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Matthew Livelsberger, a 37-year-old Green Beret from Colorado Springs, Colorado, also wrote in notes he left on his cellphone that he needed to “cleanse” his mind “of the brothers I’ve lost and relieve myself of the burden of the lives I took.” Livelsberger served in the Army since 2006 and deployed twice to Afghanistan.

“This was not a terrorist attack, it was a wake up call. Americans only pay attention to spectacles and violence. What better way to get my point across than a stunt with fireworks and explosives,” Livelsberger wrote in one letter found by authorities and released Friday.

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[–] DrFistington@lemmy.world 85 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Read the note... This guy must have had some TBI from his deployments. I mean he gets to the top of the forest, but then refuses to see the trees.

Yes billionaires and the 1% are a cancer on society... So the solution is to put two of them in charge? Like holy shit, you literally just fucking said they didn't care about us, and that we're cattle to them. Oh except for these two, the illegal immigrant that made a fortune over staying his visa and pays no taxes, and the rape ape who's been convicted of fraud multiple times, who hires illegal immigrants, refuses to pay overtime, and also pays no taxes. Those two are the shining exceptions...

I can't even fathom the cognitive dissonance he must have lived with daily. If this guy were in Jones Town he would have cut in line for his Kool aid even after seeing people start to drop dead.

Thank you for your service, and for showing yourself out.

[–] socsa@piefed.social 14 points 1 year ago

I know "false flag" is a meme at this point, but this is just what it looks like when an accelerationist asshole thinks he's clever.

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 6 points 1 year ago

His former girlfriend who was an army nurse also said that she thought he had a TBI.

[–] Vorticity@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Where did you find the note? I can only find articles that dissect it without its context.

[–] Crikeste@lemm.ee -3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Nah, he was just a fucking idiot and it’s a good day when any American thug like him wastes away.

Fuck veterans

[–] Bosht@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

'Fuck veterans' is a little harsh. Some enlist because they have no other prospects or can't afford better education to land a job. Or they've been indoctrinated to think it's 'a mans duty to their country'. I've known plenty of veterans that despise the military afterward, despise current gov, and despise Trump.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

As much as it sucks, enlisting is one of the few paths out of poverty in the U.S.

[–] drunkpostdisaster@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

That is a very narrow view in how the military works. People like to pretend it's voluntary. But if you are poor and you want to improve your life and perhaps go to college, it isn't. Plus, unless you are American you can't realize how hard the indoctrinate children into joining. All high schools have a recruiter there at all hours grooming kids into joining