I remember my chinese family members stories of those years; how the older males would rush in and frantically start destroying nice furniture (in a way that could be fixed) as the Red Guards marched down the street, dragging people out and beating or killing them because their possessions were too nice. If that happens here there will be a lot of dead red guards lying around.
Anyone wishing to understand what a lazy, no good, lucky thug Mao was needs to read this book: