Madison Perry

Research Assoc @ Philly Fed. Interests in labor/public/child+family. Washed-up classical musician. Organizing w/ @DSA. Formerly, Econ+Math @ UVA. Views mine!

[Madison Perry @MadisonEPerry]

I know I retweeted Eric 3 times but I wanna make clear that I didn’t care for his book or find it making much of an argument at all. Peace and love though

[Don Hughes @getfiscal]

Someone should write a book about all the good things that happen at Fort Bragg to help cheer people up

[Madison Perry @MadisonEPerry]

@2Bogan2Lastard Eric might have a different intended meaning but this is what I mean when I’m talking about orienting DSA

[Madison Perry @MadisonEPerry]

@2Bogan2Lastard My read of “orienting toward winning over” is an attitudinal one. Are we focused on trying to push on a rope and wield leverage that we don’t yet have to bring people into step? Or are we focusing on trying to produce popular support for socialism where the opportunity arises?

[Madison Perry @MadisonEPerry]

@2Bogan2Lastard I don’t think it’s tailing to be aware of the tactical difficulty of our position in the US pop, particularly among the working class. Can’t lead people that hate us or who we treat as unfixably regressive and are unwilling to (contextually) work w/ if they don’t meet standards

[Eric Blanc @_ericblanc]

I keep making a simple point: that to change people's minds effectively we need to acknowledge that most people are currently to our right

Response from online left? "You're so dumb for thinking we shouldn't change people's minds! Stop being a tailist!"

[Eric Blanc @_ericblanc]

Various people responded to this by saying that most Americans' politics are incoherent, not to the right of DSA

Obviously popular incoherence is widespread. But it's also true that there's clear data showing that the vast majority of working people are to our political right 🧵

[Eric Blanc @_ericblanc]

An excellent recent study of working people's political views showed that only 14% of workers are consistently left-wing (on both economic & social issues) — and that only 16% are "tuned out persuadables"

[Kai @Tasnyx]

Cregger has vision but unfortunately in that interview talking about David lynch he used the term “subconscious” rather than unconscious, showing him to be a junglet which unfortunately demerits him a star. Rookie mistake, fella

[Madison Perry @MadisonEPerry]

@katewillett people in every corner of DSA act badly online about 6 times a year, some more frequently than others. I’m just going to assume that you’ve not been around long enough to have watched RS and LSC members issue death threats. And yet new people join everyday despite it all.

[Madison Perry @MadisonEPerry]

It does sometimes feel like that scene in the wire where the detective asks why the guys would keep letting this one guy gamble w them even though he’d just grab all the money and try to run off with it every single week and the guy says “this is America; we gotta let him play”

[Don Hughes @getfiscal]

Zohran appointing Larry Summers as an economic adviser instead of me stings even though I'm not qualified and would not do the job

[Madison Perry @MadisonEPerry]

It does sometimes feel like that scene in the wire where the detective asks why the guys would keep letting this one guy gamble w them even though he’d just grab all the money and try to run off with it every single week and the guy says “this is America; we gotta let him play”

[Madison Perry @MadisonEPerry]

Are you psychotic and underemployed? Consider making yourself a prominent public figure in DSA discourse online!

[Madison Perry @MadisonEPerry]

Something about being in the only political organization worth caring about in the US is that some crazy ppl are also allowed to be in it and this is fine bc that’s also how being in society works

[Madison Perry @MadisonEPerry]

@MissShenis Another one ✅

[Senator Nikil Saval @SenatorSaval]

The Board’s vote is a sobering reminder of what’s at stake in the fight for fully funded transit in PA. All of us rely on public transportation, and our communities can’t afford cuts. But know we are continuing to fight in Harrisburg for robust state funds to keep SEPTA moving.

[Kim Kelly @GrimKim]

🚨 ALERTA PHILLY 🚨

Hearing from a very credible source that there may be ICE action tomorrow (Sunday 6/8) in the following areas:

5th and Washington Ave
7th and Snyder Ave
5th and McKean/Wolf
Chinatown

Let your neighbors know to stay safe and be vigilant. Be ready. Be water