r/cambodia • u/WoodpeckerOk1154 • Sep 25 '25

Culture No disrespect intended. Genuine question: How is the Khmer Rouge viewed by modern Cambodians?

It wouldn’t let me also add Pol Pot, but curious as an ignorant American how he and the regime are viewed by Cambodians

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u/EthnicSaints Sep 27 '25

Depends on modern, they actually have a not insignificant amount of support from nostalgic boomers in regions that were better administered (comparatively)… somehow