The ideology of Maoism has influenced many Communists , mainly in the Third World , including revolutionary movements such as Cambodia 's Khmer Rouge , Peru 's Shining Path , and the Nepalese revolutionary movement . Under the influence of Mao 's agrarian socialism and Cultural Revolution , Cambodia 's Pol Pot conceived of his disastrous Year Zero policies which purged the nation of its teachers , artists and intellectuals and emptied its cities , resulting in the Cambodian genocide
Cambodian genocide
Cambodian genocide
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