Oppression, Resistance & Revolution: Friday

[hisownagenda.livejournal.com]

Magneto was sitting behind the desk at the front of the classroom this morning as the students walked in. In his hands was a form of archaic media known as a newspaper. It was a couple days old and had the election results plastered across the front page.

"Unless you've been living under a stone, this particular universe just had an election this past Tuesday. In this election key people were elected or re-elected based on the candidates' platforms. Based upon the definitions I provided to you last week, I want you to answer the following question."

Magneto rose and tossed the newspaper onto the desk.

"Is an election a true form of revolution? Why?"

He then pointed at a random student. "You. Answer."

Comments

Re: Discussion

[harpy-daughter.livejournal.com]

Surreal's head still hurt from trying to follow their landen politics.

"How often do you people do this to yourselves?" she asked, looking askance at the newspaper. "How do you get anything done?"

Re: Discussion

[holy-daughter.livejournal.com]

"Perhaps this is a distraction," Lucrezia mused. "Allow the citizens to think their elections matter, while those wielding real power continue to do as they like."

Re: Discussion

[harpy-daughter.livejournal.com]

Surreal snorted in amusement. "Most likely," she agreed. "How long do your people live? Seventy? A hundred?"

"Blood where I'm from tend to live a few thousand at the least. Every four years of this would drive the males up the wall, and they'd end up smashing things."

"Why are you electing males, anyway? What are they doing that a female can't do better?"

Surreal, your cultural biases are showing.