God bless Thomas Sowell! Never has there been such a comprehensive, systematic and lucid indictment of arguably the root cause of many current societal dysfunction: the vision of the anointed. Sowell with his usual wit and clarity brilliantly illustrates the presuppositions and flattering unction of the self appointed elites and the devastating societal consequences of that vision for which they pay no price. Published in 1995, this books prophetic insight has been proved many times over in the subsequent three decades. Despite the books ending on a rather dark note, Sowell has been an enormous force for goodness and truth that has influenced the lives of thousands if not millions over his long career. Seldom has so much been owed by so many to one man. Thank you Thomas Sowell!