It is becoming obvious that the key decision in China's path to renewal was the unsentimental destruction of all things past. Mao sent youths to humiliate and exile respected teachers and to destroy the invaluable works of art from the imperial period. But Mao was right. New China emerged without the shackles imposed by Confucius. Zionism erased the Yiddish culture, changed personal and family names, and even invented a new language. England must destroy its venerable traditions and level historical cities, and build a new, modern society. The glories of the past have led to its miserable state today. I like the King, the Lords, the castles, the museums, and the Globe, but they must be given up. But I doubt that the British renewal could happen. Already, Carl Marx predicted that the Communist Revolution would happen in all of Europe except Britain, because the British proletariat doesn't hate but negotiates with the capitalists.
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