The charge is often made against the intelligentsia and other members of the anointed that their theories and the policies based on them lack common sense. But the very commonness of common sense makes it unlikely to have any appeal to the anointed. How can they be wiser and nobler than everyone else while agreeing with everyone else?

The Vision of the Anointed: Self-congratulation as a Basis for Social Policy (ed. Basic Books, 1995) - ISBN: 9780465089956