Theravada Buddhism and the Cold War in Cambodia

In the 40s and 50s, Cambodia had like a couple of thousand actual laborers in the whole country. Most countries subsistence farmers, they didn't really give a fuck about capitalism or socialism. This is because neither had anything to do with their lives. They were all Theravada Buddhists and Theravada Buddhism places no value on acquiring wealth. And therefore, there was no cultural need to acquire wealth and there just wasn't a lot to buy.