In the process, concepts such as multiculturalism, individual worth, and freedom as supreme have taken root throughout Taiwan. Dreams of democratization are the binding thread, bringing all these individualistic dreams together, while Taiwan's past dreams of power are refined into a collective goal of economic development.
在邁向成熟的過程中，西方的文化多元、個人價值、自由至上等觀念，也在台灣遍地發芽，民主化將個體夢想鬆綁，裂解了台灣過去威權時期以經濟發展為要務的集體夢想。