Even using the French, "Khmer Rouge"... Just like Engels & Marx, bourgeoisie to the max.
Funny how we always hear here about dictators rounding up guns, when all these types round up intellectuals, political dissidents, people with alternative lifestyles, even artists, relocating or even executing them.
It's not accidental that Russians quickly flocked back to the Orthodox Church with the fall of the Soviet Union. While officially atheist, that background was still quite pronounced and not as routed as were other religions. Part of the appeal of Putin with American conservatives today is his core values stemming from this, and the growing suppression of what little liberal freedoms might wend their way into Russia.
Having been accustomed to heavy rule from above throughout its history from the Czarist days to Soviet (save a brief fling otherwise after the Bolshevik revolution), they stumbled adapting to a Representative Democracy, and are retreating back to form now.
This also has been the problem in the Middle East - a history of monarchs ruling over a rigidly religious public, finding difficulty in transitioning to a more liberal society that fosters individuality.
Incidentally, the same phenomenom can be witnessed with the extreme right in America and the cult of Trump - same mentality, preferring backwards looking top heavy goverment control over independent thought, living, responsibility, and progress.
