fandomhigh | Functioning Governments, Thursday

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

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?"