Well, I just remember reading that he wanted a return to this idealized Cambodian society set entriely within an agarian format(?). Intellectuals, factories, even the Proletarians were an obstruction to this. We as MLs know why this is stupid frankly. He reminded me of Utopian Socialists during Lenin's time who wanted to prevent or 'skip' Capitalism... including continuing peasant-style relations and modes of production. That's why I described him as such, but maybe Reactionary is a better label.

this was awhile ago, I remember reading about it.

Reminds me of national-socialism using "socialism" (it even fools some libservantives).

Could you explain how those two countries specifically used socialism to grift?