Functioning Governments, Thursday

[imafuturist]

Steve and Tony were at the front of the classroom and Steve had official-looking papers in front of him. "In a functioning democracy, the best way for ordinary citizens to enact their will is through voting. Some nations automatically register everyone as they come of age, some mandate the very act of voting."

"Some nations have political parties that do everything they can to remove the rights and capability of people to vote," Tony added dryly. "Up to and including trying to get rid of the postal service."

Oh, you kids were in for a fun semester here.

Steve had on his Extremely Disappointed Face. "And when the only way you can win is if you cheat, well, that's not very fair, is it?"

"So," Tony said, clapping his hands together. "We'll be doing a demonstration of how important voting can be by asking you all to vote on a few subjects concerning this class. In addition to asking for your names and what sort of governments you're all used to back home."

Steve nodded. "We'll start. I'm Steve Rogers, and I'm from the United States. I'm used to a representative democracy."

Which was why he was so annoyed right now.

"I'm Tony Stark," he added. "And I'm also from the United States and used to a representative democracy."

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[imafuturist]

In the face of Captain America's disappointment.

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[dauntlessdragoon]

Freya Crescent

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[howareyanow]

Wayne

Introduce Yourself

[imafuturist]

Name and what kind of government you're used to.

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[dauntlessdragoon]

"My name is Freya," she offered, paw to her chest and a reverent duck of her head. "Freya Crescent. Of Burmecia. And I am used to monarchies, where I am from."

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[imafuturist]

"Very nice to meet you, Freya," Tony replied, nodding his head as well to mirror the greeting. "There are monarchies here as well, though they tend to mostly be remnants with more sway than power politically."

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[grayskollar]

"I'm Adora," she said, slowly, because that was the only part of the question she actually knew the answer to.

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[imafuturist]

Well, hopefully the class would help her out with that. "Nice to meet you, Adora. Are you unsure about the other question or not wanting to answer for personal reasons?"

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[sparkinyou]

“My name is Miles Morales and I come from a representative type government.”

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[imafuturist]

"Hello, Miles." Was it weird to have Tony Stark as a teacher? Though, honestly, Captain America tended to be the weirder half of things from Marvel universes. "Is that a Brooklyn accent I'm hearing?"

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[howareyanow]

"M'Wayne," said Wayne, squinting off to some point elsewhere that wasn't anywhere even in the suggested vicinity of eye contact. "I'm used to a federal constitutional monarchy."

And thought itnwas pretty bass ackwards to have a couple of Yanks trying to teach anything related to 'functional' and 'government' in the same breath, but he wasn't about tl start a fuss about it, what with government itself bein' more fuss than it ought to be in the first place.

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[imafuturist]

"Hello, Wayne," Tony replied with a little nod. "Canada, right?"

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[legionqueen]

"Juillenne Milone," she introduced herself. "And this is Camden." In case you'd missed the presence of the mountain cat by her side. "I am from the island of Fennbirn, which until recently," very, very recently, "was ruled by a line of Queens said to be descended from the Goddess herself."

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[heroic_jawline]

"What happened to change the government?" Steve asked.

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[thebeastofhouston]

"I'm Arabella Baylor and I'm from the United States, which is also a representative democracy where I'm from." Although there were some differences. "Uh, magical government is more of a...meritocratic-slash-aristocratic oligarchy with pretensions toward democracy?" She considered for a moment, then said, "Yeah, that sounds right."

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[heroic_jawline]

Steve tried to translate that. "So...if you have magical powers, you tend to also take leadership roles and pass them along to your kids?"

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[canlendanear]

“I’m Alara Kitan,” Alara said, “I’m from a planet called Xeyala and we also have a representative government,”

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[heroic_jawline]

"Hello, Alara," Steve said with a smile. "Tell me more about Xeyala."

Polls

[imafuturist]

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Poll One

[imafuturist]

Yes or No, should the ability to vote be restricted to only the half of the class who arrived first?

Poll Two

[imafuturist]

Yes or No, should only those who receive A's be allowed to vote?

Poll Three

[imafuturist]

Yes or No, should those who receive detention have their ability to vote removed?

Talk to the Teachers

[imafuturist]

Who were ready to rant at you all semester long!

Re: Talk to the Teachers

[heroic_jawline]

Steve was indeed ready to rant! And also make sure you exercised regularly and ate enough fiber. It was kind of his thing.

OOC

[imafuturist]

I got a PSL to make up for going into the office.