I could, but if you want some originality, I can also bring up one of the other atrocities directly ordered by communist regimes, like the Prague Spring, Hungarian Revolution or the mass executions by the Khmer in Cambodia.

[–] Bloomcole@lemmy.world 3 points 4 hours ago

I don't need to prove something that didn't happen which isn't possible, you show me proof of your fantasy eradication that isn't from the sick nutbag Adrian Zenz. Must be easy if it's such a genocide.

Imperialism good when country does bad things?

Hypocrisy good in the name of bringing democracy.

[–] vfreire85@lemmy.ml 6 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

oh, the khmer rouge, that one that the u.s. supported along with britain, china (not so dirty back then, right) and who were toppled by the socialist regime of vietnam?

[–] Realitaetsverlust@lemmy.zip -3 points 5 hours ago

I already answered that to someone else so I'll just copy and paste it:

The US never directly supported pol pot. Before 1975, they supported Lon Nol, who was fighting against the communist Khmer Rouge.

The part that IS true is that the US did support China and Thailand at the time, which in turn used that aid to support resistance groups in cambodia because vietnam invaded cambodia in 1979 - something the US had no problem with since vietnam was backed by the soviets. Also, it is true that the US and other western countries supported keeping the Khmer Rouge as Cambodia’s official UN representative, however, that was mostly done to undermine Vietnam’s rule over cambodia.

So, yes, by extension, the US supported pol pot, but it’s not the big “gotcha” you think it is - it was the cold war, an extremely complex geopolitical time.