--- title: "Elon Musk Can’t Stop Rageposting About Bernie Sanders" description: "Elon Musk apparently cannot stop tweeting about Bernie Sanders -- and this time, the meme allegations include something about ketamine." date: "2021-11-15" modified: "2021-11-15" authors: - name: "Noor Al-Sibai" job_title: "Senior Staff Writer" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/nooralsibai" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/elon-musk-cant-stop-rageposting-about-bernie-sanders" categories: - "Elon Musk" - "Future Society" - "The Industrialists" tags: - "bernie sanders" - "elon musk" - "ketamine" - "the digest" --- # Elon Musk Can’t Stop Rageposting About Bernie Sanders ![Elon Musk apparently cannot stop tweeting about Bernie Sanders -- and this time, the meme allegations include something about ketamine.]() *\Image: Getty / Futurism\* To no one's surprise, Elon Musk simply could not quit while he was ahead. It wasn't enough for Musk to issue a low blow to Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-VT) who, on Sunday, apparently angered the SpaceX founder when he [tweeted that the rich should be taxed]() — a mainstream demand that, it's worth pointing out, [two thirds of Americans agree with](). Responding directly to the tweet, the billionaire said he "keep\[s\] forgetting" that the former presidential candidate whose policy proposals regularly make national headlines "is alive." As [Futurism noted earlier](), Musk may have gone too far, and indeed some of his fanboys seemed upset by the below-the-belt jab. Until it was locked and removed by moderators, one [post on the r/ElonMusk subreddit]() called the reply "a dick move," and many other Muskites seemed to agree. Apparently unsatisfied with insulting an elderly politician's age, Musk nevertheless persisted. He first joked that the Brooklyn-born senator had been [kidnapped by aliens](), and then responded again with a years-old meme format suggesting that Sanders is in favor of ketamine use. https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1460292729691426831 He then kept going, riffing with a fan that Sanders needs a prescription of "regratamine," a portmanteau that, as Musk put it, is "like a 100 percent tax on all your regrets" (which is not how portmanteaus work, for the record). To be fair, there's no love lost on Sanders' side, either. In March, he [slammed Musk's "unsustainable greed"](), and in [2020 called him a "hypocrite"]() for being against government stimulus packages when Musk himself took billions in "corporate welfare" — a dig that inspired its own Musk response. https://twitter.com/berniesanders/status/1291877623946149889?s=21 This is far from the first time [Musk has talked smack about the Vermont senator](), though in the past, it seemed he [may have been a fan](). But if Elon was ever feeling the Bern, he clearly isn't any longer. **More on Bernie Sanders:** [*Bernie Sanders Tells Joe Rogan He'd Declassify Aliens as President*]() ## Author At Futurism, I've often been drawn to unpacking the narratives that underlie technological, scientific and medical progress, with a special interest in areas of conflict and ambiguity that end up setting agendas and steering the fates of both elites and the hoi polloi. I'm a committed generalist, but I often find myself returning to work involving NASA and the private space sector, the effects of AI on media and society, and the mechanics of the pharmaceutical industry, with a specific focus on the spread of GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy. Prior to Futurism, I worked for publications ranging from Media Matters and Truthdig to Raw Story and Bustle. I'm also the author of "Myspace Scene Queens," a 2024 title in Instar Books' acclaimed "Remember the Internet" series. My work at Futurism has been cited by outlets including the New Yorker, Slate, Nieman Lab, the Verge, the MIT Technology Review, the Sunday Times, and the Daily Beast. I grew up in North Carolina, attended the University of North Carolina at Asheville, and now live in Brooklyn, New York. In my free time, I'm an avid reader and music fan; you can probably find me at a local poetry reading, concert, underground rave, or DJ set. I'm the proud parent of an ineffable orange cat named Mee-Mow. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()