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In A Theory of Justice, Rawls attempts to use a constructivist technique similar to the one Kant used in the formulation of the categorical imperative for his moral philosophy. This technique, which Rawls hopes will show us the underpinnings of what we can all conceive us as a just state, is the so-called "veil of ignorance." By conceiving of ourselves as potential constructors of a mythical just future society, but being ignorant of our racial, social, and economic position within that society, Rawls strips away all those pieces of information he considers to be irrelevant to questions of justice.

Again, the use of many words to say nothing. Today, Harvard students write a thesis titled: "A Neo-Deconstructionist Paradigm of Pseudo-Conformity and Complex Refutation of Metaphysics.

If you say this is rabble--the "enlightened" ones say you "don't get it." Just as you clouded thinkers do not understand how framed dung is wonderful artistic expression.

Rawls was not a thinker--but instead he constructed an elaborate ruse to justify himself and his world view.

This is what a thinking man writes.

"You don't get it" ...famous last words to stop a reasoned debate dead.

I just read an article about the internet bubble where they asked the question: How did so many supposedly smart people just run off a cliff and make so many bad investment decisions and pretend the laws of economics didnt exist? How did $3 Trillion get smoked by the bubble?

One answer came through clearly. When a skeptic raised a reasoned objection, the simple, easy retort from the 'enlightened' who "drank the kool aid" was: You just don't get it.

Eventually even the skeptics succumbed, thinking they 'didnt get' something that was going on. All they were missing was a sense that human psychology often rationalizes the irrational.