Treatism/Treatlerism? Questions on the concept and ideas
So as I understand it the idea of "treatism" is something that came from the hosts of Chapo podcast. I was wondering if there's been a write up on the concept or a specific podcast episode that explores this theory in depth.
As I understand it, it's drawn from the basic ideas of unequal exchange and so on, but I'm interested in the specifics of how this variation is presented and argued..
plinky [he/him] - 1w
substitute freedom for cheaper consumer goods in "they hate our freedom" "they fight for our freedom" and average american have very keen understanding about what empire is about compared to a human right lib (that's third worldist treatlerism).
treatism is just that americans will spend money (sometimes beyond their means) when it doesn't even make sense (not like "they got fridges and iphones", but on weird esoteric collecting or devices they would use for 1 hour and just abandon), so that american consumer behavior is absolutely terminal compared even to europeans, never mind poorer countries.
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EnsignRedshirt [he/him] - 1w
I haven’t seen a write up on it, specifically, but I think the core of the idea is that Americans are giving up everything that makes a functional society and replacing it with cheap consumer goods and services (“treats”), at the expense of whomever is further down the socioeconomic ladder. The more the fundamental material conditions erode in the long-term, the more important the treats become to relieve people’s deprivation, and the more exploitation is required of people further down the chain.
This leads to a serious vein of entitlement. Because nothing else works properly (healthcare, education, public services, etc.), people will get extremely upset when the treats get more expensive, less convenient, or if the supply is somehow interrupted. It’s not that the treats are so important in themselves as much as they’re increasingly the only thing that keeps most people from realizing how shitty everything has gotten. Everything that’s actually necessary about living is getting ridiculously expensive, but there are still affordable treats.
bigbrowncommie69 in askchapo
Treatism/Treatlerism? Questions on the concept and ideas
So as I understand it the idea of "treatism" is something that came from the hosts of Chapo podcast. I was wondering if there's been a write up on the concept or a specific podcast episode that explores this theory in depth.
As I understand it, it's drawn from the basic ideas of unequal exchange and so on, but I'm interested in the specifics of how this variation is presented and argued..
substitute freedom for cheaper consumer goods in "they hate our freedom" "they fight for our freedom" and average american have very keen understanding about what empire is about compared to a human right lib (that's third worldist treatlerism).
treatism is just that americans will spend money (sometimes beyond their means) when it doesn't even make sense (not like "they got fridges and iphones", but on weird esoteric collecting or devices they would use for 1 hour and just abandon), so that american consumer behavior is absolutely terminal compared even to europeans, never mind poorer countries.
I haven’t seen a write up on it, specifically, but I think the core of the idea is that Americans are giving up everything that makes a functional society and replacing it with cheap consumer goods and services (“treats”), at the expense of whomever is further down the socioeconomic ladder. The more the fundamental material conditions erode in the long-term, the more important the treats become to relieve people’s deprivation, and the more exploitation is required of people further down the chain.
This leads to a serious vein of entitlement. Because nothing else works properly (healthcare, education, public services, etc.), people will get extremely upset when the treats get more expensive, less convenient, or if the supply is somehow interrupted. It’s not that the treats are so important in themselves as much as they’re increasingly the only thing that keeps most people from realizing how shitty everything has gotten. Everything that’s actually necessary about living is getting ridiculously expensive, but there are still affordable treats.