April 1, 2025 — Starbase, TX / Subsidy City, USA
In a press conference held from atop a chrome-plated Cybertruck balanced on the roof of a solar-powered rocket launchpad, Elon Musk declared victory in his long-standing war against “the woke mind virus”—shortly before admitting he personally collected billions in what he now calls “Woke-Bucks™” from those very same woke people.
“It’s hilarious, really,” Musk said, sipping kombucha filtered through crushed Bitcoin. “They wanted to save the planet. I wanted to build flame-throwing surfboards and tweet memes at 3 a.m. And somehow... we both won.”
Musk went on to explain that Tesla, SpaceX, SolarCity, and his loosely affiliated underground mole-robot startup “TunnelBoyz” have received billions in government grants, loans, subsidies, and regulatory credits—all designed to support green tech, clean energy, and “whatever else sounds good to senators who still print their emails.”
“Every time they handed out a new green initiative,” Musk chuckled, “I said, ‘Yes, I will use this money responsibly,’ and then immediately spent it on designing electric semis that look like Decepticons.”
"Woke-Bucks™": Now Accepted at All Spaceports
When asked how much he had received in total, Musk shrugged:
“Oh, around $10 billion, give or take a solar panel. I call them Woke-Bucks™ because they were supposed to go to climate justice or wind-powered avocado co-ops. Instead, they went to me. The guy who names his children after captcha tests.”
He then revealed a new feature in the Tesla app that allows users to track how many “Woke-Bucks” their vehicle has indirectly consumed.
“It’s like a carbon footprint, but inverted. The bigger the number, the more I win.”
Meanwhile, Congress is... Confused
Senators on both sides of the aisle expressed mixed reactions.
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Senator Ted Cruz applauded Musk’s ingenuity:
“If fleecing the government is wrong, then why does it feel so capitalist?”
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Senator Elizabeth Warren said:
“This is precisely why we need to stop writing multi-billion-dollar checks using crayons and hope.”
Tesla’s Official Response: “We’re Basically a Nonprofit”
A Tesla spokesperson clarified that the company’s receipt of billions in regulatory emission credits and tax subsidies was entirely within the law, and also “a stunning act of performance art.”
“We’re saving the planet, sort of. But we’re also selling overpriced cars to tech bros and counting that as justice.”
When asked if Tesla would be returning any of the funds, the spokesperson laughed.
Musk’s New Product: The Woke-Buck Coin
Musk announced a new digital currency: Woke-Buck Coin, backed by good intentions and fragile bipartisan compromise.
“Each Woke-Buck Coin is mined using renewable energy and vague social guilt. It’s 100% recyclable and 0% regulated.”
Final Thought: Who’s the Real Woke Now?
As Musk concluded the press conference, he launched a drone display spelling out:
“THANKS FOR THE CASH, EARTHLINGS. SEE YOU ON MARS. –EM”
He then climbed into a rocket labeled “Subsidized by Your Tax Dollars” and blasted off while humming the Curb Your Enthusiasm theme.
America, you tried to go green—and Elon went green and gold.
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