Question

the cultural revolution set back chinas modernization because mao believed that was more important. communism democracy monarchy aristocracy

Explanation:

Mao Zedong launched the Cultural - Revolution with the aim of safeguarding communism and preventing the restoration of capitalism. He believed that certain aspects of the existing system needed to be purged to maintain the communist nature of the country, which in his view was more important than the pace of modernization at that time. Democracy was not what he emphasized as a counter - modernization factor, and China had long abolished monarchy and aristocracy.

Answer:

Communism