Sung includes an acid description of the pampered intellectuals, figures the lower classes refer to as "anesthetized pigs": "These intellectuals have a bagful of ways to compromise. They keep themselves half out of sight, offering small criticisms while covering themselves by fawning. They've developed the mindset of those who are looked after, and are incredibly cautious lest disaster strike them personally."
宋澤萊以極盡尖銳的筆調，形容在新社會被看管得很好，卻被底層社會譏諷是「麻醉豬」的知識者：「這些知識份子都學會一套妥協的技術，他們半抱琵琶半遮面，一面做小批評一面示好，結果養成一種被豢養的心態，他們小心翼翼，唯恐禍及自身。」