That his desires to create equality among his people were good is not the argument here. The emphasis is rather on the fact that by seeking to destroy the bourgeoisie in China and raise the proletariat, Mao simply helped these two social classes to reverse their roles. At school, young children repeated the Young Pioneers anthem which read in part: “We are young pioneers, successors to communism. Our red scarves float on our chests” (Jiang, 3). Mao began his reign by teaching those in the working class that they were not being treated fairly and that he would work with them to better integrate communism into the country. Those who had owned property or had been wealthy were seen in a negative light, namely that of the bourgeoisie. In order for Moa to achieve his goal of eliminating the bourgeoisie, he and his team would work to destroy the Four Elders, "the old ideas, the old culture, the old customs, and the old habits" (Jiang, 277). In making this decision, Mao simply reversed the roles of the bourgeoisie and the proletariat so that those in the upper class would become the proletariat and those in the lower class would become the proletariat..