Genocide is the mass slaughter of a certain type of people because of who they are. The Cambodian genocide was the mass slaughter of people who were foreign, educated people, non-Khmer (Cambodia's native race), as well as other people whom the Khmer Rouge considered enemies. It was one of the most horrific events in modern history and was discovered years after it began. It took place over four years, from 1975 to 1979, and left a profound impact not only on Cambodia, but also on the world. Pol Pot, the leader of the Cambodian genocide, tried to impose his vision of a perfect communist society. across Cambodia, with everyone completely equal in terms of economic status, class and job. Pol Pot believed that the only way to create this society was to force everyone in the country to be rural peasants. To do this he considered anyone other than a rural farmer working in the fields an enemy to him and to the well-being of the country. The Khmer Rouge, the organization led by Pol Pot, killed or chased away all foreigners and many other types of people who the Khmer Rouge believed were their enemies. Millions of people were locked in labor camps and forced to work for hours on end with insufficient food and water and little healthcare. The Cambodian genocide began because the Khmer Rouge wanted to create a pure communist society in Cambodia. To do this, they decided to deconstruct the entire country back to its peasant origins and eliminate anyone above peasant status or who was not Cambodian. The Khmer Rouge's dream of perfect communism ultimately failed, because it was impossible for a society to succeed with just one profession. Even the farmers in rural areas needed doctors and... paper... who worked in terrible conditions, without medicines, and there were no doctors who could help them with the disease. Without trained professionals, a country will fall into ruin, as happened to Cambodia. What happened in Cambodia clearly demonstrates that it is impossible to impose a utopian vision on millions of people in a country today. For a country to prosper, it needs people to fill many different types of roles, including doctors to treat diseases, teachers to educate the next generation of citizens, merchants to buy and sell the products created by other citizens, and many other professions . A country today cannot survive if it only has 100% farmers, who try to survive thanks to their agricultural production. The Cambodian genocide also shows the dangers of any government trying to enforce racial purity, which as has been proven only leads to many deaths and inhumane acts of cruelty, with no resulting benefit..