<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3qTqfl_0vasqkZo00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3qTqfl_0vasqkZo00" width="980" height="653" ><figcaption>John Hill</figcaption></figure><p><a href="https://loudwire.com/tags/elon-musk/">Elon Musk</a> decided to reference <a href="https://loudwire.com/tags/rage-against-the-machine/">Rage Against the Machine</a> in a mocking tweet and </p><p>wouldn't let it slide.</p><p>It's been strange, to say the least, to watch how the music of Rage Against the Machine, and band name has been appropriated and re-contextualized over the last several decades since the band debuted. <a href="https://loudwire.com/rage-against-the-machine-tom-morello-bashes-vice-presidential-candidate-paul-ryan/">Let us not forget former Vice Presidential nominee Paul Ryan naming them as a favorite, years ago.</a> </p><p>Despite the band's politics remaining consistent, some people's perception of what dictates the "machine" in the context of the band name has shifted quite a bit. One such person is the world's richest man, <a href="https://loudwire.com/tags/elon-musk/">Elon Musk</a> who took to his social media platform X, to air his thoughts.</p><h2>Elon Musk Calls Out Rage Against the Machine</h2><p>He tweeted out, "Why are so many people raging FOR the machine? 😂," resulting in hundreds of people liking the tweet.</p><p>Whether or not the message was directed at anyone in particular, or was just a stray thought that wandered through his head, is unclear. It's also unclear how a man worth over $250 billion and owns one of the largest social media platforms is <i>not</i> in fact part of the machine.</p><h2>Tom Morello Calls Out Elon Musk</h2><p>However, Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello wasn't one to let Musk go without a reply. Several hours later, Morello got on X, and tweeted, "Funny cuz Elon was the kid on the cover of <i>Evil Empire</i>," and posted along with the cover's artwork.</p><p>Do you see a resemblance to Musk in the artwork?</p><p>Trolling Musk over X has become somewhat of a pastime for musicians over the last several years.</p><p>A couple of years ago, <a href="https://loudwire.com/tags/blink-182/">Blink-182</a> guitarist <a href="https://loudwire.com/tags/tom-delonge/">Tom Delonge</a> quote tweeted Musk, <a href="https://loudwire.com/twitter-hostile-reaction-blink-182-tom-delonge-trolling-elon-musk/">telling him "What up, man. Wish you'd stop trying to make people like u."</a> </p><p>In 2023, <a href="https://loudwire.com/kinks-dave-davies-calls-out-elon-musk-twitter-warnings/">The Kinks' Dave Davies</a> called out Musk over his changes to the platform, which resulted in every post from his band being slapped with a warning label.</p></div></body>

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Elon Musk decided to reference Rage Against the Machine in a mocking tweet and. It's been strange, to say the least, to watch how the music of Rage Against the Machine, and band name has been appropriated and re-contextualized over the last several decades since the band debuted. Let us not forget former Vice Presidential nominee Paul Ryan naming them as a favorite, years ago.