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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Re: Introduce Yourself

[legionqueen]

“It’s a bit... odd,” Jules shrugged one shoulder. “I’d always assumed I’d be part of the Queensguard, not responsible for dismantling the way our island’s been governed for as long as our history can recall.”

And that wasn’t even getting in to the ‘Legion’ part of things.

Re: Introduce Yourself

[heroic_jawline]

"So the Goddess lost faith in the first leader and chose you instead?" Steve said. "Or was it a lot more complicated?"

He was betting it was a lot more complicated.

Re: Introduce Yourself

[legionqueen]

“It was definitely a lot more complicated,” Jules confirmed.

Re: Introduce Yourself

[heroic_jawline]

"Anything you want to talk about or should we save it for a later class?" Steve asked.

Re: Introduce Yourself

[legionqueen]

"Perhaps it should be saved for a later class," Jules said. "But I should warn you ahead of time that most mainlanders found our traditional method of choosing a Queen to be a bit... gruesome."

Yes, she'd just mentioned 'choosing' a Queen but also a (previous) hereditary line of same. Weird!