Honestly--does it make any sense that people who claim to believe that all of reality is a meaningless coincidence with no significance whatsoever should be such crusading moral fanatics?
I remember the Red Guards. the more moderate Chinese had to protect thousands of Jade artifacts to keep them from being destroyed by the Red Guards.
History, before the Revolution means nothing to Radicals once they take over.
Even the US Patriots destroyed a statue of King George III. Some say It was melted down and cast into bullets to be returned at a high rate of speed to the British.