As long as people remain under a relative "veil of ignorance," in the sense that they do not yet know how they will personally be affected, they may find it easier to agree that progressive taxes should be used to subsidize low-wage earners. When greater income inequality is a fait accompli, principled discussion may give way to naked class struggle between the new super-rich and those who have only their misery to lose.
现在就开始思索我们会面临的改变十分重要。因为随着时间推移人们会更难达成共识。只要人们还披着相对"无知的面纱"，即当人们还不了解作为个人会受到怎样的影响，他们就可能更易于赞同采用累进税制以补贴低收入者。一旦更大的收入不平等成为现实，原则性的讨论可能就要让位于新兴的富豪和困苦的穷人之间赤裸裸的阶级斗争。