Wealthy island, empty heart Taiwan's undeniably outstanding economic performance effectively forestalled dissatisfaction, as people threw themselves into making money. The high economic growth of the 1980s strengthened this mindless authoritarianism.
富裕之島，空虛的心另一方面，無可諱言，因為台灣在經濟方面成就斐然，有效安撫了民怨，也使得民眾把心力完全轉向打拚賺錢上；1980 年代的高經濟成長，更加強了這種反智統治的基礎。