In addition, since the 1980s Taiwan has been swept up in the globalization of capitalism. Rural society has disintegrated, and traditional industrial sectors have withered, as newly rising electronics and information industries have appeared one after another. These rapid changes have brought the threat of unemployment or early retirement to many individuals.
此外，民國七十年代，台灣在資本主義全球化的大浪席捲下，農村解體、傳統產業凋蔽，新興的電子資訊等產業又不斷推陳出新、瞬息萬變，更使得失業、轉業、提早退出職場成為每個人最大的恐慌。