The song is an attack on stereotypical , moralizing , privileged American college students . Its lyrics offer a satirical view of young , well-to-do and self-righteous Americans , contrasting such a lifestyle with the genocidal dictatorship of the Khmer Rouge , led by Pol Pot and his Communist Party of Kampuchea ( mentioned in the lyrics ) , which is estimated to have been responsible for the deaths of roughly a quarter of Cambodian population between 1975 and 1979
genocidal dictatorship of the Khmer Rouge
Cambodian genocide
Holiday in Cambodia