Chinese Cultural Revolution Photos

In the photo they are destroying the a statue of a Buddha because it is considered a 4 old. They did s lot in the book to to they destroyed the signs of stores who were considered not to be communist. Mao I think wanted to be sort of a God. He wanted to be the only power and admired by people. He was really mean I could not think there could be such a bad person living brainwashing the youth poisoning the brain of the future. In the book the kids in elementary school they wanted to be Red Guards. They wanted to destroy the culture their parents and grandparents have lived with. Why would they destroy the Buddha it has to do with religion I don't think religion has to do anything with government.