David Brooks mentions Calvinist Restraint and Economic Values

Mr. Brooks opines that we have lost some of "founding fathers" type restraints...and notes the Calvinist Restraint that he feels was a guiding principle in this country. Oh contrare.  It appears that Mr. Brooks has been reading some stuff that came out in the backwater report (backwaterreport.com/?p=105) which pits Calvinism economics as the antithesis of socialism and communism.

Mr. Brooks appears smart enough not to quote this claptrap directly but frames his opinions around the central current argument that the current administration is really socialist at its core. Again. Not credible.

I am always alarmed when persons write about the economic trends in light of social discord or the "loosing of values" as if there is some movement afoot that is quid pro quo.  Beware.