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Card #c160IR // #c160Synthesis

The victims of Pol Pot, a Communist leader, were worthy, although after he was ousted by the Vietnamese in 1978, Cambodians ceased to be worthy, as U.S. policy shifted toward support of Pol Pot in exile.

— In our words · Source: Manufacturing Consent (Noam Chomsky & Edward S. Herman)

[Use when]

When a victim group suddenly drops out of the news.

[Why it matters]

The same dead, worthy then unworthy: victimhood tracks U.S. policy shifts, not the scale of suffering.

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