Robby Soave on what makes Zillenials tick and Libertarianism

Robby Soave is an award-winning American journalist based in Washington, D.C. He is an editor at Reason. He enjoys writing about college news, education policy, criminal justice reform, and television. Soave has penned articles for The New York Times, New York Post, U.S. News & World Report, Newsweek, The Orange County Register, and The Detroit News. In 2016, Forbes named him to the 2016 "30 Under 30" list in the category of law and policy.  He won a 2015 Southern California Journalism Award for his commentary on Rolling Stone's investigative reporting on sexual assault at the University of Virginia in which he was skeptical on the subject. In 2016, Soave won the Alumnus of the Year Award at the International Students for Liberty Conference. He was also appointed to the D.C. Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. Soave is a 2017-2018 Novak Fellow at The Fund for American Studies. He appears regularly on Fox News, CNN, and syndicated radio program.

LYRICS TO BOTH SONGS



1) THE LIBERTARIAN



At college he was cruelly isolated  

His ideologies set him alone

Republicans had fun and the best parties

While the alt-left ran the place to feel like home

All the were on the edges

With him in the middle



It was only years later

That he found his tribe

A group who's values

He recognised

They formed a circle



With him in the middle



He's a libertarian

And been set free

He says it loud, he sings it proud

"At last I've found my crowd



I'm a libertarian

And I belong

I'm coming up, I'm coming clean

This is what I believe



Yes to giving all a voice

Yes to more freedom of choice  

Yes to work, deregulation

Yes to peace with other nations



Yes to beauracratic reduction

Yes to the Virtue of Production

Yes autonomy, less authority

Yes to freedom's our priority



I'm a libertarian

The third way

Two parties is no choice

When we all need to have a voice



Libertarians

Become free

I'm coming up, I'm coming clean

This is what I believe



Yes to giving all a voice

Yes to more freedom of choice

Yes to work, deregulation

Yes to peace with other nations



Yes to beauracratic reduction

Yes to the Virtue of Production

Yes autonomy, less authority

Yes to freedom's our priority





2) HELICOPTER PARENTS



Helicopter parents

Bred generation Z to be

Fearful of most everything

Unconsciously



Helicopter parents

Lack basic bravery

Onto unsuspecting offspring they load

Their anxieties



Helicopter parents

The media's to blame

In their rush to ratings they pushed

Kidnapping claims



Helicopter parents

Were arrested if they didn't

Provide a home environment that was

Safety sufficient



The breakfast table

Bolstered the fable

Abduction from strangers

An everpresent danger



Who's bright idea was it

To breed the fear of it

Missing kids

On milk cartons



All of their descendants have

Panic in their veins

At the slightest provocation they feel

Emotional pain



These kids are adolescents at

University

And even Halloween costumes cause them

Anxiety



They're on anti-depressants

Cos the pressure is immense

Free speech needs to be constrained for

Their self-defence



Cos of their suppressants they need

Safety at all costs

They're asking to be treated in the

Way that they grew up



The breakfast table

Bolstered the fable

Abduction from strangers

An everpresent danger



Who's bright idea - was it

To breed the fear - of it

With missing kids

On milk cartons

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