Values (n.) in the general population have changed almost revolutionarily since the Sixties, but without lasting institutions the official culture can keep telling activists they achieved nothing.
Values (n.) are not an axiom system with one answer to every question; they genuinely conflict, perhaps because we don't yet understand them.
Values (n.) are designed, in campaign marketing, and projected with about as much authenticity as the imagery of a toothpaste ad.
Values (n.) carried the 2004 election, and the boardrooms celebrated — not over gay marriage but over a clear run for corporate America.
Values (n.) are often stated not in speeches but in budgets: $200 million for rich Israel on the anniversary of 9-11, and no emergency aid for Afghanistan.
Values (n.) that rule the world are the question after who rules it, and it is for citizens of the rich states to answer.