The recent American wars and incursions had me reflect on my perspective of the military throughout the years. I share some of my family history in relationship to the military. I discuss my Generation X acceptance (in the past) of leftist ideology, which was very prevalent in higher education. I then look at the situations in Iran, Venezuela, and Cuba, and think about the totalitarian governments in these areas. I once was a long time pacifist, but I have come to understand why people I have known proudly served in the military, or initially signed up. I would add that though this is a simplification of the situation, I understand how messy and terrible things become. War should be avoided. However, there are times when the threat of tyranny overrides keeping the peace. The challenge today, in my view, is that many Americans and other Westerners have equated Western Civilization, and Capitalism with tyranny, imagining the threat of domination while we live in freedom and wealth we would hand over to Socialism that would usher in actual tyranny. You are welcome to disagree, and to criticize, especially if you are in America, where you can be a Communist protester, making money inside a system that props you up with unalienable rights.

Either way, with love— thanks for listening, and disagreeing.

You can watch the MN House Fraud Committee meeting here, and you can read the Ryan Thorpe article here.

All of my articles are available on Substack.

Links to articles:

City Journal: https://www.city-journal.org/article/city-journal-daily-newsletter-nov-20-2025

Fraud in MN: https://shjacobsberg.substack.com/p/whos-in-charge-here?r=3lowq1

Voter Fraud in MN: https://shjacobsberg.substack.com/p/mn-voter-fraud-is-not-happening?r=3lowq1

ICE in MN?: https://shjacobsberg.substack.com/p/no-more-minnesota-nice-for-ice?r=3lowq1