James A. Robichaux
@jamesrobichaux.bsky.social
I am working to purge the dishonest and destructive mythologies of Monetarism and taxpayerism from people's brains.
You can read my essays on those subjects here:
https://jamesarobichaux.substack.com/
You can read my essays on those subjects here:
https://jamesarobichaux.substack.com/
This shame-inducing weaponized gratitude is the true ugly purpose of "taxpayer" mythology and the Tax-To-Spend moral framework.
The point is to shame powerless and marginalized people into not demanding justice, because justice is deemed to come from "other people's money".
The point is to shame powerless and marginalized people into not demanding justice, because justice is deemed to come from "other people's money".
November 28, 2025 at 1:47 PM
This shame-inducing weaponized gratitude is the true ugly purpose of "taxpayer" mythology and the Tax-To-Spend moral framework.
The point is to shame powerless and marginalized people into not demanding justice, because justice is deemed to come from "other people's money".
The point is to shame powerless and marginalized people into not demanding justice, because justice is deemed to come from "other people's money".
This shame-inducing weaponized gratitude is the true ugly purpose of "taxpayer" mythology and the Tax-To-Spend moral framework.
The point is to shame powerless and marginalized people into not demanding justice, because justice is deemed to come from "other people's money".
The point is to shame powerless and marginalized people into not demanding justice, because justice is deemed to come from "other people's money".
November 28, 2025 at 1:39 PM
This shame-inducing weaponized gratitude is the true ugly purpose of "taxpayer" mythology and the Tax-To-Spend moral framework.
The point is to shame powerless and marginalized people into not demanding justice, because justice is deemed to come from "other people's money".
The point is to shame powerless and marginalized people into not demanding justice, because justice is deemed to come from "other people's money".
Good morning!
November 21, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Good morning!
Why are these two sentence together in this tweet?
What does one have to do with the other?
If you are saying that healthcare should be a right *because* we are the wealthiest country in the history of the world, then you are saying that you think that healthcare should be a privilege.
What does one have to do with the other?
If you are saying that healthcare should be a right *because* we are the wealthiest country in the history of the world, then you are saying that you think that healthcare should be a privilege.
November 17, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Why are these two sentence together in this tweet?
What does one have to do with the other?
If you are saying that healthcare should be a right *because* we are the wealthiest country in the history of the world, then you are saying that you think that healthcare should be a privilege.
What does one have to do with the other?
If you are saying that healthcare should be a right *because* we are the wealthiest country in the history of the world, then you are saying that you think that healthcare should be a privilege.
This post from Livingston five years ago today was quite prophetic, though the signs definitely were there.
I had plenty to say about it then and have plenty to say about it now, all here:
substack.com/profile/7855...
Thanks.
I had plenty to say about it then and have plenty to say about it now, all here:
substack.com/profile/7855...
Thanks.
November 16, 2025 at 12:10 AM
This post from Livingston five years ago today was quite prophetic, though the signs definitely were there.
I had plenty to say about it then and have plenty to say about it now, all here:
substack.com/profile/7855...
Thanks.
I had plenty to say about it then and have plenty to say about it now, all here:
substack.com/profile/7855...
Thanks.
This is a great quote from David Dayen from an interview with DEMOCRACY NOW on an important topic.
Schumer is disingenuous and needs to go. He is a collaborator, and impediment to progress.
www.democracynow.org/2025/11/11/s...
Schumer is disingenuous and needs to go. He is a collaborator, and impediment to progress.
www.democracynow.org/2025/11/11/s...
November 11, 2025 at 8:36 PM
This is a great quote from David Dayen from an interview with DEMOCRACY NOW on an important topic.
Schumer is disingenuous and needs to go. He is a collaborator, and impediment to progress.
www.democracynow.org/2025/11/11/s...
Schumer is disingenuous and needs to go. He is a collaborator, and impediment to progress.
www.democracynow.org/2025/11/11/s...
November 11, 2025 at 7:20 PM
November 11, 2025 at 12:38 AM
That's a heck of a ratio.
November 10, 2025 at 1:23 PM
That's a heck of a ratio.
Yes! The reason that attacking transgender rights and DEI "works" for Republicans is that Democrats agree to play defense.
Stop doing that!
Go on OFFENSE, dammit!
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/o...
Stop doing that!
Go on OFFENSE, dammit!
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/o...
November 9, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Yes! The reason that attacking transgender rights and DEI "works" for Republicans is that Democrats agree to play defense.
Stop doing that!
Go on OFFENSE, dammit!
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/o...
Stop doing that!
Go on OFFENSE, dammit!
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/o...
Yes, Steiner and I got the overall prediction correct even if we got the details wrong!
We predicted that Biden-Harris Neoliberalism would foster the return of *a* 'Trump'. We just didn't predict that that 'Trump' would actually be Donald Trump.
We predicted that Biden-Harris Neoliberalism would foster the return of *a* 'Trump'. We just didn't predict that that 'Trump' would actually be Donald Trump.
November 6, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Yes, Steiner and I got the overall prediction correct even if we got the details wrong!
We predicted that Biden-Harris Neoliberalism would foster the return of *a* 'Trump'. We just didn't predict that that 'Trump' would actually be Donald Trump.
We predicted that Biden-Harris Neoliberalism would foster the return of *a* 'Trump'. We just didn't predict that that 'Trump' would actually be Donald Trump.
Good morning.
November 5, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Good morning.
Good morning.
November 2, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Good morning.
and, now, I also say that it is driven by Strict Father Morality, which probably more fosters gender hierarchy and misogyny than it is fostered by gender hierarchy and miosgyny.
October 25, 2025 at 2:51 PM
and, now, I also say that it is driven by Strict Father Morality, which probably more fosters gender hierarchy and misogyny than it is fostered by gender hierarchy and miosgyny.
Monetarism is murder.
October 24, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Monetarism is murder.
How did we get to where we are now?
The Democratic Party's embrace of the dishonest conservative-libertarian mythology and moral framework of Monetarism is part of how.
The Democratic Party's embrace of the dishonest conservative-libertarian mythology and moral framework of Monetarism is part of how.
October 24, 2025 at 11:58 AM
How did we get to where we are now?
The Democratic Party's embrace of the dishonest conservative-libertarian mythology and moral framework of Monetarism is part of how.
The Democratic Party's embrace of the dishonest conservative-libertarian mythology and moral framework of Monetarism is part of how.
This is a very good point about the #GrahamPlatner thing.
It's one thing for people to claim that they have converted.
It's another thing for people to surround themselves with people who reflect that conversion.
It's one thing for people to claim that they have converted.
It's another thing for people to surround themselves with people who reflect that conversion.
October 22, 2025 at 1:17 PM
This is a very good point about the #GrahamPlatner thing.
It's one thing for people to claim that they have converted.
It's another thing for people to surround themselves with people who reflect that conversion.
It's one thing for people to claim that they have converted.
It's another thing for people to surround themselves with people who reflect that conversion.
October 11, 2025 at 8:55 PM
October 8, 2025 at 10:54 PM
they had to constantly show deference to their socioeconomic betters to the point that such people don't bother demanding such policies in the first place.
October 7, 2025 at 5:00 PM
they had to constantly show deference to their socioeconomic betters to the point that such people don't bother demanding such policies in the first place.
I thought that free healthcare would be a great thing to have, but I didn't SAY anything about it, let alone publicly demand it, because being a net taker of "other people's money," as I knew full well that I would be IN THIS FRAMEWORK, is a shame that I didn't want to carry.
October 7, 2025 at 4:58 PM
I thought that free healthcare would be a great thing to have, but I didn't SAY anything about it, let alone publicly demand it, because being a net taker of "other people's money," as I knew full well that I would be IN THIS FRAMEWORK, is a shame that I didn't want to carry.
This is not to mention how much this notion only helps rich people and bigots and ONLY rich people and bigots, as @patriciapino.bsky.social explains here.
October 7, 2025 at 4:52 PM
This is not to mention how much this notion only helps rich people and bigots and ONLY rich people and bigots, as @patriciapino.bsky.social explains here.
Listen, please.
We will make zero progress on emancipatory social-welfare movements and, thus, against fascism until a critical mass of already-progressive people come to realize how disgusting and alienating the notion that public goods and services would be net funded by rich people is.
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We will make zero progress on emancipatory social-welfare movements and, thus, against fascism until a critical mass of already-progressive people come to realize how disgusting and alienating the notion that public goods and services would be net funded by rich people is.
🧵
October 7, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Listen, please.
We will make zero progress on emancipatory social-welfare movements and, thus, against fascism until a critical mass of already-progressive people come to realize how disgusting and alienating the notion that public goods and services would be net funded by rich people is.
🧵
We will make zero progress on emancipatory social-welfare movements and, thus, against fascism until a critical mass of already-progressive people come to realize how disgusting and alienating the notion that public goods and services would be net funded by rich people is.
🧵
So, "taxpayer" is a term that means something derogatory like the terms "r*tard" or "handicap" do, but it is different in that it is applied to the speaker to be derogatory toward OTHERS.
To say "I am a taxpayer" is to say something bad about those whom you think aren't included in the group.
To say "I am a taxpayer" is to say something bad about those whom you think aren't included in the group.
October 7, 2025 at 12:50 AM
So, "taxpayer" is a term that means something derogatory like the terms "r*tard" or "handicap" do, but it is different in that it is applied to the speaker to be derogatory toward OTHERS.
To say "I am a taxpayer" is to say something bad about those whom you think aren't included in the group.
To say "I am a taxpayer" is to say something bad about those whom you think aren't included in the group.