Choose Your Own Government, Monday, Class #2

[spacepiratevala.livejournal.com]

Vala was sitting on her desk as students entered, swinging her legs. On each desk were a fully moddable doughnut, an apple, and an empty mug.

"Hello, everyone. Today we're going to address the issue of allocation of resources. I have in my possession one thermos, with enough coffee in it for two people, or one greedy person. I have another thermos of tea, and one of hot chocolate. Same rules."

"So, today's project? I want to give these thermoses out to people in time for you to drink them while they're still warm. Your job is to decide who should have them, using some of the types of government we read about last week. Feel free to lie, cheat, steal, campaign, whatever you feel the need to do to get them, but only three people will end up with them. We'll discuss next week how effective you were."

"Have fun." Then she sipped from a very large mocha before taking a bite of her chocolate-glazed doughnut.

Comments

Re: Who Gets the Thermos?--Monarchy

[takingthedayoff.livejournal.com]

"It's only fair that as many people as possible get what they want. After all, happy masses make for a happy kingdom."

Re: Who Gets the Thermos?--Monarchy

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

"But what about a happy king and his most loyal subjects?" John pointed out. "Perhaps they should get what they want and screw everyone else."

Re: Who Gets the Thermos?--Monarchy

[takingthedayoff.livejournal.com]

"Your Highness makes an excellent point. A kingdom can't survive without it's ruler and for the kingdom to be prosperous, the king must be happy."

Re: Who Gets the Thermos?--Monarchy

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

John was maybe easily swayed, or Ferris was just that good. "Okay, I've decided that you should be my adviser. And as my adviser, I'll share the coffee with you and you can decide who gets the rest because seriously, I'm king and I just don't care about tea or potentially evil hot chocolate."

Re: Who Gets the Thermos?--Monarchy

[takingthedayoff.livejournal.com]

"Me?" He looked surprised, but wasn't really. "I would be honored, Your Highness. Can I get you a doughnut while I work this mess out for you?"

Re: Who Gets the Thermos?--Monarchy

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

"That would be excellent," John said, happy to pass the burden of decisions off to someone else.