The former was because those in power committed great errors that created a shortage of resources, and the latter was due to the grand theory created by the state machinery, together with manipulation of power. These made Yang Chi An like others: people who abandoned fundamental human rights because they wanted to insure their survival, or because of some abstract "national interest."
前者肇因於人謀不臧導致的資源匱乏，後者則是國家機器強力發動大論述，並配合權力操控，使楊紫安和其他人一樣，為了切身的個人生存或抽象的國家利益，放棄基本人權。