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

[thebeastofhouston]

"It depends on what kind of power base the Prime has. Or just how scary their magic is. Like, there's only one member of House Tremaine left, and nobody from the other two Truthseeker Houses would mess with her, even though she held a lot of juicy contracts I'm sure they'd like a shot at. They were just all waiting for her to die, I guess, except instead she went to jail for plotting to overthrow the human government and put magic users in control of everything."

Because she couldn't just play bridge or modify armored vehicles like a normal grandmother.