Forced Equality Has a History of Genocidal Results
October 22, 2019 By Jon Henschen, Intellectual Takeout In recent history, the largest genocides have resulted from tyrannical centralized governments yearning for utopian equality for all. Between 1975 and 1979, Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot carried out a genocide in which approximately 2 million Cambodians died, or nearly a quarter of the country’s population. About 60 percent of the deaths were the result of direct executions – often carried out by pickaxe – and the rest were caused by famine and disease. Russia experienced two famines in the 20th Century. From 1921 to 1922, roughly five million people died due to a combination of effects from the Russian Civil War and the economic disturbance caused by the Russian Revolution. A rail system that couldn’t distribute food efficiently further contributed to the widespread starvation. Seed-grain was eaten rather than sown, and...
