Why did the cambodian killing fields start?
the killing fields started because the Khmer Rouge held to an interpretation of communist ideology that considered just about all professions as evil or anti communist. So they literally emptied out the cities and forced millions into the countryside. Just this alone resulted in thousands of deaths, as those who were too ill were killed, and others began to starve. Once people were situated on “farming collectives”, the Khmer Rouge adopted strategies to keep these people under control. This included hard labor for long hours, with minimal food. Starving people do not have enough energy to resist effectively. They utilized confession sessions to force people to admit to faults, using torture if someone would not so confess. They inflicted harsh punishments for the most minor of infractions, and the death penalty was common. Of course, with so many people who were already starving, and who had no experience in raising crops, there was no way that they would produce enough food to support
