Wednesday

See humanity at its worst at the Killing Fields in Cambodia

A long time ago (the 1970's) an entire country's population was terrorized by starvations, work camps, & mass executions while the world stood idly by. The Khmer Rouge regime ruled Cambodia for a short time in the 1970's, & their attempts at forming a Communist peasant farming society resulted in the deaths of 25% of the nation's population, & turned Phnom Penh into a literal ghost town. Things are much changed since then but the solemnity of the killing fields remains the same. A shady piece of land on the outskirts of Phnom Penh where so many countless thousands found their end. Not much is left there today, but a visit to the site might change your perspective on the inherent good of humanity.

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