Musk: "Resistance Is Futile," Vows DOGE War on Fire Departments

https://isglitch.com/article/2025-03-20-musk-resistance-is

Tech CEO's response to burning Teslas includes plans to "optimize" firefighting industry out of existence

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paultimate14@lemmy.world · 50 pts · 1y (3 replies)

Given that Musk seems hell-bent on becoming the villain from every piece of science fiction ever, I kind of expect him to keep fire departments around but have them start fires.

Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 1y

Very handy for book burnings.

ZJBlank@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y

Literally Fahrenheit 451

corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 1y

keep fire departments around but have them start fires.

Ah, so it's the 1930s again.

melsaskca@lemmy.ca · 32 pts · 1y (1 reply)

I'm still shocked at how america is being taken apart and taken down by a white supremacist south african. Maybe their power wasn't so super after all.

obviouspornalt@lemmynsfw.com · 5 pts · 1y

I'm sorry, the preferred nomenclature is 'African-Amercan'

biznachio@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 1y

Yes—say and do things that are going to make you more unpopular.

humanspiral@lemmy.ca · 15 pts · 1y

only clue that this is satire

Meanwhile, Tesla's stock surged 17% on news that Musk had threatened to send all arsonists to Mars as "unwitting beta testers for our oxygen deprivation experiments."

Tesla's stock did not go up 17%.

Makeshift@sh.itjust.works · 14 pts · 1y (1 reply)

I think I just ate the onion.

anomoly_@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y

I definitely did on this one and it's a good reminder that I'm amplifying my echo chamber by getting lazy and only looking at headlines.

Kyrgizion@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 1y

Oh man, he's going to pull a Crassus. I hope he ends the exact same way too, nothing would be more fitting.

zephorah@lemm.ee · 6 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Was he on drugs when he posted? It’s a pretty bizarre read.

Zirconium@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y

I don't know if it's drugs or trying to be funny or both

iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 1y

Weird thing to want when people are setting your businesses on fire.

I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y

Elon just wants to get back to the traditional roots of firefighting.

Private companies standing around and watching buildings burn, until the owner comes out and pays them.

ToiletFlushShowerScream@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y

Godamn this is borderline believable.

BigBenis@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y

The same fire department preventing his shitty cars from burning down entire cities?

ieatpwns@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y

Aren’t the fire departments the one “saving” his burning show rooms? I mean if you wanna let them all burn down without being stopped by all means 👐🏼

IlIlllIlllIlIIllIl@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
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