A screenshot from the letter from Matthew Livelsberger as released by Las Vegas Metro police, reading: We must move on from the culture of weakness and self enrichment perpetuated by our senior political and military leaders. We are done with the blatant corruption. Our soldiers are done fighting wars without end states or clear objectives. 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? Why did I personally do it now? I needed to cleanse my mind of the brothers I’ve lost and relieve myself of the burden of the lives I took. Consider this last sunset of ‘24 and my actions the end of our sickness and a new chapter of health for our people. Rally around the Trump, Musk, Kennedy, and ride this wave to the highest hegemony for all Americans! We are second to no one. A screenshot from the letter from Matthew Livelsberger as released by Las Vegas Metro police, reading:

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CrimethInc. Ex-Workers (crimethinc@todon.eu)'s status on Saturday, 04-Jan-2025 17:08:04 JST

Content warning: discussion of suicide.

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What's striking about the manifesto left by the Trump supporter who shot himself and set his truck on fire outside the Trump hotel in Las Vegas is that the desire to harm others merges with the urge to self-destruction.

Arguably, this characterizes millions of Trump supporters.

It's no coincidence that a man the FBI described as a "heavily decorated combat veteran" would end his life saying "I needed relieve myself of the burden of the lives I took.” Being a killer for hire weighs heavily on the conscience.

These mercenaries are damning themselves to living hell so that billionaires like Trump and Musk can turn a profit.

This sort of tormented anger is common among Trump supporters. On some level, they must sense that the climate disasters smashing their communities are caused by the oil profiteers they defend—that they are more to blame for the problems of this society than undocumented people or trans people. Their self-righteousness masks self-hatred.

Their fantasies of civil war conceal a desire to kill themselves.

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