tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post3164455145802639892..comments2024-03-28T00:01:43.037-04:00Comments on Grim's Hall: North Dakota, Socialist ParadiseGrimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-5197186623858913402015-04-15T09:18:03.272-04:002015-04-15T09:18:03.272-04:00North Dakota has the largest percentage of Norwegi...North Dakota has the largest percentage of Norwegians in its population of any state in the Union. It's a peculiarity of Norwegians, especially of the immigration era (the couple of decades either side of 1900) that they tended to combine religious pietism and revivalism with progressive politics. This is because the party that first brought the vote to the people in Norway was the "Venstre" (Left) Party, founded by members of the Haugean religious revival movement. It was in many ways a beautiful moment in social history. The Venstre Party was eventually taken over by socialists and atheists, and embraced statism. The Haugeans moved to the Christian Democratic Party.Lars Walkerhttp://www.brandywinebooks.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-16652811984614351212015-04-14T22:07:16.676-04:002015-04-14T22:07:16.676-04:00From the article: The word “socialism” is often th...From the article: <i>The word “socialism” is often thrown around by those who least understand it as a way to criticize left-leaning economic reforms. In essence, socialism is simply a collective group of people stepping in to fill a niche and provide goods and services when the only other options are too expensive or too inefficient.</i><br /><br />Wal-Mart would seem to fit this definition well. I suspect he needs to add "government" in there somewhere.Tomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-55849517463780918372015-04-14T21:55:40.336-04:002015-04-14T21:55:40.336-04:00Sorry, my error. It was selected private banks.
I...Sorry, my error. It was selected private banks.<br /><br />I'm not sure why I thought it was state banks.Tomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-6784834487475812302015-04-14T13:36:48.303-04:002015-04-14T13:36:48.303-04:00I think your article says that Jackson diverted th...I think your article says that Jackson diverted the holdings of the 2nd US Bank to selected private banks, which is what I had understood. However, if Jackson was in fact good with state (but not Federal) banks, all the better. It was a weak objection: that Jackson had opposed the 2nd US Bank may not tell us much about whether we ought to oppose a Bank of Georgia today. Grimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-28435802293177025262015-04-14T13:06:59.292-04:002015-04-14T13:06:59.292-04:00Here's the Wikipedia article on it:
http://en...Here's the Wikipedia article on it:<br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Bank_of_the_United_States" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Bank_of_the_United_States</a>Tomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-68038434307767961002015-04-14T13:03:42.706-04:002015-04-14T13:03:42.706-04:00That's odd, because Jackson insisted on state ...That's odd, because Jackson insisted on state banks. That was his answer to the national bank, which he killed.Tomnoreply@blogger.com