POSTPONED: Democracy Forum–“The American Way: Profits Over People. A History”

POSTPONED

The presentation will trace the historical roots of money’s role in the relationships of power through the early development of representative democracy into the present.  The analysis identifies central dynamics in contemporary America as having germinated in the 1640s and developed with consistent logic from that point forward.  By shedding light on this continuum we can better understand persistent tendencies in our world that don’t seem to go away but should.  Specifically there are two.  The first is the social priority to protect, value and honor money over people.  The second is the unrelenting societal default that protects, values and honors white people over all others; in a word, racism