What is the importance of Rawls' "veil of ignorance"?

-Essentially it was an anarchist proposal.

-It was an attempt to put aside the western bias in favor of capitalism in order to re-evaluate the economic systems.

-It claims that we need to unlearn history in order to reconsider the possibilities of communist ideals.

-It forces the thinker to take the stance of not knowing their own situation when thinking of how resources should be distributed.