Revolutionary communism may well have cleared the path for the boom in other ways as well, suggesting that the shift from socialist utopianism to capitalist pragmatism was less a U-turn than a sequential process of “creative destruction.” After all, Mao’s Cultural Revolution against “feudal society” did raze much of the cultural landscape, denuding it not only of traditional values and institutions, but also of failed socialist efforts, leaving China ready for the seeds of capitalist development.
革命共产主义很可能也以其他的方式为繁荣铺平了道路，表明从社会乌托邦主义到资本实用主义的转变与其说是反向逆转还不如说是“扼杀创造力”的后续进程。归根结底，毛针对“封建社会”的文化大革命的确将传统文化夷为平地，不仅毁灭了传统的价值观和制度，也抹去了失败的社会努力，为资本主义发展的种子播撒进中国这片沃土做好了准备。