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EPISODE · May 10, 2021 · 1H 10M

Robby Soave on what makes Zillenials tick and Libertarianism

from Podsongs · host Jack Stafford

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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