One shouldn't say that this was the Taiwanese's own choice or short-sightedness, but rather that the people of Taiwan were caught in the wheels of turning historical epochs, and unconsciously developed a kind of historical amnesia in order to survive.
說這是台灣人自我的選擇或短視，毋寧說是台灣人民在時代巨輪的輾動下，為求自保而不知不覺患上的歷史失憶症。