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Elon Musk: The Mad King’s Mad Hatter? 2/24/2025 |
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In Saturday’s DM we meditated on the possibility of America being overseen now not by a president, but a king. A Mad king. |
Is it possible that a Mad king needs a Mad hatter around him? Many of us were exposed to the term “mad hatter” in childhood from the “Alice in Wonderland” adventures of Lewis Carrol’s novel. An eccentric character appears called the Hatter and the Cheshire cat calls him and the March Hare “both mad.” Thus, the “mad hatter.” The King of Hearts cautions him not to be nervous or he will have him “executed on the spot.” The term “mad as a hatter” was used |
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the 18th and 19th centuries to describe someone who is crazy or prone to unpredictable behavior. Hat making was the main trade in the town where Carroll grew up. Why is a hatter considered crazy? Because back then, the hat-making industry utilized mercury poisoning in the making of hats. Industrial
workers employed a toxic substance, mercury nitrates, in turning fur like that of rabbits into felt for hats. There being very few protections for workers before unions, many became poisoned and took on physical and mental ailments including tremors, speech problems, emotional instability and hallucinations. |
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Wonderland, the hatter is the male lead despite being a supporting character.* This seems to parallel Musk’s current role in the White House. And of course, the red MAGA hat has played a prominent role in the Mad King’s political strategy. |
Elon Musk, the richest man in the world, frequently reveals himself as being mad-hatter-like. He is the cover boy for how unregulated “vulture capitalism” operates. Having poured $290 million into Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, he is living proof that in America, money can buy anything (especially since Citizens United courtesy of SCOTUS). Sitting pretty in the White House, he is having his way in demolishing the American
government. He is feverishly slashing personnel in all governmental departments from the IRS (fewer experts to look at billionaires’ complex taxes) to FAA, to those who manage forests to FEMA, USAID and the rest. Even money for Alzheimer’s research has been stopped in its tracks by his edicts. He sends his underage ninja warriors with their laptops into governmental agencies to hack away at top-secret files—so many agencies he hates because they have lawsuits against one or more of his corporations. |
He recently inserted himself and $1.6 million to support the right-wing judge in the important judicial election happening in April in the state of Wisconsin. He is walking proof that in America money can buy anything. Capitalism is king. Project 2025 reigns. |
Some of the 1500 people who attended the MoveOn protest at the Treasury Department in DC, February 4, 2025. Photo by Geoff Livingston on Flickr. |
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Musk is not restricting his largesse to the American scene alone. A major report by NBC entitled “How Elon Musk is boosting far-right politics across the globe” tells us that he is busy playing a major role supporting far-right causes in at least 18 other countries on six continents around the world.** This is what money can buy you. Most glaring is his pushing for the far-right party in Germany’s upcoming election. A party that downplays Nazi atrocities and invokes slogans from Hitler’s Brownshirt paramilitaries. A Latin American journalist has called him a “superhero of the Latin American right.” |
* Hatter (Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, p. 4. ** How Elon Musk is boosting far-right politics across the globe. See Matthew Fox, Trump & The MAGA Movement as Anti-Christ. And Fox, Sins of the Spirit,
Blessings of the Flesh: Transforming Evil in Soul and Society. And Fox, A Spirituality Named Compassion: Uniting Mystical Awareness with Social Justice. And Fox, Creation Spirituality: Liberating Gifs for the Peoples of the Earth.
Banner image: Alice, representing all of us, looks suspiciously at Trump and Musk holding forth at their Mad Tea Party. Composite image by team member
Rosanna Tufts; based on Sir John Tenniel’s original illustration from 1865. Wikimedia Commons. | For a list of organizations helping those affected by the devastating LA wildfires, please see this article from the LA Times HERE. |
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Queries for Contemplation |
Do you see a relationship between Mad Kings and Mad Hatters? And an application to today’s political scene around the world? Do you approve of sometimes using humor and satire to speak truth to power as we do here? Be sure to contribute in ways you can to joining the resistance whether by way of prayers, attending town
halls, or calling legislators’ offices. |
Trump & The MAGA Movement as Anti-Christ: A Handbook for the 2024 Election Matthew Fox tells us
that he had always shied away from using the term “Anti-Christ” because it was so often used to spread control and fear. However, given today’s rise of authoritarianism and forces of democracide, ecocide, and christofascism, he turns the tables in this book employing the archetype for the cause of justice, democracy, and a renewed Earth and humanity. For immediate access to Trump & The MAGA Movement as Anti-Christ: A Handbook for the 2024 Election, order the e-book with 10 full-color prints from Amazon HERE. To get a print-on-demand paperback copy with black & white images, order from Amazon HERE or IUniverse HERE. To receive a limited-edition, full-color paperback copy, order from MatthewFox.org HERE. Order the audiobook HERE for immediate download. |
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Sins of the Spirit, Blessings of the Flesh: Transforming Evil in Soul and Society
Visionary theologian and best-selling
author Matthew Fox offers a new theology of evil that fundamentally changes the traditional perception of good and evil and points the way to a more enlightened treatment of ourselves, one another, and all of nature. In comparing the Eastern tradition of the 7 chakras to the Western tradition of the 7 capital sins, Fox allows us to think creatively about our capacity for personal and institutional evil and what we can do about them.
“A scholarly masterpiece embodying a better vision and depth of perception far beyond the grasp of any one single science. A breath-taking analysis.” — Diarmuid O’Murchu, author of Quantum Theology: Spiritual Implications of the New Physics |
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A Spirituality Named Compassion: Uniting Mystical Awareness with Social Justice
In A Spirituality Named Compassion, Matthew
Fox delivers a profound exploration of the meaning and practice of compassion. Establishing a spirituality for the future that promises personal, social, and global healing, Fox marries mysticism with social justice, leading the way toward a gentler and more ecological spirituality and an acceptance of our interdependence which is the substratum of all compassionate activity.
“Well worth our
deepest consideration…Puts compassion into its proper focus after centuries of neglect.” –The Catholic Register |
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Creation Spirituality: Liberating Gifts for the Peoples of the Earth
Fox’s spirituality weds the healing and liberation found in North American Creation Spirituality and in South
American Liberation Theology. Creation Spirituality challenges readers of every religious and political persuasion to unite in a new vision through which we learn to honor the earth and the people who inhabit it as the gift of a good and just Creator.
“A watershed theological work that offers a common ground for religious seekers and activists of all stripes.” — Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality
and Practice.
“I am reading Liberating Gifts for the People of the Earth by Matt Fox. He is one that fills my heart and mind for new life in spite of so much that is violent in our world.” ~ Sister Dorothy Stang. |
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The Return of Father Sky: A Cosmic Mystery for Kids of All Ages
The second book in the Father Fox’s Fantastical Fables series, The Return of Father Sky helps boys and girls to celebrate a new
relationship with the masculine by way of Father Sky, whose return excites joy and wonder and possibility that enlarge the soul to welcome others and all creation. Written in a rhyming Dr. Seuss-like style, this full-color, beautifully illustrated book, written by world- renowned theologian Matthew Fox weaves together modern science and classic spirituality in a whimsical, entertaining format to illustrate important truths to readers aged 4 and up. With artwork curated from illustrators around
the world, this book expresses the joy and wonder of all peoples and cultures, planting seeds of respect, cooperation and hope to work together for the healing of our planet. |
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UPCOMING EVENTS See Matthew Fox's full calendar HERE |
As we enter this Lenten season—a time of reflection, reckoning, and renewal—we find ourselves at a crossroads unlike any other in recent history. Join Matthew Fox and fellow thought-leaders and activists Andrew Harvey, Mirabai Starr, Yvette Flunder, Adam Bucko, and Cameron Trimble in
From Darkness to Dawn: Spiritual Courage and Political Action in the Age of MAGA, a 4-part series of transformational conversations, exploring the deep spiritual roots of this political moment and uncovering pathways toward collective action, resilience, and renewal. Tuesdays, March 4, 11, 18, 25, 4-5:30 pm PT. Enroll HERE. |
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Join Matthew Fox as he offers a guest lecture in the Creation Spirituality Communities course “Sins of the Spirit, Blessings of the Flesh: An Exploration of Evil” led by instructor Carolyn Million. Wednesdays, March 12– April 16, 4-6 pm PT. Register HERE. The Mysticism of Christ: Experiencing the Sacred Teachings of Jesus for Spiritual Awakening, a free video event with Matthew Fox, Saturday March 15 at 10am PT. Register for free HERE. Join Matthew Fox as he discusses his book, Creation Spirituality: Liberating Gifts for the People of the Earth, in an online Our Lady of the Prairie Retreat. Thursday, March 20, 4:00pm-5:30pm PT. Register HERE. MONTHLY: Join Matthew Fox and Skylar Wilson of the Order of the Sacred Earth in a free virtual meeting for connection and networking with other mystic warriors. Last Tuesday of every month, 4:00-5:00pm PT.
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Creation Spirituality Conversations |
Matthew was recently interviewed by Sandie Sedgbeer on her program “What is Going OM,” about his book, “Trump and the MAGA Movement as AntiChrist.” Watch or listen HERE. |
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