against humanity: Obedience to Authority - the Milgram experiment, Christopher Browning - Ordinary Men, and the Zimbardo prison experiment.
@BamBoomBots4 жыл бұрын
I can imagine that one can only do a vid like this once in a while. However, if you can stomach it, the Jadovno and Jasenovac concentration camps are worthy of a video. Too little people know about the atrocities committed there, Heinrich Himmler and SS personnel themselves were shocked and called it 'barbarian'. Something else: save the Uighurs, bring down the CCP. As long as we look away form genocide we are not worthy of our existence as a species.
@jamieschaeffer36754 жыл бұрын
Please do a video. I've never heard of them and if their anything like this the world needs to know.
@johnathanblackwell99604 жыл бұрын
@Dylan sky It's kind of funny but the Chinese have been ethnically cleansing non han chinese for decades but people only now seem to have taken notice.
@SonofSethoitae3 жыл бұрын
@@johnathanblackwell9960 People noticed when they did it to Tibet, but nobody did fuck all about it
@alistairmackintosh94123 жыл бұрын
Money>blood.
@JayR-wg9jq3 жыл бұрын
a video about what china is doing would be great but it would be demonitized before the guy even posted it
@mrspock19944 жыл бұрын
I’ve been here...it’s very eerie, haunting...never forget it. And you’re absolutely right, Simon. That ending was spot on
@DesertFernweh4 жыл бұрын
Amazing timing on this Simon. Kang Kek Iew AKA Comrade Duch died a few days ago. I am sure hell has a suite waiting for him.
@Korilian133 жыл бұрын
At S21 I listened to a talk by a woman who had grown up during the Khmer rouge. Before that I'd assumed that maybe if you were just a simple peasant, you might have been able to escape somewhat unscatched. But her talk showed me that they turned the whole country into a giant concentration camp. It was such a harrowing story. I'll never forget it. I definitely recomment checking out the talkd there if you have the opportunity.
@peipei4082 Жыл бұрын
Where can i watch or listen to the talk?
@5ryans4 жыл бұрын
We have a duty to learn from history so that we dont repeat it
@aaronbradley32324 жыл бұрын
Yeah but it certainly seems like we're not going to
@pyromania10184 жыл бұрын
No one ever follows that lesson.
@justinmeasday89304 жыл бұрын
I notice these maniac leaders were school teachers.
@anarchyantz15644 жыл бұрын
And even now we have certain groups in the "civilised" west who want to tear down and destroy history rather than leave it to learn from it.
@archstanton61024 жыл бұрын
Too late
@Jeremyramone4 жыл бұрын
The fact that the architects of this genocide never faced justice certainly discredits the idea of karma.
@rodchallis80314 жыл бұрын
What does justice look like in these cases? To imagine a punishment that fits the crime, you have to become what they are. They all got off too easy. As they all did in Germany and Japan, too. Because the dispensers of justice in those cases were not debased degenerates. That's a hard pill to swallow, but there you have it.
@unclestoma46994 жыл бұрын
@@rodchallis8031 if I was in charge Germany and Japan would not have existed after ww2 they would be erased forgotten
@27dcx4 жыл бұрын
@@unclestoma4699 So you would have committed genocide against two whole populations for the actions of their governments? You really lost the message here bud.
@vincentlp1154 жыл бұрын
@@unclestoma4699 so you are gonna turn into the very thing that they were fighting against back then? (the allies i mean)
@archstanton61024 жыл бұрын
Depends what they were reincarnated as
@Netgear19683 жыл бұрын
I visited S21 back in 2004 with a friend who’s family is Cambodian, will never forget that place
@HeWhoShams3 жыл бұрын
But.. but.. they didn't implement communism correctly, we will in America.
@TheWeatherbuff4 жыл бұрын
Y'know. When I think about all my so-called "problems" in my life here in the USA, this puts things into perspective. Thanks Simon.
@MEZ924 жыл бұрын
@Brandon Toad We are voting him back in. The leftists are trying to bring down the country. Even moderates who hate him don't like what the left is trying to do.
@NOOKnookCROOK3 жыл бұрын
Release the hounds
@bluegregory6239 Жыл бұрын
The Dead Kennedys wrote a very good song about this in 1980. The things that Gen Z and Millennials in the US complain about nowadays make me laugh out loud.
@osmosis74644 жыл бұрын
A few years back I visited S21 and the killing fields and it was the most harrowing experiences I have ever had. There was a resident artist (one of the 12 who survived) who painted some of the most upsetting scenes you will see, such as torture and people chained in cells. The killing fields has a kind of mausoleum with row upon row of skulls and when you look in the open pits, you can see bones protruding out even now. Left as a reminder as to evil of some people. Simon's words speak true now when people who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it, particularly some of the youth of today.
@shoiyoow2 жыл бұрын
I’m a Cambodian myself yet I don’t even know much about my own people’s history. Thank you for this, helped me a lot.
@singingsam404 жыл бұрын
A heartbreaking piece of humanity's worst history, beautifully presented. Thank you Simon.
@InfamoussDBZ4 жыл бұрын
Deciding who lives and who dies is the ultimate corruption of power
@ricojes4 жыл бұрын
incidentally, that's what doctors in italy had to go through when their covid cases shot past their available equipment.
@nemo77824 жыл бұрын
@Brandon Toad Yep, don't mention the DEMOCRATIC cities they happened in.
@ThePhantomSafetyPin3 жыл бұрын
@@nemo7782 It happened in NYC, in the United States, during a Republican's rule. Don't fool yourself. Blaming the left wing for everything is as foolish as blaming the right for everything.
@HauntedXXXPancake3 жыл бұрын
@@ricojes Yeees, Triage (saving those you can) is the same as killing perfectly healthy people for ideological reasons ... If you're a pretentious moron.
@ProffesionalZombie124 жыл бұрын
This is probably one of the best pieces done on this channel, with a powerful and sobering message at the end. Really outdid yourself, Simon. You gave S21's victims a voice.
@scottanderson59904 жыл бұрын
The ending was so well written. Thanks for this video.
@sada15044 жыл бұрын
There was a Cambodian boy in my kindergarten class. I don't remember him well, we weren't friends, but I remember that he was a refugee, or his parents were, or something (ca. 2004). That kid taught me that people can be evil, just by existing.
@Free-Bodge794 жыл бұрын
. One of the harshest and most brutal Geographic videos I've seen. What Simon says in the closing statement. Deserves to be listened too. Never a truer word spoken.!
@mariuszgorski68284 жыл бұрын
This is one of the most dark history videos from You guys... And I am Polish. I know what DARK HISTORY is...
@exlibrisas4 жыл бұрын
Check their "cannibal island" video.
@mariuszgorski68284 жыл бұрын
@Gipsy Danger thanx man. My sister in IRL right now and she cant say bad word about Your people. I know Your country story too. I know what English did to your country. I hope they will picture it on this channel. World need to remember who is the bad guy here. Cheers!
@mariuszgorski68284 жыл бұрын
@@exlibrisas Saw that one too. Terrible thing did communist comit. And the saddest thing is that 99% will not be judged for what they've done.
@commentingchannel65774 жыл бұрын
@@mariuszgorski6828 communists that were supported and funded by the cia
@heavenseeker23203 жыл бұрын
commenting channel oh no not another delusional one.
@lordshell3 жыл бұрын
"But it wasn't real communism!"
@TheBlueB0mber4 жыл бұрын
0:18 Contractor #1: Hey guys, there is supposed to be a door here Contractor #2: Ummm... sledgehammer?
@norezenable3 жыл бұрын
lol noticed the same thing.
@JustJake774 жыл бұрын
Joining the chorus here.... That closing message though.... Well done.
@turdferguson72644 жыл бұрын
A powerful message. Thank you Simon, and your colleagues.
@Timthevapeman443 жыл бұрын
Every time I watch a video like this I see history on the verge of repeat.
@alfredrobertson78523 жыл бұрын
I'm a rational man, but when my wife and I went to S21 in 2012, something definitely poked me hard in the chest when we were in the room at 0:24 seconds in the video. Visiting S21 is a surreal and powerful experience. Everyone we saw was crying. Its an awful and surreal and essential place to visit. The surreal part comes at the end when one of the few survivors has a table where he sells a book detailing his experiences at S21. Of course you buy it, the man is smiling and insists on taking a picture. Its clear from the pic my wife and I are fresh off an ugly crying session and there is a man, who survived the unimaginable, just beaming.
@LothlorianOG4 жыл бұрын
The killing field was probably the most emotional place I've ever been. The museum at S21 is dark, and worth the time, but the audio tour around the killing field nearby will bring anyone to tears. The bones and clothes of children are still being washed up. The pain in that place is still palpable.
@jamesdreads78284 жыл бұрын
What a sign off, amazing video. Great work.
@TheStapleGunKid3 жыл бұрын
Another wonderful example of _"No really, communism isn't so bad. It will totally work this time. Our communism is better..."_
@dragonborn36093 жыл бұрын
Yeah that's usually what tankies or Marxist Leninsts say. Although technically the khmer rouge had more fascist elements with their racial policies. I do find it ironic how the US who are supposed to he anti communist had condemned the Vietmanese invasion and had sent aid to Thailand who in turn gave it to the Khmer Rouge. Seems like it's more than "communism vs capitalism".
@TheStapleGunKid3 жыл бұрын
@@dragonborn3609 Communism in general has a lot of fascist elements, since both communism and fascism both involve giving massive amounts of power to the state. It's why I find it amusing that in WW2, communists and fascists considered themselves mortal enemies.
@blakewenzhou98653 жыл бұрын
More like: "last time wasn't REAL communism, it was too tainted by colonialism and capitalism. THIS TIME is actual really REAL communism, you can tell because it's working out pretty well. Unless it starts to get worse in the future because the country has run out of rich people to steal from, and you have already printed way too much money, then it's not real communism again"
@amanb86983 жыл бұрын
The US and Nazi Germany both had Capitalist economies during WW2. The Vietnamese Communists literally threw Pol Pot out of power. The USA literally gave Pol Pot support and funding initially. He was a CIA assest at first, because the Khmer Rogue hated Vietnam. So your point?
@blakewenzhou98653 жыл бұрын
@@amanb8698 no Germany had a fascist economy, privately owned, but tightly controlled by the government, telling them what to make, how much, and even what their employees earned, that economic model used to be considered a part of fascism. You mentioned that the US had concentration camps in WWII (which are not death camps btw). The difference with the communist governments, is that they killed millions of people for having slight differences in opinion, for being intellectuals, being land owners, or just supporting a past regime, OR even just wanting to protect your culture and history (china's cultural revolution) while a bunch of brain washed teenagers try to destroy it. I know the US has killed people, a lot of people, but not like that, not using teenagers as a weapon against their own helpless people, it's bone chilling what happened in places like s21. It's disappointing that your addled brain can't tell the difference between the 2, and informative.
@tuliko86783 жыл бұрын
Heavy words at the end there mate. I have been to S21 and the Killing Fields. I had no idea it was a school until I stepped into the courtyard. Being a teacher myself this made me sick to the stomach. To see Something as innocent as the swing set converted into a torture rack. I was blessed to meet one of the survivors there, Chum Mey. I gave him a big hug. He lost everyone in his family, and he can still smile. ❤️❤️
@allhailseek77954 жыл бұрын
All these kids in the US need to learn stuff like this, I love how you stated the fact that all these commies come from wealthy backgrounds! Great work man
@VosperCDN4 жыл бұрын
Sadly, history like this is not taught to any depth, if at all, in schools. So little time, and terrible events generally get a paragraph at best in some book that's studied about as much as a cereal box ingredient list.
@khrashingphantom96324 жыл бұрын
AllHail Seek Yeah the fact that you even call them "Commies" and that is what you seemed to have latched on to in the horrific atrocities described in this video show why so few people know about this subject in the first place.
@jordan44044 жыл бұрын
Pol Pot came from a wealthy background these people know what the end result is.
@johnathanblackwell99604 жыл бұрын
@@khrashingphantom9632 ...why? No one seems to have a problem teaching about the Holocaust, but for some reason they don't want to teach about de-kulakization, the holomodor, or the great leap forward. The only reason I can think of that schools seem to avoid these subjects is that they are trying to obscure the atrocities committed by one ideology while highlighting another.
@mopar_dude92274 жыл бұрын
Brandon Toad if you believe what happened in Cambodia is “irrelevant history”, you are a fool, and I guess a young one at that. I know for a fact that much of world history is glossed over in schools these days. The liberal education system is too busy pushing a political agenda instead of actually teaching and giving the facts. You are obviously a product of that system, with the disrespect it does creates.
@Younima44 жыл бұрын
I'm a simple man. I see Geographic's, I watch. Thank you for these great videos my guy.👍
@missKC192 жыл бұрын
I remember Margret Thatcher giving her support to Pol Pot. Nothing else needed to be said about that woman!
@pyromania10184 жыл бұрын
They had four interrogation units: 1) The Cold Unit, AKA the "gentle" unit, which was for questioning and was not allowed to use torture 2) The Hot Unit, AKA the "cruel" unit, for prisoners who withstood the cold unit 3) The Chewing Unit, for particularly resilient prisoners--essentially Room 101 4) The Political Unit, for political prisoners, obviously
@jbeach94024 жыл бұрын
Truly horrifying. We need more stories like this because we can not and must not forget what people are capable of. Please keep up the great channels and incredible stories to help educate and remember those who suffered in places like this.
@jonatanmarklund74734 жыл бұрын
Millenials using the phrase "let's smash" took a dark turn there. As a history nerd and teacher, thinking I might use it in my class.
@juliusraben35263 жыл бұрын
Also the type of daydreaming about revolution :P ?
@tomfrazier11033 жыл бұрын
"Smash" shows up first in Soviet Russia around 1920, and was a go-to concept for the remainder of Soviet, and other Communist history. Present day University Communist cheerleaders still parrot it.
@skywallke3 жыл бұрын
Are you allowed to teach the truth about this horror? Nonetheless the United States and the United Nation has supported Pol Pot and condemned the Vietnamese for their liberation of Cambodia.
@jeremiahcherry52833 жыл бұрын
You’re going to smash your students? Either way man.. thats bad.
@Kneal20053 жыл бұрын
Anyone born between 1981 and 1996 (ages 23 to 38 in 2019) is considered a Millennial, and anyone born from 1997 onward is part of a new generation, generation Z.
@crowsoup99533 жыл бұрын
I like that you added that message at the end. So many of these types of videos kinda end on a "well anyway that's it kinda gross right" note, and it's very important that you stressed the way this is not a one-off to be pushed aside, that it is a constant part of our past, present, and future.
@Nyctophora3 жыл бұрын
The closing statement is what elevate this from just another history channel. Well, that and the presentation, quality and so on, but it's really such elements that shine out.
@Ifyourewrongillletyouknow4 жыл бұрын
I watched an older video of yours called “10 lies you’re told about the American slave trade” could you do a video on the “Arab slave trade” as its very rarely spoken about. Thanks
@Ifyourewrongillletyouknow4 жыл бұрын
Might have found ano older video that kind of answers my question 🤣🤣🤣
@Mememeep Жыл бұрын
I went to Cambodia after reading a story about the survivor of Khmer Rouge on Reader's Digest. I cried so much when I read the story... I went to S21, it was really sad and scary. I really cannot imagine how horrible it was for the victims. I met one of the few survivors, who was a painter at S21. And when I see older or middle aged Cambodians, it will remind me of the horrible years they had endured.. just make you think that how can a human did that to another human being?
@amaralim3809 Жыл бұрын
You are absolutely right. Committing such horror is beyond imagination. I have no word to say. It's not even comparable to any animal. Sufferings and angers always remain inflamed in me, until I do not see a single benefit of being born into this world.
@mandymoore57742 жыл бұрын
Torturing a person does not open them up to an honest confession, if anything it does the exact opposite! DISGRACEFUL AND DISGUSTING!
@SxmurxiJCz2 жыл бұрын
If its a war, a geographical location or a biography you’re looking for, this is the right channel.
@tomfrazier11033 жыл бұрын
Those Communists love their euphemisms. They loved the word "Smash" in Communism. It shows up first in Soviet Russia.
@OriginalBongoliath3 жыл бұрын
Like "Bash the Fash"
@tomfrazier11033 жыл бұрын
@@OriginalBongoliath That seems redolent of American advertising rhymes, and also just sounds dumb, a reflection on Leftist revolutionary fantasy.
@krisaaron81803 жыл бұрын
Euphemisms are great: they make violence so much easier. My current favorite in American society is "no justice no peace". It translates to loot and burn down businesses and homes and attack/kill people, and it's not our fault.
@KaiBrunk1253 жыл бұрын
@@krisaaron8180 I know right? Ridiculous how long the police have gotten away with it.
@sirapple5893 жыл бұрын
Kai Brunk Your reply doesn’t make sense given what Kris said. Kris’ reply doesn’t mention the police doing anything, therefore your reply is playing off of a statement that doesn’t support it.
@kingromulus80854 жыл бұрын
I always appreciate you guys bringing attention to things no one knows of
@russelfausnight7748 Жыл бұрын
I visited Cambodia in 2016. It's a beautiful country with astonishingly good food. We decided not to visit Choeung Ek (leery of disaster tourism and exploitation), but we did visit Tuol Sleng. Photographs were forbidden, but I didn't need the sign. I never felt less like taking a picture in my life. Walking through the rooms was the closest I have ever felt to believing in ghosts. The history, the sadness, and the horror were almost tangible; it was a haunting experience that no one should skip. Places like this are needed to remind everyone of events that sound too horrible to be true. I'll go back someday, because I did love it and found the people kind and friendly, quietly possessing unimaginable resolve to live alongside their recent past. The tourism of Angkor Wat is run by a foreign corporation which, as we were quietly told by a local, shows how little other SE Asian nations trust Cambodians to run their own affairs and manage their cultural heritage. Good luck, Cambodia, with all the healing you still have to do. I wish the world had gotten to see what you were capable of before the murderous and greedy destroyed your future.
@vchin65962 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video. It is well researched and narrated. My family and I suffered this unspeakable genocide. My uncle and his entire family were exterminated during one of Khmer Rouge’s roundups. Painful period. Painful memories.
@notmaireelneim4 жыл бұрын
WTF? Where was my SquareSpace ad? I skipped ahead as usual and missed the first minute of the video.
@mikall14 жыл бұрын
I need a hug now
@alfredrestivo27133 жыл бұрын
I have watched almost every video you have made on every channel you have. This was by far the most chilling narrative you have done.
@josefschmeau46823 жыл бұрын
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 Your absolute best so far.
@MisterKnightly4 жыл бұрын
I go from Business Blaze to Geographics and goddamn if Simon isn't the King of All KZbin.