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"It is this arrogant approach to public issues that Thomas Sowell examines in his book, The Vision of the Anointed. The 'anointed' are those liberal intellectuals and political elites who have shaped social policy for the past several decades and who set the standard by which the rest of us must live. In general, these elites do not seek reality as a foundation for policy making; instead their quest is for a 'vision,' which comes wrapped in a particular set of assumptions. Why is this?"