love the idea of a mix! I'm starting to recall an episode where they built a statue out of gems from each leaders towns or something? I'm a little rusty and I'll have to look into it. Thanks for the comment!
Yet there has to be a rule in place that allows Parliament to impeach a leader. Or else we would have a long line of Henry the 8th. Leaders just doing whatever they want just because they can.
@Sawtooth Waves That episode (which also includes delegates from nearby towns) was Season 5, Episode 10 - "Princess Spike" in which Twilight takes a nap and Cadance asks Spike that nobody disturbs her..... he.... takes it upon himself to make some of the decisions which, of course, causes disaster chain which causes the statue of gemstones to break. He apologizes for the messes he made and together they fix the statue.
But I believe that it may be a parlamentary system. Twilight knows that most ponies, and by extension, the delegates are able to make their own decisions, but Twilight also has the authority over all of them being Queen..... errr... Princess.
Even then, as other comments have stated, the rest of the races have their own rulers for their lands too.
Gryphons had a king, but not sure who does anything for them now (probably village elder) Hippogryphs have Queen Nuovo Dragons have Dragon Lord Ember Changelings have King Thorax Yaks have Prince Rutherford
Then across the sea there's the Saddle Arabian dignitaries, and I believe that the Zebras probably have a High Shaman, and then the Diamond Dogs and Abyssinians.
AFAIK, Equestria is a constitutional monarchy, like we've got in the UK. The crown monarch has certain powers and ceremonial duties, while the PM has most of the political power
@cherubl1ng☆ From what I've gathered, she isn't- he even stated that she had the ponies' best interests at hand or hoof, if you will. It's just that only alicorns can become rulers and there's next to nothing preventing them from doing whatever they please. An issue of representation and power. That in itself doesn't make Twilight mean (I'd personally say the opposite is true), she's just in an easily abusible position of power.
But if there was an election,twilight is the only one they can vote because:celestia and luna are already rulers,cadence rules the crystal empire and flurry heart is to young and nopony else is an alicorn,so what is the point of an election
And if twilight was a dictator:then,she is not the only one,her friends,spike and herself rule together,so if there was an election,if they voted twilight,then she and her friends plus spike also rule with her
@Sawtooth Waves the meeting reminds me less of a modern parliament and a medieval Diet. Every so often, the monarch will call together the mid level rulers (mayors and lords) to discuss issues.
@eviljbrian i think the Griffon kingdom is gone and replaced by various tribe elders and possibly Griffon lords. Suprising that there wasn't a succession crisis when the last king died with no clear heir
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You're forgetting how a democratic system wouldn't solve the problem of a single species being a ruler. Since there would be only one ruler, then no matter who you elect, there will still always be only one species representing Equestria, when Equestria contains many species. A parliamentary system fixes this problem by having each species vote on someone to represent their species, and then having those representatives form a parliament.
@Sawtooth Waves One thing I did realize we have Sunset shimmer from the pony world but what ever Happened to the original human sunset shimmer it’s like she just vanished from existence but do you think sunset shimmer may Half trick human Sunset shimmer into the pony world because sunset shimmer should be with Celestia
@eviljbrian Do not care for the episode as it demonstrates the inherent problem with the Princesses. They are revered to the point that ponies will defer to someone just claiming to speak for them, and ignore their own judgement. The plumber knew darn well the pipes were gonna back up and overflow. But he ignored his own superior knowledge on the mere idea of a princess saying something else! *ahem*, anyway, it is curious that the other races haven't developed some sort of system like that. Celestia was the obvious ruler for so long that pony society, to some extent, stagnated. Dragons, on the other hand, have the magic rash-giving staff. But Yaks are so fiercely independent it seems odd they wouldn't have developed some sort of parliamentary system. It may just be because there are so few of them, but on the other hand the oldest parliamentary body in the world (debateably), the Althingy (Assembly) formed in Iceland, a place similar to YakYakistan in most respects. Similar issues for the Hippogryphs and Gryphons, though in the latter case they are very nearly an anarchy.
@Sawtooth Waves Hey, why did you choose to change your channel to Sawtooth waves? You used to be brony notion. Can you pls tell me why? I'll really appreciate it if you did
Problem isn't the rule. Twilight is actually a reincarnation of eldritch god, who seek control over all of magic. Ponies couldn't defeat it, so they join it staging events in a way that she would become as pony as possible. But nop! Throw away wole setup to use exact same power as Tirek already have... bu hu 0_0
@Sawtooth Waves Check out European history, especially British history, and pay attention to the development of the English parliamentary system. They did try to take the totalitarian power from the King, and they did succeed after awhile, but there are centuries of struggling for the right balance, with no guarantee they would ever successfully strike one at all.
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Fire Tarrasque2020-08-08 12:34:33 (edited 2020-08-08 12:36:45 )
@aycc-nbh72 Well My sister are alicorns and they are characters Im not a alicorn. flurry ❤ sis is not a alicorn al tell you a story about me so when I was born it was just me because Im the big sister when luna, my mom .had my other sisters of course I was happy but when they were grown they made fun of me because I wasn't a alicorn so i ran away and i just stayed at the crystal empire so i standed up and made my self a character so people would like me as a friend But don't think im jealous so do you have any more questions about this??????..
Velvanetig Moongiver Well, I’m sorry if I’m being rude. No offense, but I’m not used to characters from a television show somehow crossing the dimensional boundary.
@aycc-nbh72 Well i didn't mean to make you feel bad im sorry. I have to say something it's kinda weird that we are talking on a channel about PRINCESS twilight sparkle. Talk on my channel if you can well gtg .
@Sawtooth Waves my country is a parliamentary Republic and it's corrupted as hell. This is indeed, by far, the best system humanity has come up with, but if the main institutions that control the voting system are corrupted and bought by the bad guys, it's over and people's voices have no power and authenticity. So racist ponies could rig the votes in this case.
RajaSekhar Borusu But if rulers were given lifetime appointments, then dissenters may be shut out for the entire durations of their lives, which could be decades. And then only time will tell when dissenters’ opinions will be recognized. Power derives from the consent of the governed, not through the threat of force. If need be, the people would leave en masse and found a new country on uninhabited land (or leave for inhabited land which houses a country whose beliefs they agree with).
There is no government in existence that actually gives the citizens of a nation power over their system of government since all governments in existence require representatives of it's own system and even if there was a counting machine to tally votes, the counting machine could still be hacked on orders of any government. Also, the counting machine could state the correct votes but the ones counting the votes could easily lie about how many votes there were for each candidate. So in truth, the governments actually hold the power in a nation or the companies hold the power in a nation if the company succeeds in bribing candidates. Take Texas, usa for example, in order to run for a government position you have to pay over a thousand dollars at least to the government. This in actuality insures that you would need the support of a company in order to run for a government position and it allows corruption in government to take place. So even if Equestria had a system of government that had people voting for their leaders, the government of Equestria would still be in potentially dangerous hands. A government is only good when all of it's leaders choose to care about all of its citizens and the leaders choose to make laws in order to improve their people's lives without creating more problems in the process. A bad government is where most if not all of it's leaders does not care at all about it's citizens safety and happiness. Unfortunately I learned that the u.s. government falls under the bad government type since the u.s. government cares very little if at all about poor or very poor people. I've even learned reasons why poor people in the u.s. hate the u.s. government and they are very good reasons too. When you become a poor person you find logical an rational reasons to hate the u.s. government. So making Equestria a government where it's leaders are put into office by voting for then, isn't a better idea then having a dictator for a leader.
@ponyhorse & muledonkey.🐎🐴 and it is true that a government falls or survives depending on whether it's leaders choose to be bad leaders or good leaders. Human history has proven this fact to be true.
@Enoch Cox the mane 6 and their dragon ruined chrysalis's home! took her children away and her own son thorax replaced her and kicked her out of their hive! why did do that to his own mother? Pharynx is just someone thorax hired with ocellus as spies to watch twilight on camera and spike on video clips while he is too busy being king and sitting on his throne.
@ponyhorse & muledonkey.🐎🐴 I don't know what you are exactly talking about because that seems like fanfiction or your own life added to the plot of the my little pony freindship is magic series. My little pony freindship is magic is not real but it is a t.v. show. So what the heck are you talking about?
I hope the revolutionaries don't storm canterlot, bring her to the goulitene and do something violance like off with her head, while no being ruled by "totally" an average size general(mr.napoleon), who as borned from an island
@maryam khan i think the workers should rule, as the workers will have enough of the tsar, and revolt. the workers will be free, and the workers revolution will spread all across equestria from west to east and east to west, no one can stop the workers revolution to spread.
That wouldn't make sence because all leader must be vote. Because it is mean to exchange only won leader Equestria princess Kristalempire royalfamily Yakyakistan leader Chanchling king Cirin leader Qeen of sea equestria and Hippogrivs Dragon lord... That make huge Chaos maybe they do it but failed and all spicies break up.
I mean, the whole "only ponies can rule" seems kinda fair, since we're talking about the pony kingdom. Then there's the dragon kingdom, the griffin kingdom, the changeling kingdom, etc.. Asking a different species to rule would be like asking a tiger to be president. But that's just me.
that's like a white person asking a black ruler if he can rule cause there's a minority of whites in that kingdom... STOP REPLYING, EVERYTHING YOU WANT TO SAY TO ME HAS ALREADY BEEN SAID!
@The little firefly 🍂 no, it's not racism in my opinion, they don't want white people sitting in the highest position of their nations, i don't want a black person have the power of mine. we are the same
I think people are getting confused. Ponies, dragons, griffins, changelings etc are different species (although they can still be shipped, don't ask why.) pegasi, unicorns and earth ponies are different races. each species has it's own ruler and kingdom. Asking a, lets say, hippogriff to rule Equestria would be like asking a.... f*ck, I can't think of a good example that doesn't sound racist to hippogriffs. You know wha i mean.
I planned to be a student on Twilight's school and on the magic school. When I am done with studying, I find a spell to free Tirek, Cozy and Chrysalis. Or just Tirek, because I have a crush on him, and I wondering what Twilight Sparkle would say if she find out that I have a crush on the villain
Wait a minut. It's not true that only ponies can rule. Twilight is like celestia and Spike has the second throne like Luna. Spike is a dragon, but a great second ruler. He is a dragon biological, but a pony in his heart, and that's the only thing that matters.
And it's not only alicorns who can rule. I am sure the founders of Equestria wasn't alicorns. And Celestia said that it never happens before that a pony was born as an Alicorn. It means that neither Celestia or Luna or Cadence were born as an Alicorn. We all know Looking at the size of Cadence's wings that She was a Pegasus before. I Think Celestia and Luna were Unicorns before. Maybe Celestia get her wings by raising the sun and Luna by raising the moon?
@Ava Ostenfeld Spike isn't in charge, he's Twilight's advisor. Also, I know it's not just alicorns who can rule, but Equestria was mostly divided back then by several rulers, and everybody was united when Celestia and Luna became alicorns. At least that's what I think. And yes Celestia and Luna became alicorns for raising the sun/moon, it says so in one of the episodes
But is Twilight a dictator because She rules without being democratically elected? Or do they mean dictator as Starlight who think every creature are her slaves? So is Twilight just like a Queen og an evil dictator?
@Ava Ostenfeld She rules on respect... She has done a lot of stuff for the nation. and basically everyone know of her feats... Celestia planned everything out from ep 1 when she sent Twilight away it feels like. She is accepted as the ruler of Equestria without problems because everyone knows what she's done for the nation and the ones living in it. and then the fact that Celestia and Luna, the most respected ponies in Equestria trusted Twilight so much they decided to give her the throne...
Keep in mind however, she’s the ruler of all of Equestria and it’s not all ponies that live there too. Like Sawtooth said, Alicorns don’t exactly represent the entire population anymore because it’s not just ponies there anymore
@Gacha Carma Yeah. But that's not how it works. A white person should not rule an african nation because he's white. a black person should not rule a european nation because he's black. That's how it is and should be, I don't want a black ruler in my nation, and i bet that African people don't want white people to rule over them.
If i was a Jack in mlp, i wouldn't want a pony to rule over my nation that has a majority of jacks, if i was a pony, i wouldn't like a Jack to rule over my nation that has a majority of ponies. If a jack ruled over a nation with the majority of ponies, then that jack would focus on making it easier to live in that nation as a jack. Same with ponies.
It's not meant to be that way. If a muslim became the ruler of Sweden then Sweden that ruler would most likely try to make Sweden more muslim. If a Swedish person ruled over a muslim nation then he would try to make it more fit for swedes.
@Gacha Carma I'm pretty sure the dragons, yaks, etc. would still have their own ruler, like how the crystal ponies have Cadence. And back when Celestia was the ruler of Equestria, she wasn't the ruler of all of them either.
@XAOZ it’s not the same. The colour of the skin doesn’t really matter. If you’re white but were born & raised in a place populated by poc, you could very well be a ruler. You know the place, the culture, how it works etc. The important thing is that you’re a good leader and know about the place you’re ruling.
I mean, take Obama. He was black, born and raised in america, and he was president. One of the best ones in the last years tbf. Who cares if he’s black.
@ping47 America is mixed as hell. And if a white person got the power in an African nation, even if he was born and raised there, black people won't accept him because he'd be white.
@youropinionsareshitandsoaremine 352 Well, 1. because it's fun to argue, 2. Because we were talking about race and different species and i took up the human race because it's a good way to show examples...
@XAOZ There are more genetic differences within ethnicities than there are between them, so the concept of "races" being different is false. Also, stating that you don't want a black person leading your country is racist. The only difference between a black person and a white person is skin colour and occasionally facial structure, etc. Everyone's different. Saying you don't want a person ruling your country simply cause they look different to you is messed up.
@Nope Nope you missed my point... there are different breeds of cats right? persian, Maine coon and more. They are all the same species, but they are different breeds. It's the same for us, the word breed for cats is the same as the word race is for us humans. Humans have 4 major races, namely white/Caucasian, Mongoloid/Asian, Negroid/Black, and Australoid and at least 46 Minor Human Races. We are all humans and the same species, but not all of us are of the same race.
Dragons and ponies are different species. but they each have their own "races/breeds".
@XAOZ Please read a science textbook. That is not how it works at all. Different breeds of cat are in fact different breeds - so genetically different that they are considered different to each other, without being different animals entirely. Take Maine Coons for example. They are one species of cat, but they come in different colours with slightly different features. Different colours of Maine Coon are comparable to different ethnicities of humans - the same species, breed if you like, just with very slightly different features that can be generally overlooked seeing as we're all the same with everything else.
Comparing different ethnicities to different breeds of cat is essentially saying that an African American is a different breed to a Southeast Asian person. Different, but not that much genetically. Just like different colours of Maine Coon.
You'll quite often get it where two white people are more genetically different than one of those white people with a black person.
Skin colour is simply a gene like hair colour or eye colour. It's determined by the amount of pigment, known as melanin, that you inherit from your parents. Those with more melanin tend to have darker hair, eyes and skin than those with less melanin. It developed in order to give the darker skinned folks of hotter countries better sun protection. It un-evolved out of white people when we moved up to areas like Europe, which had less sun and therefore less need for sun protection.
By the way, by "Races" I'm assuming you mean different skin colours. Ethicity and race do not equate - ethnicity refers to your background, who your ancestors were, where you or your family came from, and somewhat how you look. Race groups different but similar ethnicities together normally based on looks alone, such as black people.
By the way, I'm assuming you're white based on some previous replies but feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.
Saying different races or ethnicities are like different breeds of cat is INCREDIBLY racist. It hurts a lot of people. It gives people excuses to pretend they're superior to other people based on ethnicity. It encourages people to separate based on a genetic thing they have no control over.
I am happy to also explain chromosomes and how they work if you like but I doubt you'd be interested.
Please, my dude, learn some basic science. I used to think different ethnicities were different "breeds" of human when I was like 4 or 5 years old.
@XAOZ the color of skin shouldn’t be a deciding factor in selecting a leader. As an American I would want not someone whose spent there whole life in Italy, China, or Spain regardless of race because they would might not understand the issues that we have here and not understand our culture. However if they lived most of their life in America they would be welcome leaders even if their parents came from somewhere else. Stoping other races that live in equestria from ruling would be racist and wrong if they spend most of thier life there. That’s like saying spike can’t be the leader because he’s a dragon. You said the America is mixed but Equestria kinda is too. Even if ponies made up the vast majority of permanent residents other races raised there should be viewed as the same. Black people who are raised in a white country should have the opportunity to lead in that country and vice verca.
@XAOZ They're the same Species, If they are then they shouldn't be able to reproduce with each other. I think we can say that they're like dogs with different breeds idk
I see your point. But in this world, other species have the same capabilities as everyone else. The reason we wouldn't elect a tiger is because they don't have our consciousness, they can't talk, they can't perform the intelligent, sentient functions that we do. But in equestria, this is different, and multiple species have that same function. I'd say in the future, if there were some sort of 'multi culturalism' and more creatures were to live in equestria, i wouldn't find it weird for any of them to be ruler.
@XAOZ I guess black europeans don't exist... (and i guess we don't know what to do with the mixed) If we're really comparing races to ponies then the unicorns, earth ponies and pegaues would be different races while the other kingdoms would be something else.
@Dolquin I never said black europeans didn't exist now did I? But it is true that black people aren't native to europe, they immigrated here from Africa when europe had control over it. But i completely agree with what you're saying.
@XAOZ no, that is not at all. You can consider pegasi, earth ponies ans unicorns to be separate races of one specie, and your example of a white person leading a black community would be like a pegasus leading a unicorn tribes. And it is actually what is happening in equestria, since Alicorns are very rare but they lead all the other ponies. But it's not the same as letting a griffon lead the ponies, it's not the same specie
@wolfgang grimmer does not deserve to die yeah. others have already told me. and I already knew even before that. I just mentioned human races as that is more relatable to humans as there are no other inteligent life forms other than humans on earth. Should i have said, that's like having a Swan rule over a human nation instead?
i personally agree for the main part, i think it would be IDEAL if there was a sort of cabinet with an elected animal from each kingdom to represent them in the cabinet, twilight as president, Spike as vice/advisor, and a griffin, dragon, changeling, yakk, etc part of the cabinet so that each kingdom has equal rulership over what affects them
@XAOZ no, it isn't. for the metaphor, an African American is equivalent to, say, a Pegasus. We are talking about entirely different species with their own countries and cultures and leaders.
@kajetus 06 oh actually it's not really like that MLP use puppet animation! Not traditional Basically they have a "puppet" which has been rigged and already drawn, and they have to make it move through logicials I don't know if it's clear, but you would find more info if you look a bit into it
@MetaMyra I'm pretty sure insert name just meant that the other creatures need not to be represented within Equestria, considering each other species have their own kingdoms. Doesn't take the problem of dictatorship of alicorns over ponies away, but still takes away the problem of representation of other species.
@MetaMyra but the dragon lands are apart of Equestria and they have their own ruler, what's your point, Ember doesn't need to answer to Celestia if she doesn't want to, neither does Cadence and those are all apart of Equestria. So they didn't need to answer to Celestia, they also don't need to answer to Twilight.
@King Sombra Celestia wasn't made ruler through a democratic voting process, and she makes choices on her own (there is no senate or house of representatives ever shown in the show). This is the principle of a dictatorship, regardless of the amount of people she has control over. Stalin didn't control the entire world. I'd say it's purely her decision that she doesn't 'punish' them for not following her, I think if we are speaking on technicalities, Celestia chooses not to interfere with the dragon lands, not that she can't- OR alternatively, the dragon queen is equally as powerful as Celestia and they would go to war if she tried to. The princess can still be a dictator to a small group (which in this case comprises of canterlot, ponyville etc), every pony matters, and one pony not being afforded a democratic choice is one pony under a dictatorship
when we looked at the future, twilight's mane was all glittery and flowy. This might mean that there isn't really an alicorn cililization, but sparkly alicorn manes just mean they are grown up.
I think the sparkly, flowy alicorn manes is representative of them moving the sun and moon. The sun and moon move constantly in the sky, which is why Celestia’s and Luna’s manes moved constantly. You can see in the Tirek vs. Twilight episode when Twilight had to move the sun and moon, her mane started flowing when and only when she was moving them. This is why Cadance doesn’t have a flowy mane
The reason why cadance doesn’t have a wavy, magical mane is because she is a crystal princess. Therefore, somehow in the future of The Last Problem she has crystal mane.
@Juniper Flute Gacha my head canon is any unicorn can have a flowy sparkling mane, they just need bountiful enough magic that it escapes their body and it needs an extra storage so it goes to their manes and tails
One thing: Twilight was chosen as leader from the previous leader. So, if you wanna be fair, shouldn't twilight be the one to choose the next leader? I myself am suspecting Luster Dawn or Starlight Glimmer, because they're both Twilight's 'prized pupils'. But Starlight runs the school of friendship. I don't think she'll give that up for the throne of equestria, though if you think again, thats exactly what Twilight did! She gave up her school for that throne. So there's both a check, and a cross in Starlight's case. Although Luster Dawn qualifies. If she is chosen by Twilight, then that would be following in the hoofsteps of her former mentor, Princess Celestia. Why? Because Celestia chose her prized pupil from magic school, and technically Celestia was the one to teach Twilight about friendship, because she was the one who sent her to ponyville in the first place. Twilight was no different from Luster Dawn before she went to ponyville. And in the last episode of season 9, Twilight sang "the magic of friendship grows" in which she was literally pointing out that ponyville is "where the magic happens". So, in the last episode, it was Twilight who taught Luster Dawn about magic, by taking her to ponyville, just like Celestia! So Luster Dawn makes a lot of sense as next in line for ruler of equestria. Only, unfortunately, its not my choice. It's the people's choice. 👇👇If u agree
Also, you are right...Changlings can represent every species
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Han Dittmar2020-05-28 12:07:27 (edited 2020-05-28 12:10:15 )
@XxGalaxia_GachaxX Of course, they can't. The outward appearance isn't what matters in the end. For example, a changeling would probably do a bad job in representing earth ponies and unicorns in cases where the ability to fly is important. Why not simply choose a fitting form?
@Irene That was the whole point. Because they can, they lack a crucial experience of being in earth pony by not knowing how it is to not be able to fly.
@Han Dittmar Sorry, I misread that. Lmfaooo! Im retarded and that's frickin' embarrassing! At least we're on the same page now, no thanks to me.😂😂
Anyway, adding to what you said: the changelings have no understanding of any "United traditions" or anything that involves coming together! Like the hearts warming episode! They had no idea what they were doing!🤣🤣🤣
My honest though on that was something like... You do realise how Kingdoms worked in the past right? King/Qween and the council of nobles.. Here she got the Council of Friendship..so ya Twilight is Imperialism and by the looks of it in a good way
@XxGalaxia_GachaxX thats EXACTLY what the new six is the ones who beat cozy glow? all the species nearly went to war when they went missing from twilight's school the show is obviously grooming them also changlings no they may be able to take the appearence but they cant understand all species that well i mean changlings wwwere usually spotted when taking over the empire cuz they felt off they could properly understand that person they turned into
what about all of their own kingdoms. i mean do you think the yaks would let a changling be in charge? thats is a big NO. i think that allicorns should still reprisent equestria without any one making such a big deal about it
Kristen Arvoy2021-07-11 00:22:53 (edited 2021-07-11 00:43:44 )
I’m going to have to agree with sawtooth here, because if the next creachor to role after twilight is Ocellus, that’s still only one creachor ruling Equestria, and one creachor prone to corruption, they need to spread it out so no creachor gets corrupted!!!!!! we do NOT want Equestria to turn into 2020-2021 our world, do we!?
well, changelings take the form of any body, but they don't entirely represent it as they are changelings, just with capability of shapeshifting, plus, Thorax is already occupied with his own kingdom
@That autistic bronyActually they are considered a different species they are not ponies. Twilight and all they others are ponies, Alicorn means a pony with horns and wings
"Twilight is a dictator" Me: Well, she is technically a dictator... but she's a monarch and monarch's can't be corrup- Oh yeah, I mean she does have the best interest for the population so I don't see a problem here
The way Twilight became a princess is perfectly fine with me. Because her wings didn’t just fell out of the sky, she earned it. I believe that becoming an alicorn is something that happens to you when you’re ready to be one of the rulers of Equestria. But I admit it. It’s true that just because you’re an alicorn doesn’t means that you’re good enough to rule or to trust. Cozy glow became an alicorn and she was evil. But I think it It’s HOW you become an alicorn that matters. Cozy glow became an alicorn by tapping into evil magic.That’s why no one trusted her and didn’t let her last long as an alicorn. She didn’t deserve alicorn magic. But Twilight became an alicorn by doing something good like understanding the magic of friendship which is why she was chosen to rule and became an alicorn. And by the way, I didn’t like the way you started out the video. Twilight would never do that or act like that. She is much more nicer than that.😠😠😠
Sawtooth waves:Alicorns can't go corrup-,Ehhh. Daybreaker: Did I hear Right, Sister. Nightmare Moon: I heard it too,Sister. Midnight Sparkle:You two finally got Along. The Evil Sisters:WE HAVEN'T. Midnight Sparkle:Oh, Please help me. Sawtooth waves:(*just left in the chat*) The Corrupted Alicorns:(*Blaming each other And Arguing *).
@_S_i_b_ well, i think they talks about Equestria Girls 1st movie and Equestria Girls Friendship Game so, in the movie at the end, Sunset Shimmer become an alicorn cause she was wearing the crown of the Elements of Magic. then, that's give Sunset Shimmer the power to fly and use the magic but she didn't still in her demon form. in Equestria Girls: Friendship Games; for fighting Midnight Sparkle she take the power of friendship of FLutterShy,...etc and becoming an alicorn but still not an alicorn. that's all ! (sorry if that's not clear but english is not my native language and i still learn)
@Shirley Smith But What About Princess Cadence And Flurry Heart? They Can Be Corrupted Too. In FACT............I Would've LOVED To Have Seen THEIR DarkSides Unleashed, What Would THEY Look Like?
Just reunite all of the representants of each animals (and they do a meeting like every year/every months, like the Council of Friendship with Twilight Sparkle) : Ponies = Twilight Sparkle or Cadance if Twilight can't Dragon - Ember Changeling = Thorax Hippogriffia/Seaquestria = Queen Novo Yak = Prince Rutherford ...etc. and since theyre like friends, that wouldnt turn into a catastrophy or a war. so, the meeting would consists of doing reflexion about the world and they could help each others to resolve their problems in their country.
I’m also curious about how exactly the monarchy/diarchy/tetrarchy/whatever works. The title “princess” is used for the sovereign (this isn’t unheard of, look at Liechtenstein). What kinda of monarchy Equestrian is is never stated (I don’t believe anyone refers to it as the “Kingdom of Equestria”, it could easily be a principality), but we run into a problem in the Crystal Empire. With the name, you’d think their head would be an emperor or empress, but they aren’t, it’s ruled by “Princess” Cadance. That would be fine (the ruler of the British “Empire” was a king/queen), but Sombra is referred to as a king, so how does it work? Also, who the heck even is Prince Blueblood? Lauren Faust said he’s Celestia’s great-great-great-something nephew, but who is that ancestor? Is it Luna (unlikely)? Or was there a third Royal Sibling we’ve never seen? The prince title works, though, since the children of princes and princesses are also called princes and princesses.
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James Akrane2021-06-21 06:39:41 (edited 2021-06-21 06:43:19 )
I love how the question that is often asked is between absolute monarchy and centralized democracy, while what I root for is really just decentralization. It is centralized government that is incredibly susceptible to corruption due to the massive concentration of power and lack of competing power-structures, and whether your leader's justification for holding said power is votes or divine right changes naught to that.
In an Equestrian sense, that just means doing your best to keep most powers to the cities' leadership and to have many local forces of first responders for the various threats the Principality might face. AKA just have barons and knights, or ministers and regional guards.
Pretty sure this is more of a queens democratcy. As in what we seen in European governments. The figurehead is born into it but the actual government is based on votes. The figurehead is just that, a symbolic representation of the Royal/Nobel system.
Hi Sawtooth! I know you probably won’t see this but I was watching your video and wanted to throw my own opinion into the ring.
Equestria doesn’t appear to be a dictatorship, but rather a matriarchy. Dictators are like Sombra, a hostile take over where citizens are forced to follow his rule and his law, or else. Twilight, however, was handed the throne by her teacher and teachers sister.
So another way to look at Equestria is as a matriarchy, but the throne is passed down from teacher to student. This could also explain why the princesses ruling Equestria can’t have children. Cadence can, and Flurry Heart likely took over the Crystal Empire or is ruling beside her mother when we see Twilight in the final season, but in Equestria the throne must be handed down to a student of the currently ruling princess. It ensures that the next ruler will be a good one, and will hold the values of Equestria first.
Anyway, sorry for the essay. Just wanted to throw in my thoughts.
I like to think of the alicorn monarchy as a constitutional monarchy, like what Britain has with their Queen and her royal family, where there's a parliament in which the voters vote for their local members and the Prime Minister would basically be the one who truly leads the Equestrian government, therefore making the alicorn princesses merely symbolic figures and whichever bill or law is approved of by the parliament and signed by the Prime Minister, the princess or princesses can simply sign it for their formal approval.
This, to me would be the most fair and democratic way to go about this Equestrian government.
Heres some content for you. I have this question bubbling around in my head. Since Alicorns live over 1000 years. Does that mean Twilight will witness her friends' passings? :0
Corruption comes from the right of evil people to determine the fate of others through the power system. Let us conduct anti-corruption and cult activities to make the democratic system better than it is now.
@Olivia A. ?? They were making a comment on our government, they never said anything else about other countries, because ya know, not every comment about a country has to involve the other countries too :/
I like how this comment thread went from talking about how corrupt voting would be in the pony world to actually arguing about voting in the real world 😂
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Kristen Arvoy2021-07-11 00:51:41 (edited 2021-07-11 00:58:59 )
That isn’t/ wasn’t the Systems falt it was Joe Biden’s falt for cheating, and do we know any creachor in Equestria who would cheat, (feel free to leave a reply if there is one!?!)!?!
Socrates, the Greek philosopher believed that those who vote needed to be educated on politics first. The rulers back then gave him death penalty for “crimes against democracy” for stating this claim...
Well, Celestia took Twilight as an apprentice for being a promising young pony with great aptitude for magic, and sent her to learn the "magic of friendship" in ponyville. Sending her to be practically the first line of defense of equestria in case of danger and sending her in friendship quests served to mold her character both as a pony and a leader. She wasn't elected by but she understands the people because in every adventure she met and dealt with all kinds of ponies and creatures, the poor and rich, the hard-working and the lazy, the ponies and the dragons, changelings, hypogriffs and so on.
Celestia prepared Twilight to be a good ruler and in the final episode Twilight has her own apprentice, which is a promising young pony and you get the picture. Twilight was prepared by Celestia to rule Equestria, and she likely will do the same to her apprentice. Every ruler of Equestria seems to be trained since youth to understand and have empathy towards their fellow ponies and creatures, so the chances of a ruler being corrupted is quite low in my opinion. I'd say what happened to Luna was a case apart.
As for representation, yeah, not every creature is represented, but, it's not like anyone's being oppressed under alicorn rule and the prejudice non-ponies suffered when they first came into Equestria was already resolved so, is such representation really necessary? Besides, Equestria is still the land of the ponies after all. The other creatures have their own kingdoms/empires and they all get along very well.
love the monty python reference lmao that’s gotta be my favorite scene. speaking of, ik this is like a year later but i feel like this really highlights my questions about g5 now. like aside for zephyr heights it’s very cloudy as to what the political systems are (if there are any) in maretime bay (excepting the sheriff/deputy apparently..) and bridlewood. like i’m curious?? and i definitely feel like this had something to do with the time between twilight and the new generation
From 0:00 to 1:07 I was laughing my head off.And the way Sawtooth imitated Twilight's voice and when Twilight picked him up and threw him out were the funniest scenes.
I think the way Twilight gets to rule Equestria is like how a king pass his inheritance to his son, a prince. Celestia isn't obviously Twilight's parent, but she is a very close relationship. So that's my theory.
Thats..how it went trough Celestia and Luna stepped out and They Crowned Twilight before to replace them.. There is absolutely no reason to claim Twilight is a dictator outside of a bad joke..
to be fair though, that just makes it monarchy, or dynasty. either way, it can still turn tyranny fast. and let's look at Equestria. can you truly say it isn't a dictatorship society? true, it is not the type of dictatorship we're used to. but anyone who doesn't fall in line gets chase out of town at best, and petrify or banished at worst. not to mention, alicorns are not elected, and not likely able to be impeached, as they hold more power than most of the Equestria combine. adding on the fact, Twilight has dragons, Yaks, Griffins, changelings, and hippogriff on her back and call, any rebellion weather justify or not would quickly be stamped out.
so the mass have no says as to who shall rule, ruler holds absolute power unmatched by any pony and extremely harsh punishment for all none-conformist. that seem to check off most boxes in the dictator check list.
Actually Celestia could really be twilights real mom because idk if u seen the first couple of episodes on Netflix but it does say that Twilight mom and dad was adoptive relationship so celestia could be her real mom
@Catherine Celestia is thousands of years old. Twilight was her student and nothing else. And Twilight's parents are revealed later on in the series. Celestia believes a lot of telling the truth and she would've told Twilight.
That actually makes sense since that’s how Royalty and Not presidency works. Presidents get chosen by the people. While Royalty just passes down from generation to generation until there is no longer a person from this family to rule.
@Catherine hmm that’s actually an interesting theory. And it would of made in interesting plot twist. But who would twilight’s father be then? Maybe they would of introduced him as a villain and than twilight reforms him and he gets with Celestia. That could actually be an entire series. I love your theory
@Yasmin Alves so what? Maybe she decided that she wanted to have a child now. And keeping an important secret for someone’s sake Can make anyone not tell the truth. Truth isn’t always the answer since sometimes it hurts
@Ramy But Celestia knows that. And she knows that even if it hurts, she wants to hear it. In the episode where Twilight didn't tell her how bad an actress she was, she was lying to Celestia. When Celestia heard the truth, she was hurt by it but she was more hurt by the fact that Twilight didn't tell her. Someone who is like that would not hide away a child, much less someone who would soon be the heir to the throne, from anyone.
@Christnappa4 I thought the village need to vote one of the candidat hokage plus they need to prove that they were worthy like they can protect village
@ming chen a republic can turn tyranny as well you know... Russia had a voting system that worked until Putin came along and look how that looks now...
@ming chen it won't turn to Tyranny because alicorns rule for thousands of years and Twilight has proven to not be a tyrant and also knows right from wrong and has thought others the same, Twilight brought more peace then anyone in Equestria history.
wait now that you think of it could Celesita be twilights aunt? and her parents are maybe just lying that she does not have a aunt but still it seems like a very good theroy..
@Shinbouslargeforhead No, that’s a completely baseless theory with zero evidence and not possible. Celestia and Luna had no sisters that could’ve been twilight’s parents, as they would’ve died 900+ years before twilight was born.
Gatekeepers upon whom she deemed "friendly" for her friendship cult to enter Canterlot after the first G5 issue certainly became a major factor that led to the destruction of Equestria and her "legacy" in my opinion.
The more you look at the leaders of equestria the more you see how it works and really, since the current princess chooses the next leader through proving themselves worthy through actions and not words it gives the the people of equestria a leader that they can be sure has their best interests at heart. Plus it was never said that other creatures couldn’t rule in this new society they could just as easily do so if chosen.
Let me explain. Think about it this way: -Twilight Sparkle becomes Princess because she discovered new magic. When you are a princess you get the prize of becoming an alicorn. -Cadence reverts the spell as a pegasus. -Flurry Heart is a princess just because her parents are the king ad the queen of the crystal empire. If she was born a earth pony/pegasi/unicorn she still would be a princess.
So, if you are another creature and you do something good, you become a princess but you dont become an alicorn cause you are another creature. But wait, I just have more- Remember Twilight's transformation? That was the power from her own heart making her an alicorn. So Celestia didnt use her magic. And that means... if you are another creature and you do something worthy of becoming an alicorn, the power in your heart turns you into something powerful depending on your race.
EDIT: Omg, thank you for the likes! And yeah, Thorax shared his love and he became the prince of the changeling kingdom!
EDIT 2: Oh and I forgot to talk about something. The Dragons choose their leader differently, so they dont get chosen by that power thing-
This makes more sense to me hmmmmmm............. Power in your heart oh yes well twilight got to be an alicorn by finishing star swerls spell sooooo I don't know?
If you think about it, all the rulers from other species look way more powerful than the avarage, plus we've seen Thorax's transformation first-hand when he became the leader of the Changelings. So I think it's safe to assume that, yes, all species suffer a major transformation when they become rulers.
Abcde Xyz well, yes and no. It’s true she tried to finish it bc celestia wanted to see how strong she is, but the REASON she properly finished it was bc she fucked up the first time and caused her friends misery. So she finished it bc of her love for her friends, not bc of her magical talent (Altho that is a part of it)
Also, Cadance doesn't rule the Crystal Empire because she's an alicorn. She's the Crystal Princess because she's the descendant of Queen Amore, the original ruler of the Crystal Empire before Sombra killed her.
Also, Flurry Heart could've been a bat pony and still have been princess (and now I can't help but picture a bat pony alicorn Flurry Heart...I NEED FAN ART!!!).
@Noire Technically, Twilight didn't f-ck up the spell. It was Starswirl who f-cked up the spell. Twilight just didn't realize how f-cked the spell was. But she then was able to unf-ck the the f-cked spell.
And that's how you can curse all you want and keep it SFW.
@Changeling King Cocoon No that's wrong! Cadence is not the descendant of Queen Amore. She was found as a filly pegasus in the Everfree Forest by some ponies who adopted her. And later she reverted a spell cast by a witch.
But during the transformation scene, we clearly see a purple magic aura coming from her heart, not her horn. Meaning raw magical power alone isn't enough to become a powerful version of yourself, at least not through the normal method. You'd have to use Grogar's bell to circumvent that.
@Rekha DS They are not cause we saw Ocellus' (or whatever the Young 6 changeling's name was) parents in 2 episodes. The first being the one with the Young 6 trying to restore the tree of harmony and the second one being The Best Gift Ever.
My headcanon is that before Thorax, only the queen could reproduce. She had complete control, and took much of the love for herself. She's a manipulative villain who wouldn't care if her subjects were starving if it meant she'd stay in power. It would actually benefit her if they were starving, because then they'd do whatever she wanted if she offered food. But after Thorax, because they now share love and aren't constantly starving, any changeling can reproduce.
@Abcde Xyz yes she finished Star Swirls spell but she as an individual has grown. Her completing the spell was a "milestone for her". Like Spark Bow said it was her inner heart that transformed her. Once she finished the spell it aloud her to evolve into an Alicorn because of her friendship with her friends and the Elements of Harmony and her magic allowed her to transform. Do you see the connection? Her cutie mark is magic, her elements is magic, finishing the spell with magic, her friendship with her friends, and their elements. "Princess of Friendship" my little pony logic.
Shouldn't Sunset be a princess because she did bring new magic to Canterlot? And also technically she should rule. I would love see her take the place of Luna so it's opposite now, but Sunset is first. But yet we have Twilight. I love Twilight and all but I feel for Sunset.
What I want to talk about is the inherent sexism of the Alicorn system. Doesn’t it seem strange to anyone that all three protégés picked to be Alicorns eventually (Candace, Twilight, and probably Sunset later) were all females? And that Shining Armor, the husband and father of Alicorns, wasn’t made one himself so that he could be immortal too? I mean, he was an integral part of defeating Chrysalis, and his power shares love with Candace. Isn’t that important? Or is Candace just fine with letting him die?
I’m not saying that it’s purposeful that no males get to have a role in ruling Equestria, but it certainly does seem odd that none have ever even been given the chance to become a protege or prove themself worthy. Just saying, I’d like some variety.
Somehow I highly doubt that if a powerful dictator got a hold of Equestria's throne, that he/she would step down if voted out. For example, I don't think King Sombra would have honored a vote from the Crystal Ponies.
Ok, I agree with most of what you said, save for two things. One, you literally forgot to explain how Twilight was a dictator. Yeah how she became a princess is a bit……concerning, but she’s made zero orders country wise for the entire show. If you had pointed out something Twilight herself had done that was like a dictator, then I’d agree with you, but you didn’t, so it’s kinda clickbait. Two, literally everything to do with democracy can be countered by looking at 2020. Do you really think Equestria can handle something like 2020 as they are? Sure, eventually it’d be an alright idea, but not for a long, long time. We’ve been doing it for a while, and we can barely handle it most of the time.
I know this is late, but something's always been bugging me and I haven't actually seen any theories yet about it. How did twilight's magic change color through the series, and why did it happen?
Can I just say I never understood how twilight was eligible for becoming a princess she literally wouldn’t have gotten anywhere without her friends honestly throw away the whole system 😭
Ur right. Fluttershy holds Discord back... basically. And Discord can help balance harmony and chaos. Discord will also help Fluttershy become more confident and talk out of HER mind. King Discord and Queen Fluttershy sounds good. Instead of Fluttercord.
Yes. She's kind enough to do it even better :). I'm still not sure about Discord and Fluttershy though. I mean, is Fluttershy the equivalent of a furry because she is attracted to Discord? One day, Fluttershy will pass and then Discord would be the only remaining ruler of Equestria. That... doesn't sound ideal. Hm, maybe this isn't such a good idea.
Omg I actually think that could work, discord is the most powerful (I think) so he can solve about all problems, fluttershy can be at his side to make sure he doesn’t bring the world to chaos, and there can be other rulers like Thorax to rule the changelings, or queen Novo for the hippogrifs.
Why only one leader? Make a representative for each group and have that group work together for the good of everyone! Plus, having a bunch of leaders stops one person from having complete control! Also, not everyone would vote for the best option. Take 2016 US for example lol
You got my vote, Sawtooth! Mine too! Mine too! Mine too! Mine too! Mine too! (Three hours later...) MiNe ToO (no seriously! If Equestria were a democracy, I’d vote for you if you ran!) 🗳
If any creature thinks they can be a better ruler, they challenge the current Queen/Princess/King/Prince for their throne. A series of trials would be held to see if the said creature was better at ruling and if they were, they would get to take the place on the throne. However, there would be problems with this as the defeated could simply challenge the throne again.
ok i know this was posted a long time ago but personally i think that there should be no votes cause if there is a good alicorn leader than the only reason they would choose another specific leader is cause they can see their heart and know how they will lead equestria "sorry for spelling mistakes"
I mean, technically Twilight isn’t ruler of the entirety of Equestria. Every other creature has their own ruler, with their own rules and laws, completely uninfluenced by Twilight’s rule over ponies.
i think equestria is more British monarchy with more power given to the monarch but with parliment having a significant sway over decisions after all it wasnt Celestia who wrote all those evil things about her sister if we are going for good sis Celestia and not the other kind that means that while an alicorn rules its less of an actual government position and more of a military one after all who would declare open warfare on a being that can bring down the sun or moon on your armies of course as we have seen thats not really the case but its the implied power plus an alicorn represents pony unity just as a griffin king represents griffin pride or the Dragon Lord being dragon's strength its image ad while Equestrie does have multiple races it is still Equstria or as some call it pony land
@jane Technically it is a Principality, in that it is ruled by a prince/princess. But that is semantics, as Equestria is clearly built as a Constitutional Monarchy.
"completely uninfluenced by Twilight" That's a lie. Did you forget said other rulers. Ember had outside help from Equestria to secure her title of dragon lord. A coup took place with the changelings and Thorax with no experience in leadership was put in charge. The griffins are in a state of decline/anarchy with no sense of government body. The hippogriffs lost their power when they were conquered by the storm king and had to be saved by Equestria. Yakyakistan still has their leader but they are trapped because of Equestria puppet/buffer state of the Cristal Empire. What else? The buffalos are tribal and The Kirin are basically a city state.
I have to say, as my MLP OC, Starry Cake (Aka Silvermoon (Demonic self)), who is an Alicorn, I COMPLETLY agree with this. Just because he was born as a male Alicorn doesn't mean he's automatically Royalty. He shouldn't hide who he is either. And yet, with his back story, he does (He didn't want to rule, but neither "outshine" the other Alicorns, just because he's different...). I loved the beginning of this video, and so far ever video.
It...depends on the leader aim. Sometimes one leader focus on economy while the other focus on military. Example:If the leader that focus on economy get elected,over time he/she will maybe be a dictator. Like you said saw tooth they could in the other election can choose someone else,but that will have to wait for a few years. So the leader might destroy the country or you know how the German work (WW1 and WW2)
From what I have seen they act more like a horse herd. Those who are strong and can defend is lead horse of the herd. And the herd can be a mix batch. Look at the example. the unicorns were wasting their powers every day when they have to raise the sun and moon every day and Luna and Celestia basically did that. They protected the unicorns which is why they followed them. The other tribes seem to follow seeing how they can lead and how they are different. Then lets look at Candance. She became an alicorn by protecting her home and able to spread love within and she was able to power up the crystal heart. In this she shows that she can protect the ponies thus they follow her. With that set, Twilight worked hard in relationships from the start. She went against her own Neighsay mostly to put a school in for the other races and invited them in. and at the finale you can clearly see how her hard work paid off. I think this is why want to follow her.
Now that is to say the races are following her. But I think that is wrong in itself. She is respenting the ponies. For there are other leaders of other races. And I wouldn't be surprise about there being a grand council to help rule the land where if one steps out of bounds they can over turn. Here each race learns how to work together. Like griffions are guards in the royal canterlot palace or vice versa with ponies in griffion stone. So really its a herd based mentally they follow whoever can protect them and keep them safe.
I mean that's monarchy for you. Also implementing the democratic system in countries that were led by monarchs for generations was a bloody, or even more corrupt process. Ending often with even worse Dictatorships also who would write the rules, taking they are the hegemony of Equestria
I feel like a democracy is too much of a change from their monarchy. How about a constitutional monarchy instead? That seems like the fairest compromise, since we can get our non-pony and pony representatives who can serve as a check to Twilight as the monarch
Virgil facepalming is a mood That does seem like a better compromise, even in the real world direct democracies can be a disaster not even the US is a direct democracy and it still doesn’t pan out that well sometimes 🤔 The beauty of monarchies is that lines of succession is more clear and you can properly train your future rulers sadly most monarchies tend to ignore that part and you can wind up with a real stupid or mad ruler😑
I think you mean republic, not democracy. The UK, Sweden, Spain, Denmark, Belgium, the Netherlands etc. are all constitutional monarchies, but they're also all democracies. However, they are not republics. A republic is the opposite of a monarchy, but just as a republic isn't necessarily democratic, a monarchy isn't necessarily undemocratic, either.
While it sounds like a good idea, having a democracy would likely ruin what equestrian has become, a world of harmony. Everyone (by the end of FIM) is pretty much together and peaceful with one another. What assists in this is the fact that they have their one common ruler who they know has their best interests at heart. We saw in the final episodes how equestria was when everyone was starting to turn their back on each other and that type of lifestyle could be reinstated if a democratic government is in place. The citizens (like in our world) would eventually divided and fight between their selected candidates. And it wouldn’t matter if the ponies would have the option to vote out an evil tyrant rather than not like with king sombra because either way there’s going to be someone to save the day like the main 6 always did. My point is that a democracy would just be useless in the sense that not only would it be a huge adjustment for the country, but the reasoning behind having it isn’t even completely justified.
I think you'd have to make a lot of nuance for this. As it stands, Equestria is mostly populated by ponies- and, in pony culture, it is seen that Alicorns are the best fit person to be a ruler, regardless of anything else. Simply being an Alicorn would probably get the vast majority of pony votes- and as an extention, many non-pony votes as well- due to the cultural bias.
I won't pretend i know much about government, but this is my two cents.
@Jennifer Smith Yeah, but lying about it does prompt people to ask very resonable questions of "Does he have something to hide?" or "Did he imperaonate someone and denies being a changeling to disspell even the possibility he did that?". There is no way all changelings are reformed and the population would be wise to make note of those of them who exibit suspicious behaviour.
doing it by vote would probably be a bad idea since celestia chose twilight to be the ruler because she knew she was capable of doing so. if another regular pony/or other creature becomes ruler they might not have enough magic or is able to keep up for it. since alicorns have more magic than any regular pony it would be much harder for a regular pony to rule equestria. sure some ponies are strong in magic but their capability might not be able to pass it on to other ponies. (which might lead to having no more ruler) and alicorns live longer than ponies so if a pony rules they wont live for very long or long enough to find a new leader, making alicorns the only one able to rule properly. if there where more alicorns maybe there could be an option to vote. but celestia, luna, candice, flurry heart and twillight are the only alicorns (as far as i watched). if there where more alicorns it would be easier to vote between them
Welp it came true. Twilight centralized control of all magic to stop it from being misused by other ponies against each other and then her Friendship "utopia" crumbles and entire nation ends up poor, miserable, cultureless, AND divided.
In order to become ruler of equestria, you must have the following:
—be powerful enough to defend your subjects —have a good heart —has equestria's best interest at heart —good leadership skills —able to get through complications, hardships, harsh circumstances and problems
you dont have to be an alicorn to rule. you just have to be powerful enough to defend when last chance comes down to the ruler. that is mostly alicorns because they have the most powerful magic. but nobody really just votes. it automatically is obvious because the ruler should be everything mentioned above. equestria isn't a monarchy, democracy, dictatorship or dynasty. it is its own. the creator's creative fantasy.
not to mention, the tree of harmony (or whatever it may be) keeps equestria and all kingdoms beyond on track. so basically whoever the tree doesnt agree with is definitely not the ruler to have of the kingdom who holds the most powerful magic in the whole mlp world. i mean it literally is the element of harmony itself. harmony which only seeks for peace between all kingdoms.
this is why the ruler of equestria is the best pony to choose who shall rule next because they already were fit for the role and are obviously has good intentions. why need to do a democratic vote when the leader who is already in charge isnt corrupt? why risk letting other creatures who everyone doesn't even know what kind of personlities each individual has to choose the next leader? not everyone has great judgement. when equestria falls apart due to a bad leader, it'll always come back to peace and harmony in the end. somepony will have to rule.
so celestia and luna (the previous rulers of equestria) were the right ponies to choose who equestria should have as a ruler next. i mean isnt it obvious? twilight has the magic the element of harmony helps her with. the magic of friendship. the next ruler after twilight and her friends isn't there yet. when they see that pony, twilight will definitely step down and give her crown to that pony. for now, there is no one who is fit just yet. one day, there'll be one. there is no system here. it's about seeing who is.
To the Cozy Glow part, they wouldn’t let an Artificial Alicorn be an Alicorn. Also, whoever makes Alicorns would [hopefully] not pick someone who wasn’t. I think the force has every citizens best interest at heart.
And on the representation part, Twilight’s whole princess destiny was kinda determined before there was peace with all creatures. Also, they have their own tribes too. It would be like a pony ruling the dragon lands. It doesn’t really make sense since the only other creatures are the ones who go to the school of friendship.
@Milke Shaque The Sisters aren't artificial alicorns, but yes Twilight & Cadence were born a unicorn & pegasus respectively. Flurry Heart is considered a gray area by most, so...I don't really know what to say about her.
Rayena Carter Celestia and Luna were actually born Unicorns. In the episode ‘Meeting Flurry Heart’ Luna says “A natural born alicorn is something far beyond even our understanding” If they were born Alicorns she wouldn’t have said that.
@hannah It's been a good while since I've seen the series, I hadn't really gotten that far yet. I only really know of Flurry Heart from The Brony Notion & fanart. Sorry then.
@Sarah Not an true Alicorn. She's an unformed Changeling. Alicorns have pony wings. Her wings are broken. Her hooves are broken. Do you really think she is an pony. Cause that the first factor.
@hannah i mean....if they are the only two who were born. Centuries ago in a more primative time.
They didn't raise themsevles so they wouldn't know anything about baby alicorns because they were the babies other people were dealing with.
So they wouldn't know anything anything just in that regard.
Ontop of the facr if there have only been two ever birn not exactly something easy to study since this is such a rare occurance data will be rare if non existant since it wasnt seen before or since.
Cozy Glow wasn’t artificial her process was just more easier but yet the same to twilight since both of them received magic to Twilight it was alicorn magic but to cozy it was from the bell
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Jason Reburn2020-05-19 22:28:07 (edited 2020-05-19 22:28:53 )
5 words: Nightmare Moon and Day Breaker
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Jason Reburn2020-05-19 22:28:36 (edited 2020-05-19 22:29:05 )
Also if we go into the comics to see the origin of Crysalice, she too, is an Alicorn
Jason Reburn First and for most, Day Breaker wasn’t real. She was only in Starlight’s dream. second of all, Luna was turned good again and whatever force that creates Alicorns had her destiny planned out all along and without Luna turning into Nightmare Moon, the mane six would have never met.
Luny Cipres She’s a different creature. From what I’ve heard she’s like a mix of a pony and an insect. Also with that logic every singe Changling is an alicorn.
watch50er In the episode “Princess Twilight Sparkle” Twilight says she had full power and choice of what she wants her Destiny to be, which cause me to believe destiny is less given and more chosen. Also in “The Last laugh” is basically Pinkie CHOOSING her destiny.
Jason Reburn She’s an alicorn, yes. A pony Alicorn? No. The comics refer to her as a ‘Broken Alicorn’ which in my opinion just means she’s the changling version of an Alicorn.
Jason Reburn Just look at her wings, Sawtooth made a whole video debunking the Chrysalis is an alicorn theories. All the comics say (btw I’m only referring to comics Lauren Faust helped write or approved) that she is a “Broken Alicorn” She is the Princess/queen version of all her [former] subjects. She is the Alicorn equivalent of a Changling. ALL of the changelings have a horn and wings as well so that logic is pretty screwed up. In the video Sawtooth says, “All Alicorns have wings and a horn, but not everything with wings and a horn is an Alicorn” and I think the basically sums up the debate.
Scorch 215 I do see where you’re coming from, but one, I’m pretty sure they’d know if they were born Alicorns, and two, if there were born Alicorns they most likely would have read about it in there time at Star Swirl’s school, given Star Swirl is known as “The Greatest Wizard of All Time” and I’m pretty sure he’d know. And a Natural Born Alicorn would probably be a pretty monumental time in History for someone like the two sisters, or Star Swirl to not know about.
pineapple princess read the comics, there is a comic that takes place in an alternate universe where the forces of dark and light are swapped, we can see that chrysalis has wings and a horn, what do you call that?
pineapple princess they were not born alicorns, only flurryheart was, but in the comic where the forces of dark and light were swapped, we can see that chrisalyss is an Alicorn with butterfly wings, also taking Cadence’s role of the princess of Love in that universe from that comic
Jason Reburn I never said they were born Alicorns, there’s many different comics that have been made over the years, I only refer to the comics that Lauren Faust herself helped write. In the comics by Faust, the closest they come is calling her a “broken alicorn” which can be interpreted many different ways, but the most reasonable way of taking it is that she’s the evil (changling) version of an Alicorn. Since the changlings resemble insects so much (which sawtooth mentions in his video on the Chrysalis Alicorn subject) she’s most likely just the queen of the hive (a reference to real life insect colonies). Also, another issue with this logic is that that means the hundreds among thousands of changling as are also Alicorns, which is obviously they’re not. Just like Sawtooth says in the video, “All Alicorns have wings and a horn, but not all creatures with wings and a horn are Alicorns” which I believe is a good summary of the entire debate.
Most wizard/ magical advisors would probably still be ponies, and each race would probably fill one role(there would still be overlap) like a changeling being in charge of foreign relations or something like that(transforming and stuff)
If you think it… Sawtooth IS the PERFECT ruler for Equestria, just think about it, he is a changeling so he can transform in ANY Equestrian o Not Equestrian creature… Actually, any changeling COULD be a PERFECT ruler (but more Sawtooth cause why not 😂😂)
It is a monarchy, but Equestria is still technically a pony's land. The other lands have their own rulers of their kind but they all make sure there is peace. Most of the people who chose to stay in Equestria are seemingly fine with the Alicorn rule. The princess still listens and makes sure their subjects are happy. Celestia was overworked constantly by her duties, and Twilight is replacing them but now has a CLEAR council while Celestia and Luna didn't. If they did, I haven't seen a clear sign of them.
I think the final episode made it clear that equestria is a very diverse nation now. after all, we very clearly saw the shots of all the different species just sort of hanging out. the friendship school was the gateway to cultural intermingling, and for the first time non-ponies lived in equestria. that trend is not gonna change any time soon, and considering how the history of this kind of subject tends to work, the land of equestra is only going to grow more and more diverse. if i’m being honest, calling equestria only a “pony’s land” is as much as a political problem as is saying that foreigners don’t belong in america. and i hope we can all agree that ethnic minorities in america should have fair vote and representation in government. wouldn’t it be the same for equestria?
@durdleduc Yeah, every species has it's own kingdom/land ruled by one of its own, a land that can and is visited by everyone who can get along, but that it's reserved to the species and every visitor eventually leaves, all and every species...but ponies, because equestria the pony's land is now the land of everyone, and once you think about it, theres nothing in the other species lands that is of value to the ponies, so they get nothing from them assuming we would turn the Dragon's land into everycreature's land like in equestria, but the wealth of the ponies' land benefits everyone that comes in.
And now, if Twilight were to give these species a say in Equestria which she most likely did, now all these species have political influence both in their own land's and in Equestria, while the ponies can only have a say on Equestria, now these species would want to see their lands be as wealthy as Equestria, to see all their fellow yaks receive the light of friendship, and thus the ponies start working for the betterment of these species which really have not much to offer.
What if she just dosen't? You may ask, well now that the rainbow laser is linked to all these species, it only needs for relations with one species to sour with any other species to take away the rainbow laser to Equestria, Cozy Glow realised she could exploit differences between the three pony types, it would only be an easier task when there is far more species, both in number, and in differences between each other.
I feel like there should be like, a council ruling over Equestria, rather than one creature. One changling, one Hippogriff/Seapony, one Alicorn, one Yak, and so on and so fourth. And each species elects one of their own species to join that council every time they need a new councillor. Just a thought.
Not a dictator, an absolute monarch of a royal line with adoptive hereditariness, like it was with some of the Roman emperors, and it's cool and functional.
I disagree with bringing democracy to Equestria and making it a republic, I support the Alicorn adoptive monarchy. The birth of an artificial-alicorn-since-birth like Flurry Heart thought constitutes a great problem in the long run for the population and a threat to Equestria's order and to its demographics, since it has made the alicorn characteristic genetically hereditary. It should be banned for alicorns to reproduce, OR it should be found a way to prevent that artificial characteristic from being hereditary.
As for the issue with representation of the other creatures, I don't think it should be counted because those creatures are other species who come from their own realms and they can be living, visiting or being friends to ponies under the law but Equestria is the pony land so it has a pony royal line, just like I imagine the other realms have those species governors.
Equestria is literally the land of the ponies, other species may live there but it’s still the ponies kingdom. That’s like saying a dragon cant rule over the dragon kingdom because not all the citizens are dragons. Each species has their own respective kingdom
times change and even if it's "the land of the ponies?" it's not gonna stay like that forever. other species will move there and as a good leader, you need to adapt to those changes and give everyone a chance to be seen. this is giving me "go back to ur own country" flashbacks
@/ᐠ . ֑ . ᐟ\ノ kactually an example is America. You cant be president if you were born somewhere else, even if you luv sun America you have to have been born there ( I know America votes but that’s just an example )
No one ever said that non-alicorns don't have the chance. It's just that it hasn't come time for Twilight to retire yet, which is why you haven't seen any other rulers.
I would like to give a point about two thing 1. cozy glow was given some magic from crogars bell so she turned into an alicorn but dint earn it so you can prob take her off the list 2. The baby is well a baby just because she is an alicorn doesn't mean she has to be smart that second
Actually every creature already has their own leader. They may be part of Equestria, but pony leaders are in charge of ponies, and only ponies. The dragons have the Dragon Lord, the Changelings had Queen Chrysalis, now King Thorax. The Kirin have Quiet Rain as their leader, the yaks have Prince Rutherford, and the Griffins seem to govern themselves ever since their monarchy died out or something. The hippogriffs/seaponies have Queen Novu. Etc. The leaders form alliances for peace, but they rule separately.
And I'd say... democracy, especially direct democracy, is very ethical as a concept, much more than a bloodline based monarchy or the alicorn system. BUT. The people can be fouled, can lack jugement or knowledge, can be superstitious. Think how ponies like Flim and Flam have the eloquence to convince crowds, or how the fear of Diamond Tiara and Sunset Shimmer's influence got the school to avoid at all cost to compete against them. Think what would have happened before Spike got convinced that Thorax was good, or how the entire village of kirins decided to banish Autumn if she kept her voice. And don't tell me that the people got wiser, because the unicorns/earth ponies/pegasi fight happened again recently (thanks to Tirek, Cozy and Chrysalis), even though they tell each year through songs and plays how it's important to keep cohesion to avoid the windigos. Think how even in real life, a bad leader can be elected and not get kicked at all, people just wait until the time is over and there are other elections... and yet there are still people to vote for the same...
I don't have a better solution though, just... it's ethical but not perfect
the sisters came to power bc they harnessed the magic ad strength necessary; they made good equal representations of the tribes, had equestria's best interest at heart, and were chosen/allowed to lead by pony kind. twilight, however, was just put into power. granted she had to earn her alicornhood and learn ho to govern, but she was chosen and passed down her role via the previous rulers, not put into power by her subjects.
Actually, the Crystal Empire’s government was never corrupt. Sombra “killed” and overthrew the queen, conquered it after seizing the Crystal Heart, and called himself “King”.
The Gear Knob2021-12-15 00:26:38 (edited 2021-12-15 00:41:28 )
Wasn't the whole point of S9 Twilight learning to delegate and not try to micromanage everything? No pony rules alone after all, especially so for one whose strength depends entirely on the unity of others. Celestia didn't rule alone. Real absolutist kings never truly did either, and constantly had trouble with the unruly nobles they needed to enact their laws plotting against them. Even elected officials everywhere delegate too, badvisors and staff members to help manage things and keep them in power.
Twilight, being born a commoner, kind of dodges some of the criticism of a monarchy anyway. She earned the right to rule through proving she was capable, not just because she inherited it. Actually seems like a good plan. I mean she is well studied, gifted, isn't motivated by money, has already done wonders for international relations, and is a war hero who saved the world repeatedly. Who could possibly be better qualified?
As for why they don't get rid of Twilight, (and part of the reason why monarchies still exist), it also (usually) ensures there is someone at least half respectable to represent the country internationally, even if chancellor puddinghead wins the election for the nth time in a row thanks to gerrymandering and an apathetic populace.... Wait, Chancellor? It sounds like the earth ponies originally had elected leaders, but switched to the Unicorn monarchy when they joined into Equestria. The pegasi were very Roman inspired. Maybe they had a senate, even though "Commander Hurricane" sounds more like a military junta to me!
Constitutional monarchies have an irony to them in this day and age though. With the royals being so powerless, they better represent the average person compared to the supposed commoner politician, which tend to be corrupt elites just like the old nobles they were intended to replace. Nothing really changed by adopting parliaments. In some ways it's worse now actually, with the absolute monarchy you generally knew who was coming next, with an oligarchy, you don't even know exactly who has the power now!
With that in mind, Equestia's meritocratic system of well educated, tested leaders and their delegates seems a much better way than a democracy.
Not all queens and king's have kids that take there place some will have some one they trust take there place since they know they will do there people well
*Welp since throughout the series, the Mane 6 in general & Twilight in particular underwent tons of challenges together, make dozens of friends ( u can see clearly in a lot episodes, the ponies is obsessed over the Princesses, like in 《Princess Spike》 for example ); the Princesses clearly play their part well. -The wings are the reward for their "princess-worthy deed", it's the process afterwards that rewarded in their name. -Cadence started out the Princess of Love, not ruling the Crystal Empire right away. Twilight was the Princess of Friendship, not Celestia's inheritor to the ultimate throne right away when she finised that spell. + According to some of ur theories, Celes & Luna probably were unicorns then they proved their talent of controlling the Sun & Moon, earned their wings & the title of Princesses of 🌞&🌝; kicked some hard-core villains' asses then became the official rulers of the Land. (I mean, they still could become Eq's rulers without the butt-kicking part because there weren't much of a choice besides some old wizards ⭐️🍀) *All I'm trying to say is: This is a series, not a film. The creators are teaching us to become better people, not to be satisfied over a victory for too long & expect everyone to grant u as "Sir Big Shot" forever. It's the process, people, not the result. 🤌🏻🤌🏻
"By popular Vote: you are hereby ordered to d5rink this glass of Aqua Regis!" on the other hoof, imagine having Celestia as the Ruler of where you live? Up to a point; she knows what she is doing, and delegate the majority of the work to others(like Neigh Say and Co.)
"Listen: strange ponies sitting in castles distributing wings and horns is no basis for a system of government! Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not some farcical friendship ceremony!"
@LegoGuy87 she kind of like princess Celestia kid in a way she kind of raised her sense she was with her for about most her kid and adult life only spending about 4-6 years with her parents and about 12-15 years in the care of princess Celestia soo.. she kind of is
i mean you kinda indirectly do when people like you it shows and clestea took notice of this wwwhich is why twilight was chosen twilight was chosen cuz of how good and kind she was clestea didnt just throw wings on her but took into account the things shes done over the years she was chosen cuz she was a good leader she led against so many characters nightmare moon discord tirek it wwas all her all her selfless acts
Big Boss2020-08-28 13:01:10 (edited 2020-08-28 13:09:23 )
Actually Celestia made a nepotism to Twilight Sparkle. She became a princess just for being her student. Until now she was a princess, haves a full luxury life for Celestia's money. She loves her wings more than friends. Yeah, few days ago she starting to live in Tartarus with other princesses, except Cadence. About Celestia, she was don't care about her subjects.
@LegoGuy87 I don't think "grooming" is the correct word to be using although I do understand why and yes I aware of the negative connotations of the word "queen" set by Disney. I also feel as if using the word "princess" instead of "queen" made the princesses feel more equal to the citizens of Equestria which ties in to what you were saying about them being more friendly and good intentioned.
Another thing is the cutie marks, they define ponys roles and talents in life, Celestia and Luna were born in loyalty and their marks represented being equal ans twilight represents equestia as it is, and not to mention the main six have saved questia more than enough times from being destroyed its only normal twilight would be asked to lead equestria
I saw the thumbnail and title and just thought, "Well no shit, sherlock. Equestria is a monarchical dictatorship and has been at least since Celestia and Luna took power." Not all dictatorships are like N korea, the only people who think that haven't thought about the world for a good two minutes.
others creatures could not lead equestria, as they have they're own kingdoms. Twilight has became the leader but she doesn't lead alone, she also have the mane five by her side so tecnically its not only alicorns that lead anymore
I think the final episode made it clear that equestria is a very diverse nation now. after all, we very clearly saw the shots of all the different species just sort of hanging out. the friendship school was the gateway to cultural intermingling, and for the first time non-ponies lived in equestria. that trend is not gonna change any time soon, and considering how the history of this kind of subject tends to work, the land of equestra is only going to grow more and more diverse. if i’m being honest, saying that other creatures can’t rule equestria because their native land is somewhere else can be comprable to real-life discrimination, like that in the united states. i hope we can all agree that ethnic minorities in america should have fair vote and representation in government; shouldn’t it be the same for equestria?
@Mika Gonzaga so by this logic only native Americans should rule America because everyone else is either a descendant of European immigrants or a descendant of slaves. And yet the European immigrants rule it.
@N.C. Pictures seriously its a cartoon. What we think should happen in the mlp world doesnt mean we think it should happen in Real life. What i mean is its a different world, so we're going to have a different way to it. It doesnt need to be like real life nor the other way around.
Something that might work would to have a system like in England Twilight would still be the queen but wouldn't really have any ruler power
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William RIVIERE2021-01-28 23:23:38 (edited 2021-01-28 23:25:54 )
I think you may have overlooked something. Equestria isn't the whole world. I mean, the changelings, the yacks, the griffins, the dragons, the hippogriffs and the kirins are all independents kingdoms. Even the Crystal Empire is separated from Equestria. Throughout the series, Twilight makes friends with creatures from all theses countries, and she only rules Equestria. Sure with the new world peace, we can see creatures from other kingdoms choosing to live in Equestria, like Gallus working as a guard in Canterlot, but in the end, Equestria is a land of ponies, so an alicorn is still the best representation of unity for earth ponies, pegasi and unicorns. The sames goes for the Crystal Empire, a land of ponies. So an alicorn is a logical ruler.
But it's just how I understand things, makes sense to me :)
Well I think the ponies chose Celestia, so whoever she chooses they can trust. Not to mention Twilight ( and her friends ) did a lot before Twilight took over. And it’s pretty much ponies rule ponies, hippogriffs rule hippogriffs and so forth.
Well. I agree with the concept suggested but I have a critique. Technically Twilight is like a philosopher by the standards of Equestria and her philosophical studies fit well into government. Celestia pretty much adopted her and taught her how to think. She was pretty much raised to be ruler. It's not so much a devine right like the propaganda makes it out to be and is present in a monarch because it's not a monarchy at all. It's also not a dictatorship. This is what we call an Aristocracy, something that was suggested as an ideal government by societies. This later mentioned by plato in his writings as societies did not know how to write.
Google definition Aristocracy. Aristocracy is the form of government (politeia) advocated in Plato's Republic. This regime is ruled by a philosopher king, and thus is grounded on wisdom and reason.
This show pretty much depicts Aristocracy in action although one has never truly exsisted in the real world. A philosopher ruler who is grounded on wisdom and reason which is why Celestia picked twilight in the first place.
I don't think twilight meets the criteria of a dictator simply because she didn't really force her way into becoming a ruler, also because she didn't initially even want the role.
A democracy seems great in writing but I feel like that would also leave uncertainty. Where as having a Aristocracy with an immortal ruler might have more stability.
I do admit there are risks but I think for what they have, they should keep. It works. It would only be a problem if there is a change of power.
While that WOULD be a perfect solution Sawtooth, the problem is parties and it could fall into the same trap as America, the two-party system which has made the past elections be about trying to decide the lesser of two evils.
Don’t know if I could really support this theory, I mean, this is EQUESTRIA we are talking about (it’s a whole new dimension). Adding up to that, Twilight did prove herself worthy of being a princess and the ruler of Equestria, she had even free’d the Crystal Empire from King Sombra’s control, saved Equestria from a changeling attack, has a dragon assistant/friend/buddy, has a whole castle and school, went under princess Celestia’s wing for her studies. It would be unimaginable to think that someone could go against the fact that the ponies wouldn’t care about Twilight being the ruler. But does that necessarily mean that Twilight would be a good ruler for Equestria, because of the fact that her friends also helped Twilight along the journey?, yes? It only applies like that because the two sister’s, princess Celestial and her sister, princess Luna, are a bit useless in the show (not trying to be offensive), all they do is raise the sun, moon, help people in dreams/nightmares and do duties anyone can do. A change to TwilightSparkle is a good change to Equestria as Twilight and her friends had saved Equestria multiple times and even brought different creatures together (than the Earth ponies, Pegasus (Pegasi) and Unicorns).
They need to learn oppression, racial equity. What’s Equestria’s justice system again? Equal representation, checks and balances, how debates work. Do they have a Bill of Rights and does it extend to all creatures? Do the creatures all have accessible legal protection? Where are the laws???
@Perludio Music As far as the show all creatures except for commie libtards are welcome in Equestria commie libtards get defeated as the villians they are
@Perludio Music ok i can answer those 1.All creatures have different kingdoms and they dont answer to the Rules of Equestria or to Equestria at all..unless they declare war on the ponies..they have their own rules for their own lands. 2.Everyone is welcomed as long as they want to Uphold the laws of the land..soo you know..common sense 3.The laws wore never explained in the show but the laws ( i mean the target audience wore 6 year old girls..ya dont expect that when our schools dont teach you anything meaningfull at that age) seem to rotate around what the princess orders to..and the Princess seem to have the Ultimate authority and the Final decition over something ..
4.Bills? For that we need to know how their currency works all we know is that they use gold coins and Crystals..but given that a couch costs 2 bits in equestria i will say the economy is pretty strong
Also Anarchy is never meant to work..might as well call it a FREE for all and everyone will kill everyone
Celestia: I’ve ruled for too long. Twilight Sparkle is our new leader. Luna: What about me? Celestia again: You’re too young. Luna again: looks 8k metres down at Twilights short size
Edit: I wonder why Celestia retired, though she has been ruling forever
Thinking about it from a history stance (cause my class is currently discussing governments), Twilight and the rest of the alicorn monarchy seem more like "Absolute Monarchs". Absolute Monarchs have all power, and whatever they say goes; they may have advisers, treasurer's and so forth, but they ultimately make the rules. A dictator on the other hand /enforces/ their rules, often with violent, military conquest or so forth. Twilight doesn't really for the role of "dictator", since I doubt that the equestrian military could even handle enforcing, or military conquest.
As for elections, the whole point is that the "kingdom" of ponies is filled by a pony. It's like saying Americans can't vote for an American president, because we have Europeans here on visas who can't vote. The ponies have a pony ruler, the changeling's there's, and so many other creatures, in or outside of Equestria. Just because there are other creatures within the pony kingdom doesn't mean that they are completely under the rule of the pony leader. Just like visiting another country, they could be visiting, or if they do live there, then they put consideration into living under the "pony" system.
agreed. she's not a dictator because she doesn't use force to maintain her rule. Also she did something to earn her position. its a meritocracy. you may not like that earning wings and horns on one pony is a bad merit system but that is a separate issue. it's still a merit system and she earned it
Here's an interesting thought: Why shouldn't people from Europe on visas in the US vote? They absolutely have a stake in who their state governor is or who the president is as does any other citizen. It's not that they don't pay taxes, as immigrants and other foreign residents pay property taxes either via homeownership or rental, as well as sales tax when purchasing goods in the US, and depending on their employers, they may also pay federal, state, and local income taxes. Who's to say this won't be different for Equestria? A pony like Twilight who's shown to treat non-ponies no differently than ponies would absolutely understand this point of view and see why they'd deserve to be represented.
Regardless, whatever happens post-finale is entirely up to our own individual headcanons, and I personally doubt Twilight would maintain the strength or the will to govern once her friends inevitably kick the bucket, so some sort of constitutional monarchy (like how Britain or Denmark are currently run) with her as some sort of unifying figure is what's most likely IMO.
@Moonatik What you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in the message chain is now dumber for having read it. I award you no points and may god have mercy on your soul.
But in the future it won't just be a kingdom of ponies. Your reasoning only works if all non-pony creatures are just visitors, but I'm sure that Twilight would allow non-ponies to permanently settle and live within Equestria, and if they're living in and being governed by Equestria then they should have the right to be represented by its government. And asking non-ponies to move back to their homelands if they don't like the Equestrian government is ridiculous - what if a non-pony was born in Equestria, or doesn't like whatever kingdom their species originated from, or doesn't have the means to move across a whole kingdom?
There's another point to think about, which is they can choose to pass down the throne when they deem someone ready. It's not like irl where they have to choose someone within a century cause of lifespans. They can wait thousands of years until someone they can rely on to pass on the throne finally shows up.
The way rulership works in equestria is that once the ruler decides they must step down they must have a pony to go to to give the royal thrown there is no saying that when twilight is done ruling she couldn’t give it to a griffin it’s the former rulers chose who is the new ruler
Twilight may not represent the public in terms of her anatomy, but she represents the public in terms of values and interest. She's the princess of Friendship, which is basically platonic love and love is the stro- Oh, wait... Cadence!!
Besides, Twilight is the one who wanted other creatures to dwell in Equestria in the first place (her advisor is a dragon, btw). And she's led the saving of Equestria numerous times. We can worry about votes the next time around.
You know that in this kind of ellection Cozyglow or someone as manipulative as her Will win The ellection, don't you? And even if she doesn't win, she can win The loyalty of many ponys and start a wor. The ellection is not The solution.
I think Equestria has no voting system for their ruler because they have no need for one - Celestia has been ruling for over 1 000 years and everything has been going along fine. They don't have the need for a voting system because they simply don't have the desire for a new ruler.
One thing that gets on my nerves is that in the show celestia is called a princess but in the comics she is called a queen but luna is still called a princess, im more into how they treat royalty in the comics, what do you like better?
What if they just ruled their own countries and other species lived in equestria as immigrants? Or maybe there can be a group ruling everyone with one major leader (like the parliament).
I think if anything, this sort of 'monarchy' was the norm back in the days of princesses and princes. But what i'd like to see however, is in g5, since it's taking on a more modern approach, to see an actual political system. Unfortunately they didn't do this, and still kept the princesses as the official rulers, which in my opinion, makes no sense in a modern context - unless theyre just for show like the royal family is.
In my fanfic i'm thinking of, Twilight is a dictator and killed the last three members of a species but is stoped by the last one who was given immortality by her, so after he stoped her, he got back to the house he was raise in and find that it is habandon, so he decides to stay there forever and is later found by the Man 5, many years later.
the alicorn system reminds me of the system of England we have a queen that has the final say with lews but always sighs them off as the government sent it to her . and has little to no control of the county.
With G5 coming I think this old vid explains a lot
G5: Magic is gone in Equestria EG: Magic of Equestria is leaking into Human World. Maybe that's why Equestria lost magic? G4: Various races together under Alicorn rulers. But other races have unique rulers G5: The other races leave or die out, the Alicorns lose power, and the Pony races segragate
The problem is that by default, alicorns are having a big amount of power so any way they will become aristocrats. Okay there are really strong unicorns but they're not immortal/having long lifespan. Therefore alicorns usually will be kept at top the trusted ones ig and they may be a major help with enemies. Yet there might be a good idea to make a government or something like that so besides alicorns monarchy there would be representatives elected amongst different species
She’s not a dictator since those are enforced by a regime. The role of “princess” in Equestria fits more like what Plato described as a Philosopher King. Populations are corruptible as well and Equestria as a whole has been extremely prosperous overall with the alicorn system. No elections, all hail Princess Twilight
There are plenty of greedy ponies who would corrupt a democratic system to get power and push agendas. Better to have an unquestrionably good, wise person in charge who was taught and raised to understand and appreciates that what they have isn't 'power' as much as 'a responsibility to the people'.
@Dark Cyan agreed i also think the new six the ones who stopped cozy gloww the ones that all species nearly went to war over when they diasppeared from school? i think they are meant to turn into a concil
Even real world democracy isn't as good or uncorruptable as you guys think, just look at Egypt and Syria, democracy didn't work out too well for these guys
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Leen Al-anzy2020-08-31 22:41:41 (edited 2020-09-17 05:32:42 )
@Leen Al-anzy exactly what i was saying if you scroll up i mean some of these guys wanna change their system when the system hasnt failed them yet or atleast not as much our system on the other hand has failed us so many times we basically get two options chosen on the bias of two different groups and we get to vote but if the choices are bad well....sucks to be us
Maybe the flawed system in Friendship is Magic is what caused the eventual destruction of harmony that we see in the new movie. I know this was a year ago, but I still want to talk about it here because it's on topic I guess.
The system goes: Celestia- mentors Twilight, chooses her as her next leader, Twilight presumably will also mentor someone and choose THEM as their next leader, and so on and so on, meaning that somewhere down the line someone could be chosen who does NOT have Equestria's best interests at heart.
The truth is we are relying on the goodness and judgement of individuals instead of trusting the opinion of the country as a whole. Individuals mess up sometimes, even if we trust Celestia because she chose Twilight, and we trust Twilight (because we knew her so well in the series) to choose someone well-intentioned, who will her choice choose and so on? It is basically a dictatorship because they rule their entire lives (until THEY choose to step down), without an election, and choose the ruler that will succeed them without any citizens having a say.
Although it seems to have worked so far considering the state of the kingdom under Celestia's and then Twilight's rule, we cannot always trust that the leader will be a good person. A dictatorship is a flawed system and this will cause Equestria to fall into disarray eventually.
This may have caused the split among not only ponies but also ponies and other species that we see in MLP: A New Generation.
unless the normal ponies know the secret of the alicorns which alicorns themselves dont know... and they do elect a princess by giving her magic of three tribes but the princesses dont know so they cant exploit that rule. This would match with Sombra as Cobalt theory as as soon as ponies knew what he did, they would call starswirl.
Sure lets forget all those poor unicorns that almost died after using all their magic rising the sun and the moon until the day that the sun and the moon needed way more magic energy to be moved to the point the poor unicorns become sick and tired from overworking in their dutys ...
Until they asked the two sisters to take care of the sun and the moon, that and the fact that they were the ones to defeat discord made them the only choice to be rulers among the ponys
How does any of that makes them eligible to be rulers? Did Unicorns rule all of pony kind prior to that cause they were the ones to sacrifice themselves to move sun? cause Heartwarming eve story says otherwise.
Hero defeating a dictator doesn't make hero the only choice for the throne.
Luna and Celestia are a mix of all of the 3 tribes which are Unicorn, Earth and Pegasus and thus had more strength to raise and lower the sun and the moon than the original unicorns and thus they used their strength to defeat King Sombra and the tyrant Discord then were assigned to the thrones.
It would be nice if Equestria was a democracy but if you haven't noticed it's impossible 😂😅 because all the tyrants got there by force. And if the less powerful ponies would be like "Democracy!" They'd just get their butts thrown in the dungeon 😂🤷🏼♀️
I'd rather "Equestria" remain a pony kingdom that just allows others to live there. Maybe they can have a counsel of members of every race working under Twilight to submit things to her for approval. Even if those members may be of a simpler variety (diamond dogs).
whom ever is in charge would need some ability to raise and lower the sun and moon, wouldn't they? plus each kingdom is primarily the one species, a majority of the students that are non-pony i would assume are only there for schooling so who's to say there's even that large of a permanent residents to even warrant a change like that. if anything the position should be open to any magic users, since quite a few of the requirements need magic to be completed.
Interesting idea. Though democracy is more safe and free, that wouldn't stop a corrupt leader to use violence and oppression in order to keep his position. In addition democracy is complaix as it is with many factors and loopholes to be taken into account. Monarchy in the other hand is easier to use and more practical with the only major problem being that of finding a suitable candidate. So overall mlp should stick to monarcy.
I honestly think that changelings should rule atleast for a little bit because they have the power to turn into different kinds of things pony,griffen,and dragon and more! It would be a perfect balance between all tribes!
Plot twist: celesta stole those wings from a Pegasus with purple skin and huge wings Why the frick does this have almost 300 likes, it’s not even that funny- Yass 666 likes Why 1k likes, this joke sucks-
Wolf World Blackyy don’t forget for the princess of friendship is she the least social of her friends. And i kinda don’t get why its her thats princess. I mean a princess of kindness and animans would be very usefull aswell.
@Bo Braekevelt I can see where you're coming from,and I kinda agree but being the princess of friendship doesn't mean talk and talk and talk with your friends,it means being there for them and while all Mane 6 do that, she is also a good, selfless ruler who doesn't care what spieces you are plus Princess Celestia saw potential in her and she was great at doing magic
Artle and firefrog yeah i dunno i kinda think its unfair, she didn’t do more or more important stuff then her friends. I think none of them should be princesses or all of them should be. I dont like the fact that one of them is chosen to be better then the rest...
I have tried sooo hard to like twilight but it’s so hard example: 1. They give way to much credit to twilight 2. Listen to the song we’re not flawless and the main 5 say a flaw they have except twilight making her look perfect 3. If it weren’t for rainbows rainboom twilight would not have turned into A Alicorn so why was twilight they only one turned into a alicorn! But trust me I have tried to like her I really have
I think they should have one leader for each tribe of creatures. A Griffin king or queen, a princess or prince, a hippogriff/sea-pony king or queen, a changeling king or queen, a yacht chief (I think taht is what they call them) and a dragon king or queen.
I always thought that the griffins has their own ruler, the hippogriffs have a queen, and the dragons have a dragon master, etc. And think of all the school that Twilight went through... I think someone out for power would’ve rebelled by then....
Loved this vid! Never really thought of this before...
For dragons the correct term is Dragon Lord. But either way, you are right. Every species has their own form of rulers. They are just now having open boarders allowing folks to to travel through and from very easily.
Ah, now we see the violence inherited to the system Twilight:shut up UP sawtooth:come and see the violence inherited to the system help help I am being repressed
Regarding alicorns, I think you made a fallacious argument. Such as: means. The means that Cozy took to become an Alicorn was through absorbing tons of magic. The methods to earn alicornhood is either through birth right OR through proving skill in harmony-based magic, such as balancing the day and night, or mastering friendship.
I do luv Twilight but her character in the shows seasons over time has been very controlling and kinda of a sociopath. Dont get me wrong shes one of my faves but she has that kind of Im gonna kill u attitude if u disagree with me on something and she panics alot in the show when someone does not listen to her. Now its normal to freakout in the situations shes been in. But the problem is she thinx she needs to do this all on her own and neglects her friends sometimes.
Her ego isnt satisfied until she does things her way regardless of the mane 5s help at all.
I have an idea for a potential kinds of candidates for future Equestrian elections - a changeling! Changelings would work well in a multi-creature democracy. As they can shapeshift, changelings could disguise themselves as members of any population, to stake out any problems any population could be facing (whether pony, hippogriff, changeling, yak, etc). They could see the issues arising from the inside and then consult with all nations about conflict resolution, especially with Young/Student 6 in their treehouse.
Well because an alicorn possesses very strong magic and in this world/setting higher than any other creature since they are technically three types of pony combined. And like you said a good ruler would get the vote anyway so it doesn't matter what matter is when a tyrant or bad ruler loses the vote they can just take the crown by force since it's impossible to stand up to them one by one but if they are smart they can pull off something like the cozy glow-tirek-crystalise move and tear this world apart so no one unites and stop them. and since twilight is alive now it is assumed that this happens when none of the characters we have now is still there to stop him so a voting system is useless since you can't render a powerful being like an alicorn useless with just a measly vote.
one could also say that another representation like the mane 6 might appear but looking at canterlot and manhattan when you compare those folks to ponyvile is seems the more advanced/sophisticated one is more selfish/into self-interest and if its a setting where voting becomes available it can be thought that less city/towns like ponyvile will be there anymore.
I know this vid was from year ago but I just recently suddenly felt like theorizing mlp world, hope you read it.
To be fair, the argument is flawed in that it assumes all alicorns become rulers as soon as they ascend. Ruling alicorns all became so through an act of supreme harmony, demonstrating their worth. The succession is a meritocracy, not racial or hereditary. While anyone with wings and a horn gains the courtesy title of Princess, that doesn't give them supreme executive power. However, it is canon that even alicorns can fall from grace, so that does make sense.
I dont know if someone else has said this but to have another creature rule equestria would also be a bit weird as equestria is that land of ponies. I get that there are other creatures there now but those creatures also have their own rulers and such and we arent saying that ponies should have the chance to rule there. Yes it is a bit iffy to not have a vote for twilight and the other alicorns but I also believe that the rulers of equestria should be limited to ponies as it is their land.
Also, I think alicorn corruption is why there is usually more than one princess at a time (except potentially when Luna was banished because we don't know if Cadence was one yet), as a failsafe for power hungry rulers.
I think the main problem in your argument is based on a bias of living in a time where monarchy and patriarchy are on low in favor for democracy but the problem here is your applying this to a realm still in that stage yes it seems good on paper however we can see every single form of government and organization can and will be corrupted beyond good function. Yes democracy in government sounds good but your kinda jumping the gun on it they could still hold this purity for a long time to come and as a patriarchy having ponies in charge of their kingdom that others choose to live in can set the stage for more learning.
I don't know. It's a good idea, but I don't know how fair it would be. And Twilight has kinda earned her place. I like the monarchy, but maybe if the ruler's council was elected, then there would be better representation.
@Sawtooth Waves Thanks! I can imagince there could also be a rule where the council has to vote on every rule Twilight or the current ruler wants to pass, and if the majority agrees, it would be allowed to pass, kind of like in the US.
flurry heart is a baby so i think that case can be excused. and there ends up being an episode where he explains how he thinks flurry heart did something significant and that is why she is windowed
i think the ruler has to have the ability to do magic in Equestria and because it so rare to someone to became an alicorn they are consider as 'Royal' and I think the rulers have to pick a good hearted alicorn to rule, that's what they have to do when its time for them to retire and that could be the reason why for and example Starlight would never become an alicorn or the ruler of Equestria cause used to be bad.
Are we just going to ignore the multiple other kingdoms. They are multiple kingdoms like the crystal empire and the dragon lands along with the sea. They each have different rulers to each race we even saw the Kirin have some form of leadership. Maybe if it was a place like ponyville then you can vote for a mayor.
Then the fact of when Sombra took over the crystal empire ponies tried to stop him. Ponies do have some say in there leader I don't think it is as forward as voting but I think it is on the lines of respect. Twilight wasn't given a position of power when she became a alicorn or even when she got a castle. She still went through a system to create a school in later episodes. The only reason she had the school stay is because the ponies agree with twilight.
It took multiple adventure and trials before twilight got her wings. Then she went on multiple more to solve problems of the ponies and learn how to lead them. Celestia even waited till she thought twilight was ready to give her the crown. It isn't prefect but I don't think ponies would follow a leader that didn't have there best interest at heart just look at the crystal empire. Sombra return to take over but instead of following there king they choose cadence in which she became the leader of the crystal empire.
I liked you video but I think a few points should be clarified:
Sombra is not the legitimate ruler of the Crystal Empire, he literaly turned her into stone and shattered princess Mi Amore Candaza (not the one we know, the one from a millenia ago) to take the power.
As for Cozy Glow, she also was not a true alicorn cause instead of unveiling her true potential, she cheated to make herself all powerful. What I mean is that I doubt it was in her destiny (aka her cutie mark) to become a princess.
Flurry heart is a mystery. I agree that with the possibility of inheritance, instead of elevation through a comming-of-age ritual, the question of the legitimacy is highly important.
I liked that you brought the idea of the election, cause it reminded me of Equestria at War, a HOI4 mod. After a time of crisis, the people have started to question the legitimacy of the ruler and they had a referendum to work they problem out. But culture cannot be changed that easily, so in continuity of the show, I doubt they would abandon the monarch regime that they had for so long. But a parlementary Monarchy is actually more than probable, considering Twilight is the ruler. What better monarchy than a monarchy that rely on everycreature communicating with each others with understanding and will to improve Equestria ?
@Polina Borodikhina The comics. They're technically canon for the most part (as long as they don't contradict the show). What is canon and what is not is always a tricky subject concerning sombra, but I'm pretty sure it's canon for this one.
I realize this isn't exactly a channel based on political science, but I feel compelled to point out that the term you're looking for here "autocrat," not "dictator." Unless, of course, Equestria has a constitution which theoretically enshrines democratic systems but which fails to actually limit Twilight's power because it either is full of loopholes or is simply ignored ("autocracy" meaning "rule by one," "dictatorship" indicating a system which is nominally democratic despite actual power being wielded by either an individual or a small group of social elites). Which would certainly be an interesting situation, but I don't think we're ever actually given much information about Equestria's government aside from "the alicorn princesses are a thing, everyone does what they say, other nobles (i.e. Prince Blueblood) exist but have no actual power" within the show itself. I think the comics go a bit more in-depth about things, but it's been a while since I've seen any of those. Not to mention that the canonicity of things in the comics - even when they aren't directly contradicted by the show - is questionable, at best.
That does make me wonder whether Equestria was an autocracy while Celestia and Luna were around or not. After all, it's only an autocracy if just one person holds the power. Otherwise, it would probably be classified as some form of aristocracy. But did Luna have any real power, or was she a distinctly inferior partner? Could Celestia veto Luna's decisions like a king of Sparta could veto those of his co-king? And if so, could Luna veto Celestia's decisions as well?
And from where do the princesses claim to derive their authority? In earth's historical monarchies, it's usually been some form of divine mandate, but unless there's some pony religion we don't know anything about, that probably isn't the case... unless the occasions of ponies inserting the princesses into expressions where God would be invoked irl are indicators that the alicorns (or at least Celestia) really have/has deified themselves/herself. Which would be very dystopian, if you think about it, considering that we can say with a fair bit of confidence by this point that even though the alicorns are more magical than the average pony, they aren't in any way divine.
Or is there some sort of constitution that grants the princesses their authority? And if so, who wrote it? Representatives of the three pony tribes, perhaps? But given that one was some form of monarchy (probably an absolute or feudal monarchy) and another seems to have been a military dictatorship, that wouldn't be enough to claim their power derives from "the people" (or "the ponies," whatever). Would there be some sort of saint-like canonization of those who wrote that constitution, upholding them as wise and near-infallible figures whose judgement in granting rulership to the alicorns shouldn't be questioned? Is that the real reason why Clover the Clever, Private Pansy, and Smart Cookie are revered while the actual leaders of the tribes are practically vilified - because Clover, Pansy, and Cookie were the ones who wrote the constitution that gave rule to the alicorns?
Or did Celestia and Luna simply barge in, force the other leaders to abdicate to them at horn-point, and proclaim for themselves that their rule was what was in the best interests of all ponies?
Or, finally, is Equestria actually a parliamentary system, it's simply not one where the monarchs are expected to be apolitical, and there really is at least some form of genuinely democratic governance that we simply never see?
Ah, all the political questions that only people like myself and George R.R. Martin care about in our simplistic works of escapist fantasy.
i mean equestria still is the pony kingdom regardless of other creatures living there or not so asking a dragon or another species to also be given a chance to rule there would be like asking sm from another country to be elected in another
Equestria is an almost an absolutist monarchy because the only check of its power is a council, that in any type of government is focused in maintaining the status quo.
Basically Celestia used Twilight to blast through the council and an advance an agenda of integration.
Hey Sawtooth, I noticed something in the last episode of mlp that might interest you. You came to the conclusion that the young 6 aren't connected to the elements one on one. And the first time we saw them with the elements, this happened. Gallus: Magic, Silver: Laughter, Yona: Honesty, Ocelus: Generosity, Smolder: Loyalty, Sandbar: Kindness. And in the last episode, if you remember the main 6 were all one color of the rainbow, and it showed who that character knew or met. And the young six are in these. And they just so happen to be with the same pony, that they were first connected to wityh the elements. Maybe something to consider?
But the reason behind alicorns being in charge is because they are the ones which raise and lower the sun and moon and we also see that the crystal empire alicorns could fix the heart alone. If you were to implement a voting system how would the sun and moon be raised and lowered each day. It is also shown that there are only a certain amount of alicorns, and that they become alicorns after the combination of multiple tribes coming as the form of one showing there loyalty and trust in that alicorn they have selected worthy. This is just my theory tho.
While Equestria could become a Democracy the fact basically is that if the government does become corrupt then there are very few ways to overthrow it. Sure the elements could be used or in some cases another Alicorn could help the populace rise up. But given how powerful the ruling Alicorn usually is, moving the sun, moon or both, it's unlikely to happen and if it did what happens to their responsibilities?
Technically, whilst the human world uses the Divine Right (appointed by God) as justification, the pong world actually has a physical and visual reference to believe that they deserve to be rulers: Alicorns. But yes, they can be evil too.
Edit: If MLP was realistic, Luna’s corruption would have been a major threat to the monarchy and thus, there would definitely be anti-alicorn groups who believe they aren’t fit since they now know that Alicorns can be corrupted.
I think that celestial first saw that if twilight was a good enough to be a future leader and once again the other Question she is only ruling the ponies aren't there other leaders like way back when celestial was ruling? So someone else must have taken place and everyone seems to be happy as twilight and friends helped to bring creatures together
I agree that they should elections on which pony should be a leader, but this is EQUESTRIA. You know, horses? It's completely reasonable to say only ponies should rule. Foreigners in the election wouldn't be a good thing, even if they genuinely wanted to help.
@Catherine Trump is subjectively the best president we've had in years. The only one to actively not start any wars and lower the taxes for the people. If you were anti trump that means you are either in ignorant indoctrinated sheep or you're a communist.
@Nocthe Medic Says the fan who's aLmIGhtY lEaDeR just encouraged a mob to storm the capitol. And none of them have masks on. But BLM protests are bad, lmao
@crash ! Well similarly to communism, the election was rigged, Where about the inter a massive economic collapse in starvation will be a rather large problem within the year.
How can you people actually unironically watch Buyten slaughter millions of jobs within his 1st week and immediately allow a border crisis and watch him oau the printing of trillions and trillions of dollarsAnd ironically think hes doing a good job.
Biden has done more damage to our country in one month than any other president has done within a full 4 years
@Nocthe Medic Here- since you don’t know what words mean: Subjective is defined as relating to or denoting a mood of verbs expressing what is imagined or wished or possible. So like your entire argument is kind of destroyed by your thesis and uneducatedness
@Nocthe Medic All right. But I'm also American. And I recall Trump worsening our relationship with China, and calling for multiple recounts during the last vote, just because he didn't want to lose power. Also, you shouldn't be calling people rude names because you think they are wrong. An opinion is an opinion. I respect yours, but you need to please respect others.
@GalaxyTheDragonshifter you may live here but your not American. China is our enemy and the election was rigged. You could see thousands of votes being added in Michigan all at once in the middle of the night. There were countless irregularities with the election
@Nocthe Medic Elections are rigged, but God is the one that puts leaders up. No person can change God's will. So if God wants Biden up, than Biden is the president we need right now.
@Catherine oh ok. I didn't know you were trying to be funny. Like what some people would say. "You can't hear the tone of someone's voice through text, because you can't hear tex, you can only see it. And thus, it is hard for people to know what is a joke and what is not a joke."
@Margaret Bush yeah I feel like, in itself, communisism is a good idea, a good concept. Buuut humans SUCK, so it couldn't work because it's BOUND that at least one bad person will get some level of power and abuse of it.
America didnt have any good runners in the past 5 years, toxic feminist who wasnt even good at the job, rude orange dude who put children in cages and socialist old guy who will most likely die very soon due to hints at alzheimers
@Rllycldg _ the only correct person in the comments section. America’s choices are all shitty. People are desperately trying to defend what they deem a “slightly better piece of shit” instead of calling out everyone for being pieces of shif
What if it's like... There are 2 people for the voting and one of them just lures everypony to vote that person, that way the wrong pony/any creature will be selected but it will end up as a wrong choice?
Don't take this as hate it's just a comment or a question sort of
Lately i was thinking about how nightmare moon escaped. And i found out that she escaped same way as discord. She actually ran away right after all ponies met?
I’m sorry but the fact that the Celestia PNG at the beginning bit having the brush still in it made it like 1,000 times funnier for me for no reason xP
Before Twilight became ruler the non pony population was less than 0.1% Her changing things in the epilogue doesn’t mean she was wrong choice in the beginning. And we don’t know if those other creatures are citizens, they can be just be tourists, ambassadors and students from other countries. No matter what their numbers could not be very high since the populations for non-ponies aren’t very high either even in their places of origin.
Ok so you have a point but that would mean the dragon kingdom, changeling kingdom all the other species would be able to rule ANY kingdom. But also, majority of the time the other species don't live in Equestria and the ponies would vote Twilight anyway as they can rely on her. (Seeming as alicorns are immortal until proven not that means they are reliable and are strong enough to do things others cant) :)
I mean why are you judging the characters solely off of race? I mean when you're trying to talk politics that's pretty shallow, also dragons have an Empress, Yaks have their own ruler so on so Fort. If they want to leave Equestria, they can. Twilight didn't become ruler because she is an Alicorn, it is because of who she is and how she saved everyone, she also had experience being a princess before that and so was a ruler that could rule Canterlot.
I also think you misunderstand that these nations of yaks, dragons etc agreed to become apart of Equestria, they rule their own lands and those lands they chose to make part of Equestria, they cannot rule Canterlot and their own at the same time,Canterlot is simply the capital and so other rulers agree to answer to that capitals ruler.
Also Twilight was chosen to be ruler, she didn't just give herself the role so I think that's another point of misrepresentation on your part.
As socrates states (that I heard of from school of life) when it comes to elections most peopl- er I mean ponies might vote for a candy shop owner over a doctor.
You have to remember there are still other rulers a ponytail in the dragon lands or a dragon good living changeling lands but they would still have King thorax dragon lord Ember as the rulers it is still Equestria
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I remember the days when some thought celestia was a dictator and sparked the whole solar empire NLR WAR thing
I think she already has that because the strongest magic of friendship is granted, not by a crude device of paper ballot, but by sincere and honest approval of the population. Also, it seems that they do not even have actual authority, but act as leaders. It seems that Celestia has to please the population. Also, it seems the unified kingdom still doesn't have a centrally appointed government official over each land, but with each race having the right to self-lead. So, I think this is all well.
No offence sawtooth but Twilight is no a dictator, let me explain, there are 5 alicorns in equestria, 1 is too young to rule, another is ruling the crystal empire, 2 are retiring and there's only 1 alicorn left, the pony with all 3 tribes, Twilight Sparkle, due for her being the only alicorn left to rule equestria
When you showed Cozy glow alicorn you said she was an alicorn, but she became an alicorn bc of the bell ( Idk how to spell his name ) and she was not given a horn by princess celestia, plus she is not a princess so she is not part of the alicorn government. Alicorns are only chosen for the new magic that they created but they also need to have good intentions. When in comes to royalty in the past we did not choice our kings, queens, emperors, etc. Each kingdom has there own rulers to represent there culture. Like dragon lands a dragon ruler, changelings a changeling ruler. Same here with alicorns. They represent the pony culture of all three tribes. Equestria is home to many creatures yes. But Equestria is pony land. Like in real life we go to different country’s and live there if we want to but it dose not mean the ruler has to change. When you talked bout King Sambra he took over. He was not chosen, in like twiggy who WAS chosen to rule. There is a difference -_- Baby alicorn ( forgot her name ) she is a princess so she is risen to be a ruler which are intelligent and good rulers ( as much as they can be ).
I think though Equestria is still the land of the ponies which makes sense why an Alicorn would rule it. And also the land of the dragons and other creatures still exist so they run by their kinds rule
The alicorns rule over the ponies because the ponies are part of Equestria. If you look on a map of the world from the show, you’ll see several other lands outside equestria where the other creatures are from (I. E. Griffenstone, Klugetown, Yak-Yak-a-Stan, etc.). So when all those creatures are moving around within equestria, they then are choosing to live there thus being under Twilight’s rule. And I disagree that she is a dictatorship or alicorn leadership is a dictatorship. Alicorn leadership in equestria is a monarchy, thus why twilight has a council and an advisor and the final say goes through her since she is the royal ruler. Now Sombra would have been more of a dictator of a monarch bc not only did he have neither of those two things, but he also took the throne for himself and used only his say and abused his power in whatever way benefited him the most, regardless of the cost of his subjects. Maybe tyrant is a more politically correct term, but my point still stands
Sorry for the long comment, just wanted to give my opinion :)
The only problem I find with this is that right now that only alicorns can raise the sun and moon which so far no other creature can do without the right magic.
An interesting conflict if the "vote if you don't like the ruler" happens could be Twilight trying to defeat a villain or something but ends up causing mass conflict in Equestria. A vote to make her step down occurs, and the villain becomes the new ruler of Equestria. It's not very fleshed out but it's a basis I think the show would do if it had this system.
if someone was bad and people tried to vote them out, they would probably go rogue like the crystal empires former king lmao. Its a different world from real life, because magic and such is involved.
Discord would make a great ruler tbh, despite the fact that he is toned down tzeentch (I mean HEAVILY toned down), but the fact that he knows the value of FrIeNdShIp, means that, he is probably entirely trustworthy, and that nothing bad will ever happen ever.
Well technically alicorns are the most powerful ones by magic means and alicorns are coronated like old monarchs difference is that alicorns are a beings made by powerful magic and by powerful person that person mostly is trained by alicorn or is one or is born a royalty but in the sistem there is another thing alicorns are immortal if they don’t retire they could rule forever ♾ so democraty might make it even worse people may (well creatures) elect someone he can become power hungry and become a true dictator And monarchy is different from dictatorship so twilight is not an dictator and as long as people are happy having a monarchy is not bad if something French aham I meant equestrian revolution head chopping and princess popping So if people want they can’t do what they want they have some immoral powerful ponies on they’re side if something happens And they are called princess of equestria but it mostly is of pony part of equestria others have they’re leaders so it’s still isn’t that of into serious problem and sometimes democracy ruins country Like my country because of democracy we have oligarchs and lets say dictators so it is not good democracy not always good thing Like when my country had monarchs we lived better well som were not good at defending the country but even presidents are not perfect ..and I won’t continue any further because you get the point..(and also nobody is going to read this)
i know i'm late, but hear me out. equestria is made up of all kind of kingdoms (dragonlands, yakyakistan etc..) the alicorns have NO say in what the LEADERS of their tribes do. so technically, there are dragon, yak or changling (for instance) leaders. mkay, you have a point by saying that maybe dragons lead the entirety of equestria, but it makes no sense to me that they will rule over pony's while leaders in the dragonlands don't rule in other places, if u know what i mean..?
The only reason twilight became a princess was because princess celestia and Princess Luna retired, they saw that twilight and her friends mostly did the work (aka defeating magical villains) and in all the times twilight did those, the two sisters helped her gain recognition. Maybe being a princess isn't about being an alicorn, or any type of pony race there is out there. But someone who can protect and maintain a kingdom the right way, discord was just as powerful as twilight alone, but the two sisters chose twilight probably because they know that not only is twilight and her friends powerful together and enough to protect a kingdom but also because she isn't corrupt, and they trust her to not become a dictator. You could just about see how much she has done with the magic of friendship I suppose
First of all only alicorns posses the magic to raise the sun and moon and the other creatures have their own kingdoms and choosing just anyone without them proving their worth could end disastrously
I saw the start of the episode and thought: Thwilight would NEVER speak like that 😂 But you're right, she may is a dicator, but a good one. Of course, evil ponys like Cozy Glow can become alicorns, too. But as long magic of friendship leads, that won't happen. But maybe in another My little Pony universe they should vote more 😬.... But it's really unfair, that other types like griffens can't be leader of equestria. My question: Where are all other types gone in "My little Pony a new Generation"? Is it another universe? In the new chapter, we saw Twilight and toys of the mane six. But like in the human world, it gives in every universe a Twilight, too. Maybe the new generation world is like the originally timeline, but at one point everything changed 🤔 But, what....? We only know to different storys from a strange unicorn sleepover. And we all know.... Izzy is like Pinkie Pie 🤣 And we know Opaline, the alicorn. How did she became an alicorn? So many questions
@Cupcake You got that wrong! They dont. If you're an alicorn doesnt mean you're a princess. Twilight became an alicorn and a princess because she proved new magic. Cadance reverted a spell as a pegasi. And Flurry Heart is a princess because her parents are a princess and a prince.
Well she didn’t just earn wings, she made new magic and in return was given earth pony and Pegasus genes combined with her unicorn ones made her an alicorn. She earned being a princess, and Celestia didn’t make her one the magic inside her did
@Cupcake I think she had to care about her role as a princess before fighting with mane 6 🤔 Or maybe she was like: "Nah, I don't care the princess of what I will be. DESTROY MANE 6, ENSLAVE ALL PONIES AND TAKE OVER THE WORLD!!!!!!!"
I remember that Rarity said Twilight looks like a princess, and Celestia said: It's because she is a princess.
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Steven Higgins2020-05-17 20:38:23 (edited 2020-05-17 20:38:53 )
@Cupcake It's not that every Alicorn has to be a Princess, it's that only princesses can be alicorns. At least, that's what it looks like from my casual perspective.
Actually, If power can only be passed on, then if somebody evil tried to rule then they could just Deny thier rule, because nobody Picked them. and if theres the case of mind control, then cant they just mind control them to vote for them Anyway?
It would fail, A main part of equestrian leadership is power, to defend. If they don’t have power they won’t be able to stay in charge, a non benevolent leader would take over.
Dictator - a ruler with total power over a country, typically one who has obtained control by force. 1:45 King Sombra's a DICTATOR, Twilight's not, Twilight was appointed rulership by Princess Celestia she didn't take it by force unlike Sombra did 1:53 though she's not old enough to rule don't forget Flurry Heart shes also an Alicorn !:59 Cozy Glow only became an Alicorn because she used powers that would change her form like, Lord Tirek, and Queen Chrysalis
Why do you need a voting system? Just because the population changed doesn't mean it's not pony land. Equestria still belong to ponies, kind of like how dragons, hippogriff, etc have their founded their own land.
Alicorns have the most power, cozy glow stole the power to become an alicorn, while luna corrupted because of the tyrant so it's not their fault, luna and Celestia have the power of the sun and the moon while twilight has the most power, how? she is the one who can keep the friendship between luna and Celestia so they don't corrupt, princess cadence is there to put their love for each other in balance. each princess has a role and no one can disagree with their destiny.
Yeah! He’s reformed... mostly. Also, he has experience “ruling” Equestria. He didn’t rule well, but... um... he’s mostly reformed now. The most recent potentially disastrous event he caused had good intentions.
a vote for me is a vote for a continuation of the monarchy but one with more say from the people, no voting for the ruler but now the ruler must focus on the concerns of the people and the protection of the land over their own desires.
Honestly this seems like something that Twilight would approve of. if she was seen as falling down on the job, she'd probably be just as happy to take a behind the scenes role overseeing all the paper work and letting a new face handle diplomacy and day to day issues,
The one I'm wondering where the heck did Celesitia and Luna go. they're just like okay we gave you 6 seasons and a pair of wings now fly my pretty fly while we dissapear for the entire epilouge...
I don't think Twilight is a dictator, dictators are people who acquired power by force or in an emergency. Twilight was granted power by the last monarchs and she'd only really be seen as a dictator if she forcefully stole the crown from Luna and Celestia. I think that what we're witnessing the first steps of their government stepping out of a monarchy and evolving into a more fair system. It may take a bit of time to get there but it's on the right track.
Honestly I always thought that Twilight turned their system of government into something like Great Britain. Where there's a royal family and they have power but most of the major laws and choices are given to parliament. Twilights version of Parliament was given to her friends due to them being chosen by the elements of harmony which they meet up to discuss every year to hear the voices of the 3 pony tribes through The Council of Friendship. BUT I do agree that there needs to be representatives from each race outside of just ponies. It would be awesome to see each nation have a rep so that the different species can have a voice. I also think that having personal friends in The Council of Friendship is just biased and that Twilight needs to expand it through public vote to fully encompass the will of her nation. Though overall I think she's on the right track and calling her a dictator isn't fair to the progress she's made.
I thought alicorns are put in place of leadership because of their alicorn magic, which, from what I understand, is some of the most powerful magic that exists. I fear that even if there is a vote for leaders and one of the runner ups was an alicorn, if they don't get picked they could start an all out revolution and possibly win with how powerful they are. But this is my own theory. Maybe since alicorn play such a big role on how life is like in Equestria, it makes sense for them to stay as leaders. They rely on Twilight or raise and lower the moon, as well as protect them from danger. If she become tyrannical, the other elements and princesses can reform her, as some of your other videos have shown that reforming anyone can be possible.
Also, it's not like only alicorns can rule over people, there are dragon rulers, yack rulers, and hippogriff rulers as well, just not to the large length that the alicorns do. So it's not like there isn't any representation of other species in positions of power, just in places with more conflict and higher populations tend to have alicorn magic to protect them
Sawtooth Waves: "alicorns don't represent the population anymore." Me: May I present my OC. The half-dragon, half yack, half hippogriff, half changing, half alicorn, half sea monster, Half anthro cat, half anthro bird, half anthro everything else in south equestrian and even half wyvern because they are canon too if scootaloo is to be believed. He can be our leader just look at all those halves, that is 500% leadership material right there.
thats almost 3 times the representation all in a package for the price of ONE! call 555-lead to vote for A package that gets you MORE representation for LESS!
Why the hell am I watching a video discussing the best governmental system for a fictional world of a children’s show? I’m a college student with a paper due tomorrow.
If a main person is elected to be on the throne its still a 50/50 chance they may be evil or turn evil 🤔 but if only alicons can be royals then that lessens the chance in a sence. As we saw some ponys stole magic to be an alicon making it corrupted magic making then unfit to rule and they were dealt with but ponys who proved them selves worthy were fit to do so. In the case with the first true alicon she may or will be different depending on how things progressed in her life
They didnt vote trough..it was more of a chess play on the power play between the Pope and the King..so you had 2 options either the King or The Pope..religion or Imperialism..not really open choices for votes Equestria princeses seem to be BOTH so they escape the faults of the Holy empire as the Citizens believe Alicorns to be Gods thus the ultimate Authority and Wisdom they should respect.. In another words..Equestria is a holy Roman empire ..THAT ACTUALLY WORKS
@Scythe Spear The Scholar And how well worked that out for everyone? The HRE was a patchwork of different countries all with their own dustoms duties and the Emperor usually could not get his electors to align behind a common goal. Afaik, some members of the HRE even sided with Napoleon when he invaded.
If you ask me, the very existence of the concept of "the state" makes democracy inevitable. However, nothing in the world is ever unopposed, meaning anarchism will arise to oppose the state, and authoritarian regimes will rise up and remove weak democratic systems in times of trouble. The only way to ensure a stable government is to establish strong democracy, creating a strong and stable government while preserving citizen's liberties and human rights.
I don't want to say this but you do realize that there's a pretty large chance that they would just vote for someone random right like it doesn't even matter the amount of corruption that can easily get into a situation with like 50 different races it's easy so corrupt that liked any Pony could just say we need an Alicorn leader because we've always had an Alicorn leader Everyone We Believe even though that's not true and then another Alicorn elected whether they should be elected or not turn to actual American democracy for example of this.Just a reminder I am not saying anything bad about the political system I'm just pointing out the flaws that you can't deny it exists.
But what if it’s like Each kind of creature has a different place to rule, it’s not like a pony can go over to the dragon kingdom and rule it just because they live there. Or in other words if French people lived in America it doesn’t mean that they can contest in elections and rule. I’m pretty sure the alicorns don’t have any control over the different species that live outside of equestria.
Not everyone is qualified to do the jobs the alicorns do. I doubt a dragon or griffin could raise the sun or the moon, the current bearers of the elements are with Twilight and her friends and I really don't see anyone actually wanting to rule the crystal empire with sombra always lurking around. Maybe something closer to what Britain has. It has a royal family and a parliament. In truth, I have no idea what the royal family does but I also don't know what Celestia and Luna do outside of raising the sun and the moon. You sort of see them head into meetings but it's not really clear their role in them.
I love that this video started as Anarchist vs Authoritarian. But this wouldn’t actually make Twilight a dictator. I like to believe that Equestria is more ordered to allow a magically decided meritocracy, but with Gen 5 coming… featuring it’s segregated society… I wouldn’t be surprised if maybe there was a dictator.
Well twilight has many friends wich if she was coropted they would stop her really fast also she and her friends where the ones who introduced other types of animals like griffin and they made them nice but it was kinda almost only twilight
well it makes sense that theres a alicorn ruling over equestria. there are different kingdoms in mlp that have rulers that are of that species, and yea there are different species that either live in or visit equestria but its not like the princesses try to overthrow the dragon queen and take it over.
I don’t think that a democracy will help equestria, considering how much responsibility falls into being its’ leader. Also since a villain could easily hypnotize majority of the citizens into voting them as the leader. There is a reason that it’s a monarchy, and it’s because the leader has to be trained and seemingly right for the throne. Sunset shimmer would’ve been a great candidate, and if it were a democracy I personally think they would vote her, but we all know where that could go so I think Equestria should continue to stay a democracy. (Bruh this is way better than my politics essay for English)
Equestria should stay a monarchy. its bad enough there aren't very many monarchies left IRL, there is no reason to remove monarchies from fiction to, especially when the ruler is benevolent.
Amazing video. Here's my thought on the whole deal. It's been proven in history that monarchs/dictators are the most efficient form of government. The reason we really don't see them is because corruption, as you said. But Twilight is immortal for all we know, so she could rule forever, and she has good intentions. In this case, a good monarch is better than any democracy.
My concern would be the phrase, "You either die a hero, or live long enough to see yourself become the villain." Would Twilight get tired of her position? Maybe lose her way? Celestia got tired of ruling after a relatively short time (2-3 thousand years isn't long from the point of an immortal alicorn). Maybe after a few thousand years, Twilight will seek more power. Or more control. That's where things get scary.
Chances are she'll follow in her mentor's footsteps and abdicate for somebody else. Leadership gets ages presidents by eight years, immortal or not you'll get fatigued.
That's all true, but you always have to ask the "what if".
Also, democracy is not immune to corruption as this video implies. Bribery and lying become a lot more prevalent in those cases, as we see in the world today.
I guess alicorns are in the lead cus they have more magic than all of the creatures that live in the modern wolrd now so if something were to happend and if equestria was attacked alicorns would be there to protect everyone bc of their strong power
technically twilight WAS voted in a majority when she was at canterlot high and that twilight and princess twilight are the same. if all citizens were from the human world it might be fair? tbh now im wondering who the supreme ruler in the human world is
Celestia and luna gave twilight the crown and the whole series was just a trial for twilight... BUT WHAT IF CELESTIA DID EVERY DISASTOR TO TEST TWILIGHT?!?!?! GASP
I think alicorns would still rule because there are the dragon lands we’re all dragons are native to like someone who lives in Ireland can move to England but the queen would still be from the English royal blood
i think the reason why is because they have wings they can use to travel faster than earth ponies and than some unicorns (not all), and also bc the magic they posses is most times stronger, so why have a pegasus or earth pony as a ruler IF they NEED magic so their kingdom is safer?, why should a unicorn or earth pony rule if they NEED wings in case of emergencies?, also, just imagine for example a buffalo ruling, ik this sounds like excluding but to be fair, they don't have enough to protect equestria, that's why alicorns are more suitable for the job.
Thing is, just cause they moved into a country formed by ponies and has a majority pony population. This is basically saying "oh there are a minority of white people living in this nation of black people, you should give up your kingship and let make a republic where white people have a chance to rule everything. Do you know how stupid that sounds? like sure there is nothing wrong with having a different race as a "president" but this isn't a republic, this is a king/Queendom.
and being a king or Queen doesn't make you a dictator, i mean, who said the king or queen can't put out a poll? Besides, it's not like these republics are any better, 1 vote, maybe 2 is all you get from republics.. and that first vote is only to decide who is to lead the nation. you don't have a say in what they're doing after that... Like they culd say that they'll do one thing and then do a completely different after they've been chosen... And what can the people do about that? nada. why? cause the government has the power.
if now they need to vote...then whats the princess for- arent they for protecting equestria, if they aren't the rulers than who will protect them at all cost
The problem with a system like this in Equestria is the highly emotional and often unstable nature of the beings that reside there. As was shown in the season 9 finale, it doesn't take much to push them apart, and even if they came together stronger in the end, it'll only take so long before division is possible again.
As most of Equestria's threats are immortal, it's leadership must be as well. It is true that they could organize a group dedicated to protecting Equestria like The Pillars, or The Mane Six, but only an immortal ruler is truly in position to combat the threats properly. If a group like the pillars was formed, eventually the gears of bureaucracy would prove to be an obstacle, and the elected leader could very well be a Cozy Glow.
An immortal leader with absolute authority is capable of making decisions immediately without any politics in the way, and they can inform the defenders of Equestria of the threat's nature if they have encountered it before, if they are not themselves the defender. Equestria still has ordinary creatures in positions of power, and the princesses don't have authority over everything, the EEA being notable here.
People like to joke about Celestia not doing anything, but without her, Equestria would have fallen many times over. You mention how alicorns can become corrupted, but the same is true of any leader who may be elected, and if someone like Cozy Glow were to be elected, Equestria would be in serious trouble, especially seeing as there wouldn't be any legal way to get them out of office without compelling evidence.
The diarchy system of Equestria should be maintained, two immortals should always be able to keep each other in check, and be able to respond to threats without any red tape. Equestria should be mostly run by the elected representatives like Mayor Mare and Chancellor Neighsay, but when push comes to shove, democracy makes even the simplest decision complicated, and that wasted time could lead to Equestria's undoing.
I do agree that the leadership does not necessarily need to be alicorns, just immortals who stay in power. Twilight has taken the place of Celestia, and I feel that Spike has taken the place of Luna, and as unlikely as either one becoming corrupt is, the other will likely be able to talk them down.
Basically, democracy makes things too complicated in a world of immortal villains and easily broken alliances, and there needs to be a constant, an immortal leader who can see the signs and remember the past clearly, who can make decisions without being held back.
Or, that's how I see it, feel free to disagree, a variety of opinions is what makes conversations interesting. Imagine how boring it would be if everyone always agreed.
So you were saying that we need to get rid of queen Elizabeth just because now, not only british live there. And you want the indigenous people to give up on their land that they had been sacrifice their life with and took care of it for hundreds of years just for others that wanted to live there just because they wanted to.?
You have a good point, but the thing is a voting system can be corrupt too. When it comes to voting, there is going to be arguing. And if there is voting for something extremely serious like the ruler of Equestria, then arguing is probably gonna be a HUGE problem. Especially when windigos exist in their universe, the ponies will probably be too busy fighting over who gets to rule Equestria rather than their own safety. And besides it’s not like there are any ponies who’ll take advantage of the votes and manipulate other ponies to vote for them. The whole reason Alicorns are rulers is because they are a representation for royalty. If a pegasi, earth pony, or unicorn rule over Equestria then equestria’s probably going to fail somehow. Even though Equestria has magic, they still need a ruler who doesn’t let power get into their head 🤷🏽♂️, sure, Luna was very depressed whenever she had no one to praise her for raising the moon, but that was when she was a filly, and fillies love the love and affection. Also, wouldn’t that mean you’d have to learn how to raise the sun and moon when you’re the ruler of Equestria? Pegasi and earth ponies can’t raise the sun at all. I’m pretty sure that Alicorns are the rulers because theyre powerful enough to control the sun and moon. What happens if chrysalis attacks? How will a Pegasi or an earth pony defend their ponies? Unicorn’s can’t probably defend theirselves either because, well if a unicorn who’s a weakling gets voted into ruler then Equestria is doomed to fall. The whole thing is, these ponies would have 0 clue who they’re voting in. Which is why Alicorns are rulers. Alicorns are a mix of earth, Pegasi, and unicorn ponies. They are powerful enough to defend their subjects when something goes wrong (if you don’t count chrysalis destroying Celestia). It’s not like Alicorns are common, they’re extremely rare, which is why it would take you ages to prove that you would be a great alicorn leader. Twilight became an alicorn because she was able to prove that she has qualities of becoming a princess. The problem is, is that if we had a voting system to vote who can be the new princess/prince, wouldn’t that mean everything would go imbalance? I think that alicorns are rulers because they represent balance, because they are a mix of all 3 pony species. Ponies like cozy glow can count as alicorns because they are balanced, in chaos. I mean, cozy glow is FILLED with chaos, but that doesn’t mean evil people can become alicorns, Cozy glow only became an alicorn because of the bell, and if you noticed when she used her horn it was red. So that would mean she is a true alicorn, but not a good alicorn. And about flurry heart, lets be real, she only exists for marketing 🤷🏽♂️. And an alicorn being born?? It kinda throws a LOT of stuff out the window doesn’t it? Does that mean that she was born an alicorn because of cadence’s genetics? Well, I guess I’m rambling arent I? The point is, is that a voting system probably wouldn’t be good either, it’s even more corrupt than alicorns being rulers. But hey I’m just guessing
@Suksas It mainly from how they are chosen a monarchy as it based on bloodline while a dictator is some who took power by force.Essentially twilight is apart of house alicorn and took over after celestia and luna abdicated thus there was no force required to become ruler thus its a monarchy which are overall more stable for this reason.
@Whalepussy yeah. I was about to get to that point but didn't have enough time to finish my reply because I use my phone too often and so, I had a low battery then when I finished that reply comment. But thanks for pointing that out but also, I was mentioning that anyone can be corrupted if they are a leader of a certain government type, but using Monarch as an example.
@Catherine Bowman How so is she corrupt? She has shown equality towards all species and was the first princess to actually openly implement equality towards all species by opening up a school to all species. Celestia's school is not only for ponies only, it's for unicorns only too. As for Luna, she once quite actually went corrupt. I don't like Twilight that much based off of her personality much but she has shown to be a great leader.
@Joshua Weldon have you seen MLP EG? even though it is not in MLP FIM, it is still in the MLP show franchises since it is in the My little pony equestria girls show.
@Luis Chavez eh, not really. A monarchy is just a dictatorship that is passed down from generation to generation. People try to pretend there's a difference because there is a lot of romanitization of kings and queens, when in the end they are all just systems of government where all political power is concentrated in one person
@Alex Hampton That transfer of power between generations is extremely important to the difference such as many leading traits are passed down by being taught to the heirs and when the current monarchy dies it leads to a peace transit most of the time. When it comes to the romanization of king and queens it's more so the words king and queen are rather then the government system itself as many modern day monarchies such as North Korea aren't called monarchies when clearly are.
I guess it's just simple kings and queens knowledge. The next son or even daughter who is the oldest of the bunch immediantly gets the thrown after a king or queen has fallen to make sure that the family can live on and rule the land.. maybe it's kind of the same for alicorns then. I don't think that it is a form of "dictatur" in that way though. What about the UK for example? Its not a dictatur but the queen/king does have a big last word there too. They have a good rulership and it could be pictured the same as in MLP. So basically what I mean for my example is that it all could be made after this modern way we see kings or queens today like the constitutional monarchy in uk. I just hope I said nothing wrong omg, correct me if needed❤ and I do understand though why she could be something like dictator too. Anything is imaginable for it, it depends on how you see it
I loved the start of the video, it was EPIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Every one seems happy when alicorns rule the equestria. It is also a pony land, but other creatures like dragons have there own ruler. And if a powerful villain attacks equastria alicorns and the princesses always save the day. So why change that.
it's obvious that the things goes wrong, by the g4 beggining maybe the alicorn rule ended whit twilight and his absolute monarchy because of a revolution/civil war, not only a democratic one, maybe as well a socialist/comunist one who knows ecuestria at war (hoi4 mod) has that scenario really deep and good good made up
If I understand writerly, Equestria has similar system with United Kingdom + Sombra was usurper of Royal power, so changlings are more correct example of bad monarchy. I'm sorry, English isn't my native.
A good idea, but MLP is set in a Roman Empire leadership era. Where the current ruler adopts their successor and when that ruler passes, their successor takes over, no questions asked. Good idea though!
Jar of flowers2020-08-08 14:15:17 (edited 2020-08-08 14:19:38 )
I know this isn't really related to the video but....
In the ending of the end pt. 2, when cozy drains the princess's magic, their hair stops flowing and loses the sparkle, which means that their magic keeps it glittery and flowy. Which means only one option....
LUNA FELT BETRAYED BECAUSE CELESTIA HAD A MAGICAL GLITTER MAKEOVER WITHOUT HER!!!!
no srsly
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ok ok2021-03-12 11:03:01 (edited 2021-03-12 11:03:33 )
Well if she’s worried about not being a princess anymore they could establish a parliamentary constitutional monarchy and then she could stay on the throne.
Besides Cadence, Twilight would have the most experience and knowledge abt the pony kingdom politics wise besides the other 5 who may know a little, but Twilight would probably know most of how to rule the pony kingdom being she shadowed Celestia practically her entire life. Cadence has her own kingdom and a husband and baby, so she already has her plate full. So Twilight at the time was the best option.
1st. Celestia tested her and made sure she is fit to understand others and protect everyone. 2nd. She represents one of the elements of harmony well. 3rd. Did you even watch the show?
Because she is a princess of friendship and princess cadence is rolling the Crystal empire and since Luna and Celestia are retiring it would make sense that they're putting Twilight in charge
Because twilight developed the Qualities of a true princess the moment she moved to Ponyville, also, Celestia didn’t even TURN twilight into an alicorn, if you look closely the magic shown during the transformation is pink not yellow, and it didn’t come out from celestia’s horn, it came from her heart. Twilight went from not caring about friendship, to actually caring about it. She legit save Equestria from discord and saved the Canterlot wedding from chrysalis, and it’s not like she became an alicorn because of that, it’s because she learnt friendships lessons in the episodes of mlp. SHES THE ELEMENT OF MAGIC FOR CELESTIA’S SAKE!! The pony even helped her friends get her cutie marks back.
I do want to clear up that a Monarchy isn't a Dictatorship, even if they're close. Monarchs rise up from some right to rule, usually bloodline or divine right on earth, with the keys of power relying on that order. Dictatorships rise from a power vacuum, where there is no ruler and someone has to seize power and the support of the keys.
That aside, I think alicorn Monarchy is what equestia needs rn. Nonstop villains trying to take control, and often by lying, persuasion, and/or mind control, is a common thing. An election is exactly what they need to gain that control in a way the Mane Six can't stop. Best case scenario, Flim and Flam become rulers, worst case is someone like Cosy Glow or the old Discord taking control. Maybe in the far future elections will be good, but not while we have so many good princesses lined up, and especially not while so many people would abuse that system.
Bonus question. Why isn't princess Celestia queen? Who is the queen of Equestria?
Btw when the bad guy that is a “alicorn” (idk her name) cause she took powers from something (I didn’t watch) So she obviously a unicorn you saw at the end that she went back to an unicorn
I guess you could argue as someone who lives in England, we dont vote for our queen but she is the one who ends up having the final say if a law is passed or not. We vote for an mp or in the show, a mayor or delegate. So it could work something like that??
@Felix Jongleur the queen isnt supposed to have a public political opinion. Parliament vote on the laws that are passed to the queen but yes that has happened in the 1600s
Queens power is largely ceremonial. She is there to look pretty and do as she is told. Her power no longer belongs to her, but to PM to whom she must give royal powers. If she doesn't, what little ceremony there is left will be taken from her.
@Suksas She delegates the queen of england still has all the power she can still pretty much what ever she wants you see it with the military as they pledge their loyalty to the crown and not the country or parliament.
You’re implying that just because she has final say in everything and because other rulers and ponies of her species were corrupt or became corrupted by power, that must make her a dictator, while ignoring your own words that she has everyone’s best interests at heart. The fact that it has the potential to become a dictatorship doesn’t make it likely, nor does it mean it currently is one.
As long as it's not FTTP voting, should be fine. Also, this reminds of a Fic I read once where the masses of equestra had advanced to the point that Monarchy was simply obsolete and unfit for the day's needs. Distributed power not only means more power to the people, but it also means local leaders can act in a crisis without needing approval from the central authority. Equestria at this point had grown so big that a central authority was just not feasible, so they passed a law dismantling the Equestrian monarchy. At first Twilight is all down about it, but then Celestia and Luna welcome her into the realm of retirement basically saying 'good job.'
Can’t they add an actual vote or something idk. Like what u said, just imagine if anybody corrupt got there, they could obviously vote them out. (Originality -1)
dark lord: Yesss, I am an evil alicorn, and really powerful, I shall conquer Equestria! Voting system: We don't like evil people. Dark Lord: Well sh*t. There goes my evil plan. Sorry evil army of hell, I lost the election, can't do anything about it. Evil armies of hell: :(
Luna and Celestia are the governesses of equestria, this kingdom being the kingdom of ponies it is normal that it is ruled by ponies. In griffonstone, griffins are the kings and make democracy. In the kingdom of changelings it is the changelings who make the laws. Just because kingdoms are united and more diverse now, doesn't mean the whole democracy of a kingdom has to change. It's not a pony that reigns in the changelings and it is not a changeling that reigns in the ponies, it is that simple.In Equestria the princesses are magically chosen. This is how royal democracy is done in this kingdom. If it's okay for that long I don't see the reason to change this government.
Alright, so I have studied this video and have come up with an explanation as to why Equestria is not and should not be a democracy. You have to understand not all countries this show is aired on are democracies. This fully impacts viewers and the makers of MLP to not imply a democratic sense into the program. Putting too many political elements into the show lead to the rejection of the entire concept of the message in MLP. This entire program does lie upon a monarchy, but in a way, this land of fantasy was created in a utopia to be almost perfect to the citizens who reside in it. The main reason why Equestria in its established form of Utopia has this form of hierarchy is that ponies, in the beginning, did not have an established formed of government and when a leader presented themselves (The first president of the united states is a great example of this) They will be tried and if the new form of government propers, than the leader, is placed into power. This can explain why Twilight is not a dictator but rather a pony who has proven to have the skills necessary to obtain the right to power and rule over the land. (I am sorry I wrote so much, I studied Political science so I am backed up)
Tia newer gave real power to anybo.. anypony. She just, u know, Tia. Huge experience and knowlages, ruling for 50 years makes you a pretty good at this. so she choosed the replasement for herself. Trained and teached. so it probably be fine.
Its a type of monarchie, no? Plus there is the council of friendship that kind of works as part of the government. But twilight has more power obviously.. yk.. like.. a president perhaps...
I think out of all the governments in Equestria, the Ponies got it the best.
Changelings: take on Chrysalis I dare you Dragons: Might makes Right for now Yaks: I forgot but Chiefs Gryphons: Loose but Connections Hippographs: Monarchy Ponies: Empowered to change what is wrong.
Sure anyone can go bad but I rather have a all powerful person who meets good over cozy glow "appeal and twist" or the other ones were Being Good doesnt equal Winning the seat and still being good.
I think it may be a constitutional monarchy. It is obviously a monarchy because they have princesses, but i think it is a constitutional one because of 2 things. There are delegates in my little pony, but they do not have much power over their city/state. This is called a unitary government, and it is present in many democracies in the world. Each of the princesses has core values on how they rule Equestria. This might be called a constitution.
It would be funny if Shining Armor became a alicorn when he has a affair with someone else, and then became the alicorn of lust and his wife stayed as the alicorn of true love......
Democracy runs the risk of focusing loyalty on a leader rather than a system. When that single person loses the people's confidence he can be voted out of office, but that frequently also entails his claims of fraud and voter misconduct. He'll then rally his allies to attempt to overturn the election and, if that fails, attempt an assault on the Capitol Building to seize the government by force. Not that I'm thinking of any particular incident that might have happened this January; but I am familiar with several such incidences around the world, which have frequently resulted in civil war followed by a distinctly malevolent dictatorship.
The 1500 year old British monarchy would like to have a word with you. Also, I'm hearing a lot of "The american system is the best because..because..because I say so!" As they say, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" you'll only cause problems.
Personally, I think an improvement would be a Starship Troopers style democracy as portrayed in the original novel by Robert A. Heinlein, not the travesty of an "adaptation" directed by Paul "couldn't even finish the first two chapters" Verhoeven. Basically in such a system only those who have served a minimum two years of dangerous and/or dirty public service can vote or hold office. Said service would include but would not be limited to military service with the choice of services to enlist in being limited only by your physical and/or mental aptitude.
The reason why this would work better than any conventional democratic system is because by voluntarily enduring such hardship and seeing it to the end, that person proves they possesses the necessary sense of personal responsibility to place the needs of the group over his or her own needs and use their voting power responsibly and voting in favor of policies that benefit the greatest number of people instead of voting for policies that only serve their own selfish desires at the cost of hard-working tax payers' money, such as expensive and wasteful welfare programs that only benefit the narrow subset of the population they fit into; the so-called "bread and circuses" of the modern era.
The ruler of equestria is choosed by the actual princesses, and they won’t ever choose someone evil, its like a monarchy but there’s not a royal family.
Dude here is the problem equestria never has had a puplic vote for this also somewone could easily hacked the system with all that magic going around it would be easy
I do think THAT they definitely should have elections or passing down from generations idk and their is also another thing is twillight actually immortal because she is an alicornand Luna and celestia ruled the world for god knows how long the problem I have is that her friends are not immortal and they can die at any time or twillight did put some random spell on them so they won’t die that fast but THAN again they have the chance to die so............. that’s kinda brutal for twilight if she would have to rule a world without her friends in it My finall thought is that she will step down and gain her ability to die again or not idk 🤷♀️ but who knows
Hey isn't Sawtooth a changling? So he does not get dictated by twilight aka why he never voted for her! Vote Sawtooth! Twilight: THATS NOT HOW IT WORKS! Sawtooth: Well i cant just go say "oH I GoT SomE FancY WInGs FRom A pony NoW RespECT mE" Me: He has a point
Twilight may just be the de jure Princess of Equestria, but she is the de facto hegemonic empress of harmony. At least she earned her crown by saving Equestria/the world multiple times. But your point is still solid, democracy could only be a good thing. One that a smart mare like Twilight would not only cruise to victory in (what's practically a formality of a vote) but also use as a propaganda boost- ah, I mean as proof of her benevolent reign!
Here's my argument with this topic is it shown that Even if All creatures Live or visit Equastria they still have And own Up to their Own kingdoms Policies It's like a Dual Citizenship when compared irl And it is also shown in the show that Equastria is a country of its own So Other Creatures leaders still Have the same authority like what Twilight has
Equestria just need some democracy-oz or maybe some suprise nuke attack *uhum.. I mean patriotic freedom lesson, especially when oil is founded in Equestria
Seeing how celestia already has twilight picked we can presume that twilight won’t pick someone to take over here.thats where the voting comes in.she sees opportunity in everyone and can’t pick one
That or maybe in another thousand years Twilight picks out a successor that’s relevant to the kingdom’s needs going forward at the time. It’s quite likely Celestia and Luna decided their time as rulers was reaching its natural conclusion and therefore were looking for a potential successor. At the time of picking Twilight as a potential candidate it was still relevant to go with a pony to rule over Equestria. The other species were invited into the kingdom sure, but it’s Twilight and her friends that helped facilitate and maintain that shift in species present which makes her a natural choice to give a test to see if she’s worthy to become a princess
Equestria is more like a constitutional monarchy the council gathers ideas and are the Prime Minister of their district and Twilight is the Governer General. The PM's have to get the Queen's permission to pass bills into law and the queen chooses who to represent.
I would honestly vote for Luna to become princess/queen of equestria, and I'm not talking about the alternate timeline that Starlight made I mean she would rule with Twilight along side her and Spike would still be there too, and Luna would still dreamwalk, raise and lower both sun and moon, and help Twilight with harder tasks that she couldn't do by herself, and I think that they would be a good team and would have been a better ending to the show in my opinion
i like it when you try to talk about the alicorn and then night mare moon pic was there then cozy glow then flurry heart is there and you say Oh Come On liked that part :3
Don't we also have spike ruling with Twilight and I think they did not show any other non pony leaders so that we can make the other rulers our selves to represent the species.
Being a democracy would clearly be better, but twilight only governs equestria, not the whole land. Also, you may say that anyone abe to do so can run for like a president or something, since everyone from dragons to hippogriffs come there, but equestria is more like the Baghdad of the land, you know for like studying friendship, but it would and/or should have its previous monarchy, like at the time of medieval Bagdad, so to say.
I think that Starlight's Village almost changed the Princess System... It could be a side effect of Starlight plans, at least. General Diana Moon Glimmer was more focused on changing the Cutie Marks but her ideas could have overthrown the Alicorns Dictators.
@Mlg pro player 291 1.I will rather take Alicorns rather than Fking Communism! 2.what if a threat appeared? WHAT THEN? No one had special talents so they will all turn to starlighr..so ya..she done Goofed it will never work. 3.The reason Alicorns are not Dictators is because they allow citizens that show great promise to evolve and Grow or even be BETTER than them absolutely EVERYONE is allowed to follow their dreems and Better themselves and thus by that extent Better the Kingdom ..and when they achiev the "You are worthy" Tittle you are ready to be an allicorn princess/prince yourself or just samoane that Can replace alicorns.. So in all honesty..any points on HOW equestria is a Efin Dictadorship?
Equestria not hav democracy. Euestria sistem is SEMI-ABSOLUTED Monarhy with co-regent sisters Celestia and luna. When Celestia and Luna retired and Twlight up on Throne become a Constitutional Monarhy
Princess celestia had twilight on her eye since the test to get in her school and so if twilight was a bad person princess celestia would not take her to the dimension where she got the wings or for that matter not even continue her studys and training I mean if twilight knew cozy glow was a bad pony she wouldn't keep her in the school and send her to stone sooner but hey dont listen to me ive only been watching the show since I was I don't know 6 (great idea but you just got to think)😌
I kinda dislike this theory because creatures like cozy glow could exist and what then? It's easy to get power but if times change it's gonna be difficult to strip someone of it.
Twilight is still the roller because Equestrian still belongs to the ponyes. The other species still have a lider. If a hippograft wants to live in the chanling hive or a griffin moves to Equestria won't matter. At least that what I think.
THE REASON THE OTHER CREATURES DONT HAVE RULERSHIP IN EQUESTRIA IS EQUESTRIAN MEANS TO DO WITH HORSES AND PONIES OBVIOUSLY AND THEY HAVE THEIR OWN KINGDOMS!!!
Hey last time in my dream I said to bring up the list apex was hunting kaiju and jaguars and she teleport it here and I found out it had his old builtin missles launcher in the torso
It's easy to understand. Equestria is under the war. Count number of villains who tried to take control over the land and ponies during few years. Thats why the leader of Equestria is always the most powerfull pony of them all. She can be a bad ruler but she have to be powerfull enough to protect her subjects. Twilight was learning how to protect Equestria for 9 seasons and she was learning how to rule it only for 1 last season, maybe some more (1.5 seasons). So, yes, she is a dictator but it is a need of the land. That's why nobody wants to start elections there. There are not so many unicorns to elect xD
Trin and loki2021-04-09 18:08:17 (edited 2021-04-09 18:16:46 )
1:34 ...But did star swirl know that Luna and calestea where fit to rule and didn't Celestea know twilight was fit to rule... But that don't explain Sombra... So your ok you win :/
Well sure the other pony or creature can vote who would be there Princess or Prince but isn't that suppose to be the responsibility of the former ruler (Princess Twilight). Princess Celestia and Luna past the responsibility to Princess Twilight and so on so fort.
Princess Celestia and Princess Luna became the Princesses of the Sun and Moon not because they were the chosen one or because of there name relate to the Sun and Moon but "more like they were destine by it" I don't really know why but may point is isn't that the responsibility of the former ruler to past the responsibility to protect there " Kingdom" .
R u also saying that in the other parts of equestria for example the dragon land ponies gets to rule too? I think alicorns are more suitable for ruling its like real life the Philippines President is a filipino .. Elections is also a problem just like what happened in canterlot high.. That's just what I think or just make a council
If they had a voting system it could lead to someone who seems nice is actually mean gets elected, and just because cozy glow was a alicorn doesn’t mean she was a ruler. Also there are other kingdoms, am I wrong? The other creatures chose to live where pony’s are. A alicorn ruler is fit if they became a alicorn because they earned it, Twilight has defeated many bad guys with her friends. She was also the element of magic making her powerful, so she was trustworthy, powerful, knew how to defeat bad guys and also where linked to the elements which can take down pretty much any villain. Which is a good candidate for the next ruler, so each ruler chooses a new ruler. Now one day a ruler might choose someone who isn’t a pony.
A dictatorship is only bad if the dictator is bad,,,cannon Twilight wou;d probably be fine with elections but would YOU want to give Nerosis in a fur coat any reason to worry that she could be replaced? not me. she's the type that would do her job too well if her performance was ever called into question and that may actually be more dangerous than anything an evil ruler would do
Do you guys think the ponies in this show are slightly hairy like real life horses are do you think they're just really smooth like rubber, also do you think Pegasus wings feathery or are they also just really smooth?
won't ever see my comment but, The other creatures have their own rulers, Changelings have Thorax, Sea ponies/hippogryphs have queen Novo. The dragons have Ember etc. Only the giffens don't have a ruler.
Random Wof things all this hatred of twilight having a princess appearance Damn guys! She’s a PRINCESS and if she became the successor of Celestia why wouldn’t she have the look of a ruler princess? I’m not trying to hate or anything but by my point of view is more then legit for her to look more like a grown up, and as a alicorn, not by an already aged look like her friends, but with height and that floaty hair of her So this is my opinion :^
Artle and firefrog I don’t think so... I mean, it seems much more time has passed until the time she’s the ruler of equestria than the time that took luna to her height in the “present” seasons... if I got it right the mane 6 are at least 18 in the first season when Luna transforms back from Nightmare moon (already higher than alicorn twilight back then) and to season 9 there are approximately 7 years I believe, while now, from the look of the mane 6 there have been something like 30/40 years so yeah, I think that twilight should be that height. But remember these are all suppositions considering there is nothing confirmed about the mane 6’s ages and the how many years each season corresponds to, and this is all my opinion about the topic. I believe it’s sorta this way, if you don’t, I won’t argue more about it.
Cadance is an alicorn though. She isn’t that tall. Neither is Luna either actually. (Not sure if being banished to the moon caused her not to be that tall or something.) Celestia’s the only princess that tall. I feel like maybe because Twilight was her successor or something like that. But that kinda seems stupid...
@Gigi luvs marie actually she is the youngest, at the beginning of the show i think she's 19. the others are older. did you know sunset shimmer was around 10 years older than twilight. and starlight is the oldest, i think she might be older than sunset. but apple jack is the oldest of the mane 6.
@shen Nope. Fluttershy is the oldest of the main 6. If you look in the episode that shows how they got their cutie mark, Fluttershy has the body type of an older kid pony.
Why don't we divide Equestria to different pieces and let one creature rule one piece but leaders and subjects visit pones and others at canterlot once an onehundred moons?
Oh c,mon! I mean I really don’t want to be rude but twilight did So well on her tests-that she became a princess and make friends I did that and I’m not a princess well I kind of don’t wanna be a princess but still I don’t think that’s fair… that’s still a great video😁
If there was a bad Alcorn ruler there are 2 possible options option 1 is that most likely there will not be a Alcorn that was they wouldn't get turned into one option 2 is the ponys could fight if there was bad Alcorn ruler
sadly his campaign says "totally an earth pony", and if he revealed that he's actually a changling then he would be exposed to the fact that he lied :/
Only ponies can rule may not be the right word. Maybe it should be said: That only ponies can rule Equestria, I mean it was the ponies that founded Equestria from the begining. And if you ask me, Cozy Glow Completely different kind of alicorn than Twilight. Same thing with FlurryHert. But the pony whale thing sounds really good now then I think about it…
… this is a universe where government is kinda likeeeeeeee monarchy? Or something. Yeah it is! Celestia chose Twilight as the ruler and Celestia’s parents made Celestia the ruler. I think that’s how it worked. Ofc Ik where you’re coming from but governing in Equestria doesn’t have to be the same as the real world. Plus I don’t think twilight is a dictator as she would let the council decide as they are all rulers of Equestria but Twilight was chosen as the head because she has that leadership role in the group. Even if she did have a different opinion than the rest she’d have a reason.
Well if human beings have a democracy so why not ponies have a democracy I don't see the harm in it just make sure that the person that you are electing isn't a person who is a criminal
why did twilight get crowned i aint been here since season 7
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Max Heigl2020-07-10 15:27:20 (edited 2020-07-11 16:24:59 )
Cozy glow actually became an alicorn, because she was a pegasus and she received magic from the bell. So she is no "real" alicorn, which means, that alicorns do have a good heart. And also Twilight is no dictator. She's a queen. That's a difference.
I think it's stupid to think any specific government is inherently corrupt. Monarchies can be corrupt but democracies can be corrupt, too. Just because democracies have elected leaders, doesn't mean they have good leaders (*cough* U.S.A. *cough*). I'm not trying to defend monarchies, I'm just saying don't act like your so called "freedom of choice" is that much better. Someone much worse than Twilight could end up elected.
Can I just say one thing, voting for your leaders is not democracy despite popular to belief. Voting for your leaders is what type of government called a republic. Just look up the definitions and I promise you they are different republic is like the child of democracy
I just want to say that the blast that shent twillte to that place is shaped like her cutie mark and the peaple that where by twilltes side at her corinten look like fluttershy alot there is so Much to to notice now that I look back at all those seasons m l p will always be my forvrite I love the opportunity to wach win I can and I hope they make a season 10 so we can no more I hope it never stops it is sad that the seasons stopped because we'll there is more we need to No but there are other seasons that we can wach and maby we can see more the we did before
I actually think there should be a voting but a council of creatures each representing each speech sees that is living underneath Equestria because if you think of biswaye Kingdom that's been ruled under monarchs compared to our societies voting system today under presidents and Meyers the kingdom will fall because there will be a riot after a few years but if it was ruled by a queen or princess or Prince or King I think I lost them to a better Kingdom back-on hoof the creature Council there's a friendship Council yes but what about Council full of creatures of Equestria that are sentient enough to represent their species kind of like how Canada did it you know there is eight representative from each province and territory maybe that will help the perspective towards the creatures a little more
Sawtooth:alicorns can’t be corrupt- Meanwhile daybreak and nightmare moon:HELLO YOU…OH OK LETS DO IT YEAH YOU HEARD ME CMON LETS GO heh that’s what I thought
Unfortunately with voting there is vote fraud, vote rigging, general mental, physical and emotional violence (apologies if this one applies to you) and other things that make voting just as likely to produce a dictator as one type of species ruling, what there could be however is a council, a specified amount of seats for each species and they can all decide on things a single ruler would. Apologies if I offended anyone, I don't know politics and just know this was not ment to be an attack on anyone.
I think the final episode made it clear that equestria is a very diverse nation now. after all, we very clearly saw the shots of all the different species just sort of hanging out. the friendship school was the gateway to cultural intermingling, and for the first time non-ponies lived in equestria. that trend is not gonna change any time soon, and considering how the history of this kind of subject tends to work, the land of equestra is only going to grow more and more diverse. if i’m being honest, implying that other creatures can’t have say in equestria because their native land is somewhere else can be comprable to real-life discrimination, like that in the united states. i hope we can all agree that ethnic minorities in america should have fair vote and representation in government; shouldn’t it be the same for equestria?
That is what a monarchy is though. A dictator. Doesn’t have to be a bad thing. The problem with your argument that Celestia passing power onto Twilight doesn’t mean anything is that relies on Celestia not having any authority on picking a leader in her place. Twilight is a princess by Celestia’s authority. And here’s the thing, they may not have voted for Twilight specifically but if the kingdom originally voted for a Monarchy then they voted to be ruled by princesses. This also means anyone joining Equestria is agreeing to be ruled by princesses and all that entails
what do u mean by twillight is a dictator she has the right to rule equestria.she expand the magic of friendship in whole equestria and has defeated many villian so no one is more capable of rulling equestria than twillight
Sawtooth equestria netheir imbrease democratization captilasion socilasion or communism their basically no type of ideology in equestria in the first place (expect the democratic voting in CMC's school but still)I did some analysis of equestria government and realize that equestria dosen't even have a government in the first place
William Cai2022-06-06 11:53:40 (edited 2022-06-06 11:56:51 )
Twilight became a princess because she inspired the peoples , celestial said that a true princess in any world leads not other forcing other to bow before her but by inspiring other to stand with her.
That's true but If people ruled equestria by being elected wont some villians just pretend to be good etc use a different form and maby acctuley win, That would not go so well for equestria now would it.
In one of you videos " who is the pony of Shadows" well in castle mane-ia Applejack: when I was just a filly grany said when night mare moon was banished not every last bit of her was gone and it took the form of the pony of Shadows
This might just be, me but I think you kind of missed the opportunity by having yourself voice Twilight in that parody, couldn't you have gotten someone else to play her or something? Because I honestly don't think your voice works for her. No offense, I just wish it was better.
Actually twilight is only the kingdom of ponies rulers in a Comic spike and celstia Go on a journey and celstia tell spike he doesn't have to call her a Princess bescude he a dragon and she only a ruler of poines
I don't think herd animals like horses would be very good at elections. Remember when everyone was freaking out and collapsing because of a rabbit stampede? And Starlight Glimmer was easily able to start a cult and get random ponies to give up their cutie marks. I could see a pre-redeemed version of her, or worse, the EEA Chancellor getting elected on promises they knew they couldn't fulfill, only to cause divisions between pony races once elected by blaming the earth ponies or pegasi for their shortcomings.
Why do I think that the current system is perfect? Because if any body else was to rule equestria somebody like rosy could manipulate the ponys to vote for for them and that would be a problem 😅 and about other creatures have their own kingdom so it is best for a Alicorn to rule because Equestria because it is the land of ponys. Well it still would be a great idea to vote among the Alicorns so they could decide which Alicorn is the best suited to rule Equestria but still Alicorns can go currupt so I guess the main six will have to fix that problem 👐.
What about a Constitutional Monarchy with a Parliamentary Democracy? Royal family as final say in military matters, tiebreakers, and as diplomats. Parliament as law makers and vote on war declarations. House of Lords being the lower royalty and non-elected leaders from the other lands under rule (Crystal Empire, griffon lands, Dragons ect) with a House of Commons being elected reps from the same lands or cities. Basically a system similar to the UK government but with larger voting blocks like the US.
A princess is choosen when they protect and show that there ment to be not just cause of the wings and a horn (ง •_•)ง And because you dont vote for princess
They should be constitutional monarchy with parliament and a princess so basically some what like UK 🇬🇧 so like it would have a elected creature are prime minister and a princess
Isn’t it more like Monarchy bc the King of one can decide who rules next but it’s most likely to be the own kids and there is not voting or agreeing from the people who live there, the child of a monarchy king gets crowned and is the leader
But I thougt that all kingdoms have there only ruler in there Land, like Thorex or Queen Novu (I mean the leader of the Hipogriffs) (sorry my englisch is bad I know😅)
Say me if you knew this before when did darlings The dragons had the necklaces but the necklaces was made the magic inside them to make the dragons how is that possible XD?
I think Equestria should become a democratic country. We all know that Equestria is a country in which monarches exist. It is an autocracy. However, there are many benefits if Equestria adopt democracy. First of all, ponies can earn more rights. The basic meaning of democracy is that 'All citizen's rights should be ensured'. And if the princesses decide to make Equestria democratic, from that day on, every pony's rights cannot be disturbed. Second, if the ruler doesn't do a good job, the citizens can vote to take down the current ruler. I won't need any explanation for that. Third, the good rulers can pay more attention to the citizens. If democracy is chosen, the rulers should pay more attention to the citizens since democracy is a national policy for the citizens. Of course democracy has its drawbacks. For instance, the rulers need to give up their authority. Giving up authority is a hard thing to do. Also, the citizens could vote a wrong leader. Let's say that the ponies voted for their new leader. However, the new ruler can be a tyrannical ruler. But still, I think Equestria has possibility to adopt democracy. At least Equestria is 2% democracy, and 98% autocracy. If it was 100% democracy, the CMC's school won't need to vote. And I have some questions. What about the villains who want to rule Equestria? Will they adopt democracy? Do they care about the citizens? I mean, do they even know what is democracy? What is your opinion? Here are the list of the villains I am talking about.
Nightmare Moon, Unreformed Discord, King Sombra, Queen Chrysalis, Tirek, Cozy Glow, Daybreaker, Grogar, The Dazzlings
And lastly, will Flurry Heart be a good ruler? If yes, why? If not, why not?
They stoped at season 9 we get to look at the comics now mabee there will be somthing similar to how the ponie tribes got along I meen twilit rules all of equestria so all we have to do is well remember when she started her school she made other creachers aloud in so now that she rules all equestria I see no problem with her giving other creachers the crown
And ponies elect school president because they have to be trusted with the job and be voted out incase same for mare but the ruler of all equestria well we don’t know if we can trust the ponies or other creachers I mean griffins ya they might be a little aggressive
In my opinion, Flurry Heart will become the next ruler of Equestria because sHe hAs a pictUre oF hErseLf aT onE oF thE gLass winDows whicH MeanS shE did somEthiNg iMportAnT or something
I have a better idea people could vote who they want but instead of just one ruler there would be a council of each different creatures so that every creature got a say in it
Hey sawtooth waves I have a 2 theory's that the sonic rainboom was created when nightmare moon was banished because a rainbow beam like the sonic rainboom came second can a cutie mark be gone for not doing the thing they were supposed to do.
If this was true, why didn’t Sunset lose her cutie mark in the human world? She can’t..couldn’t use magic in the human world but whenever she travelled back to Equestria, he cutie mark was still intacted
@Esencja Sarkazmu you have a good point but you know that story about the pony of shadows Granny Smith said she must have been up you know she does say timber wolves in the middle of the night LOL
Okay so my personal opinion is that Alicorns should be in charge of the PONIES of equestria while other kingdoms that are different species are ruled by their leaders. Idk much about politics so I honestly hate that this becomes a problem with the world.
Alicorns are from the royal family like Celestia and Luna and twilight was geneas in freindship majice and perfect for the pincess of freindship and Celestia and Luna were retired so she is the only dictator of equestria Silly
Hmmmm if we vote governments we should vote who gets to be the ruler of England and not have the the oldest son (or daughter if the family has no sons)
No she's not, she's a monarch. Those are different things. The line between the two gets a little blured when it comes to absolute monarchies, but Equestria isn't an absolute monarchy. It's just not, the crown doesn't have absolute unchecked authority, this is evident by Celstia saying she can't overrule the EEA. Furthermore, in A Royal Problem they say Celstia and Luna had to meet with some delegates, giving the implication that there is some kind of elected federal government in Equestria.
With what little glimpses we got into the political system of Equestria it's clear that they're constitutional monarchy like the UK. If you wouldn't call the King of England a dictator, you shouldn't call Twilight one either.
I just had a thought that is terrible but i kinda of want to see I know popular vote isn't the same as best pony but can you imagine how crazy and chaotic that would get if best pony poles=the leader.
Firstly, the other creatures have other kingdoms, equestria is the land/kingdom for ponys, right? There is Dragon Lord Ember and Celestia is still ruling
edit: just my oppinion, and sorry if my english is not the best
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But i Twilight isn't ruling all of equestria she is only ruling the ponies the other creatures are ruled by their respective leaders like the dragons having there own ruler and the changeling having there own leader and etc
besides, don't forget that each nation has their OWN ruler (changelings, griffins, dragons, etc) that work together with the ruler of the ponies, which happens to be an alicorn
Why do you keep making every pony look bad and be bad I swear no hate And twilite created almost a full spell and she saved equestria a million times
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uk raccoon2022-10-08 17:38:36 (edited 2022-10-08 17:45:21 )
The Thing is This is a Monarchy, Not a Democracy, Twilight Inherited the Wings because She was The Most Trusted Student, Kinda Like the United Kingdom where The Heir must be Trusted by The Previous Monarch, That's How Monarchies Work, Sawtooth, Hope You Learned Something Today
Twilight always has been my less favorite of everyone basically, literally i preffer the Royal Sisters, Shining Armor, The Mane 5(im saying 5 bc Twilight its excluded this time), The Pillars, Zecora, The CMC, Big Macintosh, Starlight, Candace, literally i think almost the half of the characters in the series are more interesting and easier to sympathize than Twilight she is just boring and lame.
....Alicorn has all strength of all ponys pegasous and also all Exept for other creatures actully it is true but only an Alicorn who has an good heart always win! What do you think all u see is good always win But what abt u Good or evil?
Sawtooth fluttershy and discord are together it in it at the end of the friendship pony’s they are together so you know how long me and my sister have bin shipping them for years
luna dianne2021-01-31 05:01:17 (edited 2021-01-31 05:09:29 )
But wat if we all know there's a lot of villian's in mlp and I'm sure in the future there's a lot to be viilians too and we all know villian's cheat and unloyal so maybe they will force other lots of pony to force fully vote for them that gotta be a points for villians also cuz like the-its only the school for filly's and mayor so not really villian's are interested but we're talking about the RULER OF AQUESTRIA it's in the sake of AQUESTRIA so lots of villian's will be a attracted or some will spread romurs about that nice competitive yea and the bad ones will win and sad sad sad for aquestria,so for me I disagree
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Sawtooth Waves: "now equestria is ruled by alicorns which we all know can never go corrupt.oh" Mlp Fans: Everyone knows that any creature in Mlp can go corrupt. What you talking 'bout "they can't go corrupt? Sorry just thought I should say that so this does not happen again.
I can say I do not like that video. Actually, I like it it’s OK it’s just a listen. Flurry heart is a baby why are you are smart as a baby is and the evil pony cannot be bothered to remember her name euros evil magic to make yourself an à la corn, and Luna do not choose to become evil. She was possessed most likely yeah I’m pretty sure she was possessed. They all had no saying this this
Ok now that I said the line from danganronpa, thats wrong because someone might have not seen the video till the end yet so it doesnt count as a view but they have liked/commented/done both.
UGH TOUTUBE IS NOT DRUNK! I KNOW THERE IS 24 LIKES AND A LITTLE BIT OF COMMENTS, BUT THAT DOESEN'T MEAN YOUTUBE IS DRUNK BECAUSE SOMEONE PEOPLE DONT EVEN COMMENT AND JUST WATCH!!!!!!!!! NOT EVERYONE COMMENTS AND LIKES!!!! SONT BE DUMB AND STUPID!!!! ALSO SOME PEOPLE JUST DONT WATCH AND JUST LIKE THE VIDEO!!!
This video is good it got me thinking🤔 but...who said I was thinking about how your right.Your thinking of this the wrong way.You think of it as:When you become an Alicorn you become a princess 👸 but we know this isn't true because when twilight became an Alicorn.Fluttershy said this quote."Twilight you look like a princess.👸 😸"You took this as "becoming an Alicorn means you are a princess".When actually Alicorn doesn't mean princess Princess means Alicorn.After Fluttershy said that, Princess Celestia said quote again along of quotes in this well anyways quote"Thats because she is."proving you do not need to be a princess to be an Alicorn".Princess Celestia had to tell them she would be a princess because that day Twilight fulfilled her dream but Twilight never dreamed of becoming a princess you might say you're right butt...she did dream of being just like Celestia and she knew becoming an Alicorn would be a huge part do she dream of doing just that she strived for it and trained for it and...fulfilled it.Did you ever call her Princess Cozy Glow when she absorbed a third of Grogar's magic and became an Alicorn.Then there's your second point that Alicorns arn't fit to represent all creatures as their ruler and your right but they are fit to represent the Equestrian inhabitants which are the only creatures they rule over.When they talk about creatures other than pony's they always say quote"Dragon lands",The Hive"or "Yakyakistan.Never Equestria.CASE CLOSED
I think this YouTuber forgot something flurry heart it starts again the princess of light don't forget the baby that was born as a alicorn you can get it
Democracy can also have it's downsides, as we can tell in America. Presidents don't always turn out the best. From what I know, Obama was pretty damn good at his job, but Trump is one of the most modern controversial presidents, aside from actual dictators and such. A runner for president could very easily just appeal and manipulate the people of Equestria, making them all think that they were the good pick, but when they get in charge, they don't need to care as much as before.
Well, Twilight did not become a princess because she wanted to, Celestia and Luna had that planned for her, and when she did become one, she was confused about what her role was meant to be, she acted like she didn't want it. The government doesn't really exist in my little pony because it's a kid's show I wouldn't make it go that deep with politics- and to be honest, trying to throw in that system like what humans have is kinda dumb. And like another comment said, each kingdom with other creatures has its rulers. Thorax, Ember, Novo, Chrysalis once upon a time. Im sure even when Twilight becomes ruler of Equestria, these kingdoms don't just merge, that then is another problem. Plus Flurry heart was born an alicorn, and because she is a baby, course she is incompetent, she is not ruling yet :/
Technically yeah. But every creature ultimately accepted her as the ruler, they even came to the coronation as allies. Those who came to live under her, accepts her a leader otherwise they'd stay in their own land, after all equestria is one part of the entire world if you know what I mean. But to be sure she would listen to her friends and Spike on how to rule.
That is something only Equestrians can answer. Do they want to be rulled by a powerfull, sometimes benevolent entities or would they prefer democracy. Benevolent dictator is still dictator, and not everyone wants to be ruled by one, but are there enough citizens wanting that?
I see what you mean about how there are now many creatures in Equestria, but it is still fundamentally pony lands. Just because ponies are living in Yak Yakistan does that mean that there should be a pony ruler in Yak Yakistan? No. Each other creature has their lands and their representatives.
You know how in Legend of Korra they have that council with someone from each element nation and the president of republic city? What if they had that where Twilight was the head and there was a representative from each walk of life (with the right of impeachment of course)
May I remind you, that Twilight is the ruler of PONYS! She can't command anyone she wants. Amber rules dragons. Thorax rules changeling. And other tribes has other rulers. Equestria is open for everybody, but from the first - it's ponys' land. That's why a PONY should rule it. Moreover, alicorns are more powerful than a regular citizent, and, as fact, they live much longer. We already know, that ponys don't like changing rules, so... Why not?
If the ruler is bad - other tribes with the magic of friendship are ready to help! 👌
the way I see it is that there are other creatures in Equestria, but those creatures have their own leaders, there just staying in the place that ponies are in charge. So if they want to stay in a place they aren't from, shouldn't they accept that the creatures that rule that land?
Idk that's my view on it
if you want to give me feedback feel free, I'd like to see your views incase mine is inherently wrong :)
popular vote would ruin even more the situation. At the moment Twilight has Spike as a face for non pony ship but if it would be popular vote, it would get polarized, and it would be completely problematic partisanship. So ponies would want only pony elect and then start having un censored racism toward other beings which under current system is less likely to even get the same results. Sure, no non pony yet, but later there will be councils and helpers which WILL be the face of non pony beings. but democracy, how exactly do you want that democracy built however, since popular vote would lead to corruption when elections would be large scale. and so on
Maybe Eqestra already has a voting system it sounds like Twilight to organize something like that we might of just never have gotten a chance to see it because Twilight was hair to the throne and the show ended after that.
What about a council of all leaders from every species? it's been clear each species has their own leader so why not a council member of each representative of each species?
Equestria ruler isnt technically the ruler of the whole Equestria tho, if the whole planet is called Equestria. Because dragons have their own land, and ruler. So do changelings. Hyppogryphs as well. If the other creatures come into ponies territory to live its kinda like how when we move go to another country and accept their rules and government and leader.
I think the mayor in little towns is elected by the locals of each town and is decided with a majority vote. Each Mayor gather around himself or herself a cliquè of people who supported him/her during their election campaign and they decide how to resolve the town problems on their own but always applying the laws and rules decided by The "Princess" and if they find to have a huge problem to resolve, they sent someone of the mayor group (an emissary) that know the issue and so could talk and explain the problem at court (pratically they recognize the authority of the ruler over them and ask for help).
This way political parties in a way exists but are limited on a little town level While The Capital in the kingdom is ruled by a Princess with her court. (The court is made up of ponies who either got the sharp minds and talent to have put their hoofs in different industries or ponies who inherited their "economy" empires by their smarter parents) as the Princess recieve complains and problems to resolve ( from delegates of different towns coming for asking things ) she also recieve suggestions mostly put as "this should be the smart thing to do here" but the Final decision is left to the Ruler. (And also the problem of a bad outcome of her decision )
The court attract ponies who want to give suggestions to the Ruler on how to resolve some problems expecially on many of the matters they care about, also gather the simpathy of the Ruler by helping resolve problems allow them to acquire influential power. However there could be Ponies who try to reach an advantage on the same matter (We seen it happened on small farm level with the Story of the Pears and The Apples so it could happen on a bigger scale ). The Decision the ruler make can influence the Economy and could boost and industry over another. This interactions make the Princess self aware that's why she could either answer with diplomacy, find the middle ground, or as the Ruler (that seems to be also the Highest rank in the Military and the Supreme Judge) can demand them to do what she says.
Is clear that aside who is part of the Court of a Princess, for the common mass of pony that is the highest rank they could hope to reach in life: "Nobles" . The Ruler role remain off-limits or better is limited to this little circle of Alicorns. Twilight just was a special case she was even made into an alicorn to fit the role (and her rise to power favored all members of her own family who automatically become part of The Royal Class).
Democracy isn't contemplated by this system because then anything Twilight says could be put in discussion. While the decisions she make are more direct and don't contemplate revisions of the laws and further approvation. Like Celestia. Twilight made her own circle of counselors or in her case Friends (Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Rarity & Pinkie Pie + Spike and Starlight) and follow the policy of "I decide who to listen to". The difference with Celestia is Twilight act as a "progressive" dictator and included friendship as a system to resolve border dispute with the other races and accept the differences. By making the other races accept the Ponies as friends she extended her influence over borders that before were limited or impossible to reach. Oh Is clear by the dialogues that for the Ponies they are the Supreme race (Twilight could easily come to another race ruler and say "your evil reign is over because I say so")
Well she was princess of friendship because no one had a stronger friendship than her friends. She was also just as powerful as Celestia with her friends by her side, and with her friends they could defeat anyone. And everyone kind of did "vote" because everyone was obsessed with her. If no one liked her they wouldn't go near her. But this probably makes no sense XD
"But now they're ruled by alicorns, which we know can NEVER go corrupt" *Pulls up Nightmare Moon "Oh" "But at least becoming an alicorn only happens to ponies with a good heart!" *Pulls up Cozy Glow "Oh" "But at least all alicorns are generally competent and intellige-- OH COME ON" *Pull up Flurry Heart
this all sounds nice and all. But given how easy it is to convince ponies what's stopping say pony Hitler from rising to power. Ponies are still the vast majority and in most nations, the majority usually represses the minority with extreme cases of Genocide.
Twilight was raised practically by Celestia for the role, and think how Celestia ruled Equestria with her sister Luna. It's apparent that with good intentions, the monarchy was placed in good hooves, and while it is a dictatorship Twilight Sparkle isn't going to do anything rash or cruel.
Plus the Alicorn species are Gods of the pony Equestrian world, not just princes and princesses of a monarchy, so it's not like you can just say they're not deities and count them out. Because of earning the state they become, as Alicorn species only produce by special testing for their titles typically, in an ancient magic that involves those tests to make an Alicorn... These titles don't come without reason.
The only pony that should be put in charge is Starlight Glimmer. The episode Shadow Play is evidence enough as Twilight is clearly prone to being biased which clouds her judgement.
Starlight on the other hand can see clearly and I hate the fact that StarSwirl gave Twilight the credit in the end when it was Starlight that taught the meaning of friendship. As she was the only one to recognize the maps purpose of only summoning ponies for a friendship problem.
Starlight, having been both villain and savior of Equestria (more than once) is the only one who has truly earned the right to rule.
okay, so when this discord almost died, all of the ponies were sad and scared of discord being dead, or hurt, but twilight was only saying things like “we need you!” “you’re the only one strong enough to defeat Sombra!” it’s almost as if she only cared about Equestria being safe, and I get that’s important, but still. he was hurt.
I disagree on the concept of other species as ruler. One big reason. THEY HAVE THERE OWN LEADERSHIP!!! What you suggest would be to not only force the nation of equestria into change but it's sister nations as well. Yes they are considered separate from Equestria as they each have there our laws and leader. They ARE represented by the leaders and the leaders (representative) do visit equestria often. To replace Twilight would be the same as saying "the ruler is a unicorn. So they are better." Or "pegasus is master race again." Or worse "ponies mean nothing to our rule" Just like in the hearts warming tale. Twilight represent the races as dose her council. Because she's been there. So has her friends. "Will she become corrupted?" Doubtful... till her friends die, the schools(yes both of them) blow up/burn down, killing everyone inside. And the ponies blame her and turn on her. But what are the chances of that happening?
I think alicorns are rulers because they have "power" and by that i dont mean political influence or wealth. They have the most magic. When a serious threat arrives it is the princesses that zap them with their rainbow sparkle beam. So natrually the ponys trust them to rule over them.
Since ponys are currently a majority u think the leader would be a pony 99% of the time because some don't trust other species like that, so maybe it would be kinda like "vote 5 different 'persons' and everyone has to be a different species" the 3 or 5 most popular options would lead equestria
I think that they should do the voting system because now if it’s only Alcorn ruler ship then other species could be threatened with the griffins in the hippogriff and a bunch more
Well technically Twilight is not the only ruler; her friends are the council and help her with her decisions. And yes she does only rule Equestria, not the whole world because there are other kingdoms with different creatures. HOWEVER, she has a lot of authority because SHE raises the sun and the moon for everyone. This means that although she only rules Equestria, she also has control over other creatures because she is the one who keeps the balance in the world by raising the sun and moon. But this brings forth another question - can other creatures raise the sun and/or moon? Maybe they can... 🤔
Although it might be a good idea, it might not be good for the show, some little kids don’t even understand what dictator or mayor, elections, etc even means. My Little Pony is something for kids of all ages, but these, how do you say for kids to understand, big words are very complicated, I mean hard for kids so maybe keep My Little Pony how it is. But I agree, ponies should vote for who gets to be ruler of Equestria.
Sure it’s a good idea but do all of the others need that too? Like the dragons who have a contest like selection? I mean that it’s a good idea but why only exestria, it’s like saying that me a swed can vote for presidente in the united stats?
Most alicorns are leadership because they have magic and they have more power if there's a battle they would defeat them but they could only be a leader if they CAN do strong magic and a magic that is more confident.
The problem with this is that Equestria is just a small kingdom where ponies come from the dragonlands are ruled by the dragon lord and the yakyakistan is ruled by prince what’s his name. Each group has their own rulers.
No not really. Yes I feel like every type of creature should be able to but alicorns when coronated are given some sort of power to rule a long time. I feel if like they could have different types of creatures on a council together and have a alicorn rule that'd be ok. Like the young 6 all diverse. I feel as though if anyone other than a pony would come into rule over all equestria they couldn't raise the moon or the sun bc they wouldn't have magic like a unicorn, or be able to change the weather like a Pegasus. bc at a young age unicorn and Pegasus are taught these things. So i think the best bet is a Alicorn ruler with a diverse species council that over looks the group they represent.
But all the creatures have their own kingdoms, and their own rulers so the notion of only pony leaders in Equestria makes sense, because its a pony country. The other countries have their own leaders.
But they all have their own kingdoms. Like how throax is the king of the changling kingdom and pince brotherhoof for the yacks. It’s just the respected kingdoms
They don't all really belong in equestria they have their own respective kingdoms ruled by their own kind it just makes sense since equestria is the ponies homeland it mames sense for the ruler to be alicorn
Why should twilight give up her crown to rule her pony lands if the yaks, dragons,changlings,griffins etc have their own ruler ruling their lands the creature that best represents their lands... dragons have embra a dragon Yaks have prince rustworth a yak Changlings have king thorak a changling Hypogrifs have queen novo a hypogrif Giffins have grandpa gruff a Griffin... Ponies have twilight an alicorn eg a earth unicorn pegisi pony Thats just how it works sure creatures can live in other places now but the main ruler of that kingdom is the one who best represents them.. Like our world in the past... And now England had English rulers and we still do where as other countries have elections for there leader instead.
There was the idea of voting but there must be a large unspoken agreement amongst the populace that alicorn rulership is a desirable thing. They have so much power without their titles they are basically in charge anyway. There appears to be no racial or religious tensions in equestrian politics, but there are obvious social hierarchy's. Despite this, it is simply possible that the populace is very well off and simply lacks unrest and disillusionment. I also believe that the pony society is a matriarchy with a natural tendency to defer power to females rather than males(just like real horses), despite the egalitarian nature of equestria.
"except maybe Discord but i dont think i need to explain why thats a bad idea" Me: Discord? u mean the one who can change all of Equestria in a snap and is known as the lord of chaos or something like that? Literally Everyone Who Watches My Little Pony: yes...that Discord...thats the only Discord... Anyone Else: erm who?
The book, Journal of the Two Sisters, states that was born as an Alicorn. She and her sister would be asked by the Unicorn Starswirl the Bearded to rule the newly formed kingdom of Equestria, as Alicorns had traits of all three kinds of ponies.
It's Twilight, not Princess Luna after her Return to Ponyvile. Twilight is the Princess of Friendship, the only Time she has act as an Empress/Dictator, was in the Comic after they had Contact with the Dark Water. Dictator would be the complete Opposide of Twilights Character. The Way you show Twilight at the Begin of the Video would maybe fit to Diamond Tiara or Silver Spoon but not on Twilight. A ruling Princess like Twilight and the Sisters before, are Ruler in a Kingdom, not an Democraty like in the real World. So there will be no Elections, because a Democraty would not fit this fantasy World. The actual Ruler will be choosen by earning it, thats called Meritocracy. Some get it because it's the Daughter of the actual Ruler (Flurry Heart) or by proving their Worth by their Actions (Twilight). I think, not every Princess will be an Ruler. Under the Sisters it was an Diarchy, now its an Matriarchy. A Princess can loose her Position, if the People not accept her (I have read somewhere, a Princess need to be accepted in her Role every 2 Years). Other Races could Rule too, but this is the Kingdom of the Ponys. I'm sure the Dragons don't want to be ruled by a Pony too. Sometimes a Meritocracy are much better then an Democraty. Why that? A Democraty is good because Everyone can be an Part of Ruling the country. Are you sure? After giving your Vote, theres a Ruler, in modern Times a President and a Parliament. Usual this Parliament dessice what the Peope want, so they are a sort of Group of Rulers. They represent the People of the country, but you can't change anything they want, even if many don't want it (see Brexit). Another Problem are the Parliament itself. There are 2 or more Groups withown Ideas and Ways to do something. Often this Groups are opposite in their Ways. This made Desisions difficult, sometimes impossible or it need much Time. If there are hungy People and the one Side say "Give them Food" and the other "We need the Food for yourself", then the hungry People will suffer under this, some maybe starve, because like we call it here in Germany "Too many Cooks spoil the Broth". An Monarch/Princess can choose much faster, because an Monarchy work like a Company, where the Boss give the Orders and the Employees do the Jobs. The Employees in Equestria are the Guards, Mayors, Ambassadors and other Ponys who are working in Canterlot. There are some Monarchys who are working fine, complete without Elections.
I guess you are right but the alicorn wings, horn have to be earned and flurry heart didn't earn those but in the video you also explained that she already knew what she was going to do and we'll if something wrong happens kingdom's already stronger with friendship Twilight sparkle became the leader of equestria and she was also the process of friendship so whatever she does in the past like the kingdoms get along we have all seen that more than million times
I don’t think that should happen because think about it just like in the human realm there are liars and people turning on each other to get office so if that happens in ponyville so will the lying and turning on each other and then that will be the end of peace and friendship
Twilight is the princess of pony lands.
Thorax is the leader of changeling lands.
Ember is the princess of dragon lands.
Rutherford is the prince of yak lands. [type] is the king of griff lands. [type] is the king of cat lands. Novo is the queen of hippogriff lands. Abraxis is the prince of zebra lands. We still doesn't know the rulers of dogs and parrots but the comics will soon tell it.
princess luna-nightmare moon princess celestia-day breaker for flurry heart twigh light and kaidans i'll just make it up XD princess kaidans-kalight princess twighlight-magic indigo princess baby flurry heart-flurry to devil i hope that works XD
first of all princess celestia is good and kind ruler and she knows who to make ruler yes every creature must get chance but they should be alicorn if dragons rule so all ponies will suffer and etc but celestia has power to rise sun and luna rise the moon, but when they will vote so who rise the sun or moon please tell and they can't get magic of alicorn by voting
I have a question.. i never saw it as to the looks of it you have infinite videos i couldnt find what KIND of changeling you are.
I mean .. queen chrisalis and her tribes are black changelings And the others rainbows whit wings (i dont mean rainbow dash whit that) What kind are you? Rainbow or Black changeling..?
Yes and no... It would still be a corruptible system, shall I mention trump, who was elected, or Hitler who was also an elected leader. There is no such thing as a perfect government. You can come close but never reach that goal. This is mostly due to the fact that things change over time but government tends to not change as quickly. This causes things to get complicated. In other words at some point they probably will change to elections, and that will most likely end up changing as well.
Queen nova, dragonlord, yak prince, king thorax, the kirin queen and the other race leaders. Twilight dosnt own all the kingdoms really, they all have their own govern laws and ways. Twight is the princess of her subjects, but the other races already pick their own leaders so this video dosnt make sence sorry.
Haha And it can never be coroped Nightmare moon Oh At least they can only be a alicorn with a good heart Cozy glow … Good thing they are intelligent Flurry heart Oh come on Hehe 😑
sees everybody's comments so basically his the wrongest person/pony in the world. And my blood when I listened to him his funny but HIS WRONG edit: I said blood boiled
isn't it obvious that they're monarch? Monarchy, whatevs... Its obvious since they call their leaders king, princess, all those creepy names they call their leaders... soooooo Celestia had to choose an heir to the throne since she didn't have... KIDS... when I thought Celestia had a bunch of guys, but i think she's too tall for them... well she chose twilight anyway, right?
wait a minute why do i feal like my pinky tingling i mean what if some people accidently vote the wrong person or some people vote the bad ones so picking or seeing the ones that u think are perfect test them first until u pick them so theres no reason to vote thats kinda my theory sorry if u dont agree
Wow you don't need to vote, plus who ever created mlp must be offended that a CHANGELING IS BEING rude and giving suggestions HOW IT SHOULD BE well it does not work like that.
Or mabey if they have to vote then think if only alicorns could be only voted like i mean that the princess that its the roler and pick out 3 ader alicorns and the ander ponys well vote who the next princess its
Hmm twilight is dictator sound like I know someone that is dictator too but I can't put a name on it and he fail art school hmmm who could be that fail art school
Your reasoning is basically its racist to only let ponies rule equestria, but I don't see the problem with that. In the US, you can only run for president if you were born in the US. I see equestria as the "pony nation", ponies live there and rule there. There may be other creatures living there now but its not their homeland. You don't see ponies trying to rule the dragon lands or griffins ruling the changing hive. As I was typing this I thought of a few problems with it, but I think my point is, the other nations do the same thing, so there isn't really a problem. The matter of election is still valid, but there are normally restrictions on who can run in any government.
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wolf lover2021-11-21 14:55:46 (edited 2021-11-21 14:58:18 )
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I don't want equestria to be 0an democracy world it would be not good usually princess celestia and princess luna could represent all the three tribes usally only ponies live in equestria all that other creatures were visitors from other lands
Equestria is pony kingdom like only people who born in each country can be president in those countrys The other people have theyre own kingdoms, they come to this one cuz they want to
I’ve never really liked twilight sparkle mostly cause we are opposites. I just don’t think she should’ve been an allicorn mostly because I think the main 6 should’ve all been allicorns, mostly because they also have magic like twilight, it may not show through actual magic like horns or whatever. Through the accomplishments that they went through, discord, chrysalis, and other enemies. Without the 5 twilight would have not been able to defeat or reform the enemies that they had face, that’s why I believe the main 6 should all be allicorns
just do it the wings of fire way. challenger fights current ruler to the death, whoever lives rules tribe. OR if you REALLY want to make sure the BEST ruler rules, you can have a magical item like the eye of onyx present at the royal challenge.
I think it is stil fair for an Alicorn to rule over pony lands, in dragon lands a dragon is still the one to lead, same with changelings, griffins, hippogriffs and jaks. Although now there's more diversity in all lands, each 'country, tribe, whatever' is still lead by their species of origin if that makes sense
In general I find most videos in this channel entertaining. This felt just dumb. The feel I get from this vid in general is that someone has a big issue with monarchy. I recognize the validity of the points stated, but lets be fair, democracy is just a vulnerable and there has been multiple cases of uprisings against both monarchic and democratic governments through history same as there have been plenty of tyranic both democratic and monarchic governments through history and even in present day (Korea and Venezuela anyone?) Also, it is true there may be representative of other races living in equestria, but equestria is a pony nation. The other races do have their own nations with rulers of those respective races.
It's true that every creature has to have the chance to rule, but following that logic, a hipogrif could also be leader of the dragons, or a pony could rule the jacks. Equestria is pony land so it kind of makes sence to have an alicorn princess
I see alicorns as the warrior cats mentors (if you don’t know what that is think of someone who trains you, like a teacher or work partner). This is because twilight was taken under the guidance of princess celestia. She taught her to do good things and do better with magic. I don’t know of any other alicorn that was taught (hopefully there are a few more alicorn apprentices in the future). But how they act may depend on how they were taught. This still doesn’t explain why they are rulers on the equestrian hierarchy. But maybe it might have something to do with Luna and Celestias origins.
As the show progressed it seems more like any female character can become an alicorn. Becoming alicorn was like a graduation for Celestia's protege. I'd guess, with the exception of Flurry Heart, anyone who works hard enough can become one. Maybe its a system similar to religious orders in some way. Exceptional ponies get chosen and they spend years studying until they attain some type of self enlightenment in their field. Then they become alicorns. I don't know.
But who else can raise the sun and moon without magic? That leaves out pegasi, earth ponies, griffins, and dragons. And it has to be a powerful magic user as well, we see that six ponies could raise the sun and moon but Celestia did it herself because she was that powerful. The only powerful magic users are alicorns and potentially some other unicorns but without becoming an alicorn pegasi and earth ponies wouldn't be able to rule.
or it could be like this: alicorn would be the queen/king but there would be a council made up of different magical creatures ( 1 changeling 1 dragon 1 earth pony 1 pegasus 1 unicorn 1 griffin) you get the idea and they would also be from different social classes so even if you aren't a noble or rich you can still be part of the council and let's say that every 4 years there will be an election so new people can be part of the council because in my opinion it make sense that if you live in equestria then it is ruled by ponies but since more magical creatures are moving there then they would have a chance to be represented in the council. also the alicorn wouldn't technically be an absolute monarch yes they have the final say but they can only choose which law to approve after it has gone through the council and if the alicorn wants to implement a new law they have to present it to the council and the council can vote whether or not it should become a law
I think twilight is Equestria's ruler. But we must consider that Equestria, from what we saw, doesn't include Yakyakistan, Griffinstone, Mount Aris etc. I just assume that every leader has total authority over their own territory/country/ kingdom but, at the same time, they comunicate with each other in order to take decisions regarding their peoples, seeing how they interact with each other and how to create a bond of friendship/trust between the kingdoms. Equestria is like a hub, a place where everyone can come, live and get a job like Gallus. Sure, technically, Twilight is Equestria's "dictator" but she shown to care about the leaders of the other kingdoms, and there's no reason to think that her care just faded away since she took Celestia's place. Long story short, I think there's a council where all the leaders discuss about economy, laws, cultures and everything that could help creating stronger bonds
No no, lets let equestria stay the way it is, if we enforce democracy into a system that is already working well enough it will be then that corruption will rise
to be fair the alicorns are the rulers of equestria. equestria is a pony based land. each of the of the other species have their own kingdoms with their own rulers. the changelings have thorax the hypogriffs have queen novo the yaks have prince rutherford the dragons have dragon lord ember the griffins just kinda do their own thing without a paticular ruler same with diamond dogs so having alicorns represent equestria still isn't a bad thing.
Maybe if an alicorn ruler was corrupted, then creatures would have the power to vote them out and elect a new ruler, but only if that new ruler had met a few requirements first, like maybe a test they have to take on complete honesty.
If I’m being 100% honest I like the show in earlier seasons Because it was way simpler back then don’t get me wrong I love the show but I just hate all the new characters and the new parts and stuff it’s like they didn’t even try to keep it to the original plot-
So, the trouble is that there's no reason to change government styles unless there becomes a reason for it. No one would oust a good leader if they are in fact a good leader. It's only when that leader starts to oppress people that a call for more representation becomes vocal. The British monarch was completely unchallenged for leadership for centuries before they implemented a Parliamentary system, which still put the Monarch above them. People needed a taste of power before they realized they needed more of it. It took until the Protestant Reformation before people really had any ideas of self government. That government could be used for good, rather than just oppression.
And then world war 1 happened, and the crowns around Europe fell. That's what it took. A war that was so brutal it caused everyone to lose faith in everything. Also, the Soviets happened.
I think the ponies choose not to use democracy for the highest position because of one fatal flaw in the whole democratic system: it's ridiculously slow, and in terms of equestria, dangerously polarizing.
Think about the second point first. Democracy requires voting, which on a mass scale leads to having specific political parties. These parties are often extremely polarized, and depending on how stubborn individual party members are, these political groups have massive trouble cooperating. Some can't even consider the other side's ideas. This runs completely counter to harmony, which equestria needs to survive and not be attacked by wendigos.
And for the first one... do I even need to list examples? It takes our "leaders" years to react to situations, or make important decisions. Our school system hasn't been updated in over 100 years. Government shutdowns are so common we treat them like storms; we say "well that's inconvenient". And in equestria, ponies don't have time for their leaders to jump through a million legal loops and mince words. They need the leaders to get shit done. They need timely decisions. They need someone who doesn't have to make a big song and dance before handling a situation like villains or natural disasters.
In conclusion, ponies basically don't use democracy because it would probably attract wendigos, and because it's slower than tar in terms of getting things done.
"THE MOST IMPORTANT MAGIC IS THE MAGIC OF FReNDshiP" we all heard that soo many times and the MOST important magic of all is LOVE. LOVE brings us thogether! -love for friends -romantic love -sibling love And - love for parents Love brings peace and harmony love makes us work thogether and learn how to become a better person if princess twylight was gone i think flurry heart would be the perfect leader and for the crystal empire cadance and shining armor should rule it and nothing bad would happen and we dont whant twylight saying the same words again and again "THE MAGIC OF FRIENDSHIP IS THE MOST IMPORTANT MAGIC OF ALL" dose she even know that love for friends brang her and the five thogether?
@bewilderedberner you have a point but love comes first cuz thats what friendship is made out of like he mentiond "love for friends, love for sibllibg hood, romantic love and love for ones parrents" thats what harmony IS obout. Its about love for everyone but some cant understand it but some can and thats the beatuy of harmony. So we can learn other ppl obout it to spreed love and Joy thats why were here and thats why this show is made for to learn little children not to hate others but to help them see and give them a nother chance and thats why my childreen and me are waching allmost everysingle MLP to learn and to apriciate that were well and alive and to learn to give ones a second chance 😌
Actully I think every speices that live in equestria that can talk should vote for a ruler of their kind and some how make a government out of it like twilight and the pony’s and maybe like amber for dragons and like student six should also add someone in there lol
the thing is if in alicorn were to go corrupt who would be powerful enough to stop them. earth ponies? no pegasus? no unicorns? maybe but they would have to be very powerful in terms of magic power. see normal citizens don't have the power to overthrow a being that is basically seen as a divine entity. i guess if discord is still around he could like help stop them but realistically speaking only alicorns can stop each other. but you might say "well apple jack and the crew helped twilight stop luna and none of them were alicorns, but technically speaking it was the elements that stopped her not their raw power. i guess dragons and the other magical creatures could join forces but would it still be enough to stop an alicorn?. i guess it also depends what power the alicorn has like if celestia were to become evil she could potentially create an eternal winter by bringing down the sun or twilight since she's like the alicorn of magic her magic power should be pretty high what i'm getting at is it would be nearly impossible to stop a fully matured alicorn who has had years of experience and already know how to put up a good fight
They should make a government then. And all species will have to elect their own member of it... But why tho? I mean if ponies started to live in Dragonlands it still wouldn't be so fitting to select a pony as their leader so...
I feel like it's less dictatorship more monarchy. She is a princess, chosen for her role by the previous ruler and doesnt rule alone, with help from her friends, spike, and close ties to other nations and species through them, I feel that this is more fair of a monarchy than victorian england was.
well actually, i don’t believe the system will be corrupt. celestial and luna retired and gave the power to twilight. they could’ve put twilight in charge of the crystal empire and cadence, equestria. i believe whoever’s in charge has the power to choose their heir/successor seeing as celestia and twilight were not related (other than by law via cadence). obviously twilight was a good choice and if the leader has a good intention, i don’t think the system will ever fall into a corrupt one. i mean never say never but...
i don't like the fact that cadence is so short but twilight rules for a short amount of time and is as tall as celestia. like why isn't luna that tall what- please dont come at me with celestia is the ruler of equestria cus technically, theyre ruled by the royal sisters, they have equal power. it jus seems unfair how cadence and luna are so short.
If it was election, wouldn’t there have to be a psychological test? because bad popular opinions can end up in bad elections, so giving a test to the winner of the election would also be crucial. Plus one person wouldn’t be enough to represnet and entire range of races, there would probably have to be a council, one each for each race.
Welcome back to another episode of MLP todays lesson is: Politics
She got her wings by completing one of starswirls spells get over it big deal , shes saved the who of equestria mutiple times , with her freinds so she earned the wings .
i really wish all of the mane six became princesses of Equestria because the rest of them just get to die and be forgotten?! they're literally the elements of harmony hasbro
i love this video it was funny but there is something i want to know what did cadance look like when twilight and her friends w'er rulers of equestria so canyou please make a video about that please
The problem with Equestria becoming just popular vote is the voter may be mislead with lies and may not see it they may wanna vote or will vote for a wrong leader like let's say a villian disguises themself as a regular pony later they will reveal there true colors and theyll be no one there to stop it another problem with this is that other creatures other than ponys have not been seen to have more power than an alicorn and when a battle comes there will be less alicorn magic to fight the battle and Equestria will fall
Allicrons make sense for all species. Just wanted to say that all animals either have wings, or no wings. Horn with magic or no horn. Meaning the Alicorns represents the basis of all creatures.
Shes not a dictator, shes a good ruller and cadence wasnt voted to be a ruller for you to say that twi is a dictator because no one voted for her Im not saying this in a mad tune so please dont think im trying to be rude and bye
have u even see mlp properly twillight and her friends are rulers of equestria because they have saved whole of equestria ok now no judgements for twillight and her friends
well i think that 2020 equestria is now called "ALL-STRIA" and i think that the whole planet is one giant nation so da tree of harmony did it all well done FRIKIN ASTRAL TWILLIGHT
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Equestria may be friends with other nations, but it's still a pony nation. Thorax rules the changelings. Hippogriff monarchs rule the seaponies and hippogriffs. A yak chief leads the yaks
Achievement Unlocked I wouldn’t do that if I were you and twilight and her friend have the magic of Friendship on their side so that mean you are gonna to regret it
I don't think they should vote, Because some creatures have a chance to be "kind" but just fake it. Everyone would think that they're nice and vote for that creature! Then they'd be the ruler and ruin everything, yes every creature can vote them off their throne but that'll take at the most a year for them to vote them off again. You cant just vote someone to rule and they be rude and the next day everyone can kick them off their throne. Thats why I think you shouldn't vote for who is the next princess/prince. This is why I think the last princesses/princes should pick the next rulers. We should put our trust in the last rulers.
I WOULD DISAGREE . Think of this - every single creatures "kingdoms" are like country's, every "kingdom" has ther leaders, traditions ect... creatures can visit other county's (kingdoms) whit no problem. Like in real life
my childhood on this video is ruined ;w; )im sorry about saying that my brain has exploded from watching so much my little pony videos related about explaing , that didnt make any sense typing o-0)
My theory is that Equestria is where the land of pony's used to rule but there are other king and queendom so most of those creatures are from the other king and Queendom like the changelings (I don't know how to spell them) if a changeling wanted to live in Equestria they could but it does not mean that we have to change the ways of letting them take the throne they could it's kinda like the real world they don't have to represent there whole country if we have black person as our mayor but we have white people in the county they don't need to represent all of us but it's my theory
Ok so my reason why not to become a democracy is simply twilight has to raise the sun and moon rules that normal ponies struggled with because they just weren't strong enough and as my mother always says dont do a job that is more important and most people cant if your not going to be properly compensated and treated like your doing something more important. Nightmare moon didnt want to raise the sun so she was obviously unable to singularly rule but celestia and luna had both raised the sun and moon but they retired and Cadence keep the crystal empire from being frozen solid flurry heart is just a baby so in those regards shes has the right to not be ready to rule kids should be kids
You know what you talk to much flurry heart is a baby forgot sake what responsibility was she have stopped crying for at least two hours just to sit in a room full of ponies I didn’t think so and the reason why the other pony became Alcorn is because all of the album corn magic that was in there gave her the wings you’re overthinking things
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Ever play the hearts of iron 4 mlp mod? I rig the shot out of that vote i am not getting bumbed out of position when i can wipe a city off a map by myself and i am not just going to let the changelings eat us up when every one trying for peace.
i do, so what now? our community is much more involved than the cartoon, and there's theory videos about things i don't care about but i don't go around in their comment sections telling them I don't care and nobody else does.
The only ponies can rule thing is kind of fair tho equestria is earth ponies, unicorns, Pegasus, and Alicorns. The other creatures kingdoms are outside of equestria and have their own rulers
@Sawtooth Waves fair, but I honestly don't see why her being a monarch is a bad thing. sure, many become corrupt, but thats likely due to how they were raised. Twilight had the support of her friends, her "brother" Spike (who I count as the 7th member since he did help the group ever since S1 E1) (most notably during their visits to the Crystal Empire), as well as the support of both Celestia and Luna, even Discord supports her, granted his way of showing it in the last season was a tad questionable.
Okay, sorry if I got some words wrong, I tried my best.
trumpet noises Twilight Sparkle: Be quiet! I order you to be quiet! Sawtooth Waves: Order? Who do you think you are? Twilight Sparkle: I’m your princess! Sawtooth Waves: Well I didn’t vote for you.. Twilight Sparkle: You don’t vote for princesses! Sawtooth Waves: Well how’d you become princess then? Twilight Sparkle: The Allicorn of the day star, her hoof clad in the purest shimmering alloy held off a pair of wings from heart of the sky, signifying by divine providence that I, Twilight Sparkle, was to bare these wings. That is why I’m your princess! Sawtooth Waves: Listen, strange mares flying through the clouds and distributing wings is no basis for for a system of government. Subprime executive power to rise from a mandate from the maces, not some farcical serial ceremony! Twilight Sparkle: Be quiet!! Sawtooth Waves: You can’t expect a wheeled supreme executive power! Just ‘cause some Heelio-hackanie threw some wings at you! Twilight Sparkle: Shut up!! Sawtooth Waves: I mean if I went around, saying I was an emperor just ‘cause some shiny chieftain had locked some flappers at me? They’d put me away! Twilight Sparkle: Shut up!! Will you shut up!!? Twilight Sparkle: starts using magic on ‘Sawtooth Waves’ Sawtooth Waves: ahh, now I see the violence and the hatred in the system. Twilight Sparkle: Shut up!!!!! Sawtooth Waves: Come and see the violence and hatred in the system! Help! Help! I’m being repressed! trumpet noises
The music from “Monty Python and the holy grail” makes it perfect. Love your vids and all your theories! You do so much deep diving on your ideas! 👁👄👁 I’m addicted to your content!❤️❤️❤️
My main question is: If a tyrant does gain power, what's stopping them from straight up abolishing the votings system and bringing it back to the whole divine rule thing? I think Equestria needs a joint ruling by a princess/prince/queen/king and a council of other elected bodies that represent everyone. Not sure what that system is called exactly (never took politics in school) but I think that's what will truly stop a super powered tyrant from keeping the throne.
Well, speaking from how the show seems to have built up its system, if the people don't like you you will just get thrown in a fancy prison or encased in stone by the leaders that came before you or the newest rising heroes in the kingdom.
(this comment might be late but I wanted to throw it out there anyway)
I think a parilamentary constitutional monarchy might be a good way to go: After all, several nations that are near the top of lists of things like health, happiness, income equality & freedom are under such governments (Denmark, Sweden, Norway, the Netherlands), so such systems of government obviously work, and while Twilight or some other alicorn would still be Princess of Equestria, her authority would be balanced by an elected parliament of every other sentient creature in Equestria, which would give the representation you were talking about.
Cozy glow was artificial and crazy, nightmare moon was a one time thing, and flurry heart is a good kid. TWILIGHT IS A GREAT LEADER SO HOW CAN THIS BE A DICTATORSHIP!!!!!!!!
The question of why the ponies haven't tried to replace the autocracy of a democracy really is very simple. They're happy. They have no reason to change a system that isn't broken. Twilight is a benevolent dictator. Same applied to Celestia. She stays in power by keeping the ponies happy. They don't decide to replace the current political system because they have no reason to. Honestly the idea of Equestria overthrowing the monarchy never made any sense to me.
Well, I kinda think a Constitutional monarchy is rather fitting.
Over in the UK (I am a Brit abroad at the mo) there is both a monarchy and a government, but both are positions of power. However, under a constitutional monarchy (if my research had served me correctly) then technically Equestria can have both. While the monarchy will no longer have the final legal say (god, that bit about ‘divine appointment’ really rings alarm bells for our earlier system of appointing. Notoriously, Charles I ruled very precariously, but he was convinced that because he was appointed by God, he was therefore entitled to the throne and therefore could do as he pleased. And we all know how that turned out...) they will still be considered ‘Head of State’. While the monarchy would still be there, it would be as a symbol of stability and pride to the land, whereas the citizens would be given the right to vote for various legislation (and also vote for a variety of PM candidates, which would also create an interesting discussion on various political parties and what they’d entail in the MLP universe).
Basically, you can have a monarch and a Parliament. You can’t choose the monarch (the proceeding monarchs are decided by the monarch in power at the time. Even then, within the confines of natural monarchy progression (i.e the firstborn of the monarch would be the one to receive the throne, whereas the ‘Royal Consort’ (the husband/wife of the monarch (think Queen Elisabeth II and Prince Phillip. There’s a reason he’s ‘Prince’ and not ‘King)) would be less likely, unless all prior candidates for the throne pass before them)), but you can pretty much choose everything else.
TL;DR - bit of a history lesson, rambled into irl monarchy progression, Constitutional Monarchy is probably best for Equestria.
I think i disagree cause every time i watch my little pony i notice that it was the princess who chooses the next ruler. Example: Celestia was observing Twilight very well thats when Celestia saw the potential that Twilight possesses maybe thats how Twilight became the new ruler
Just like when Twilight was observing her best student(Luster Dawn) and who knows maybe Luster Dawn will be next ruler
There's a flaw with this though; how would Earth ponies or other creatures be able to move the sun and Moon as well as go in the dream dimension to take care of everyone?
But what if creatures get forced by magic to vote for someone unsuitable?
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Lol nice Monty Python reference at the beginning. Also to be fair, Cozy Glow was never a true alicorn, she was made one by Grogar's bell. Also Flurry Heart can't be used as a counterargument against alicorns being generally competent and intelligent because she's just a baby. No one would look at a human infant and say "yup humans are idiots".
I thought equestria only extends from the all the way to the north (Crystal empire) to the south (appleloosa/saddle arabia). Meaning ponies were really the only population. But since every creature technically migrated to the country/kingdom of equestria; I guess you are right. Man the future sucks, call me racist but the biodiversity in the population is disturbing. #keep ponies pure
no just! no!!!! the reason it is set up like this is so that no one can take the thrown if they are evil. and the reason she is in charge was because Queen Celestia legit groomed Twilight for the thrown otherwise we would have discord or any other bad guy ruling over them. Queen Celestia didn't just pick her out of random. Twilight possessed all of the qualities of a ruler. She had the intelligence, the capability to grow, and learn. Her character as a person showed potential for leadership, wisdom, and the other qualities of the friendship harmony. The other reason is that the other species that live in this world have their own respectfully on countries. (I am going to admit I haven't seen season 9) But the reason other species are living in harmony is because of her. She is literally the Queen of Friendship! If she is removed from status to rule over she wouldn't be able to keep the peace and prosperity that Queen Celestia has worked for. Also, it is not like Queen Celestia had a child to raise and groom to rule. Like Flurry Heart. Someone has to maintain equality as well. That's the reason Luna and Celestia ruled together. Night and day working in harmony. Since other kingdoms were welcomed as friends doesn't it make sense that Queen Twilight of Friendship lead and guide others? Mayor Mare legit was made for her job too. She even briefly talked about her cute mark and how it just fits with her job. In a world designed where things are not acquiescence dictatorship isn't a question. another example is Sombra, he was meant to be evil his name means shadow and ends up a dark evil shadow seeking revenge. without him, Twilight probably wouldn't have learned an important lesson and could have derailed her path of becoming queen. And Flurry Heart wouldn't be connected to the Crystal Heart. See that's why it shouldn't be a Democracy. It was designed that way. (sorry if I miss spelled and punctuation I wrote this at 2 in the morning. If you have any questions just reply back)
if twilight loses, what would be her role now? if there is another group of psychopaths that will terrorize everyone for their lust for power, twilight is the one with the most firepower
Considering how easy it is to rail up and manipulate ponies(like cozy glow did or caballeron in daring done or the villains prior to the finale) I can totally see someone selfish and evil winning the elections.
Might makes right, so, unless the ponies can overpower an unpopular alicorn ruler without using another alicorn, their hooped. Look at the season 9 finale, they won but in the end all power had to go to Twilight so she could use it to defeat the enemies. It was only after they were depowered that Discord and the Princesses could turn them to stone. The question is what would happen if Twilight doesn't want to do what other ponies want? If she decides not to do something she has effectively vetoed the will of the ponies, and only if there is a way to get it done despite what she wants she rules as a dictator and no pony can do anything. And if they get another alicorn to help depose them the new alicorn takes Twilight's place and be that alicorn good or bad you still have an alicorn dictatorship.
“No single creature can represent the whole population” Wrong
Changeling can represent the whole population because they can change their form who knows maybe a Changeling will become the leader of Equestria and change it’s form to look like an Alicorn griffin seapony hippogriff Changeling hybrid
i do have a few questions though, there are other civilians of non-pony creatures. the changlings don’t have a yak leader. why would equestria give it’s mostly pony population to someone like ember if the dragon lands are not going to elect a pony leader? do you see a possibility of all leaders coming together to turn their lands into a democracy? you don’t have to respond, i just wanted to get these questions out there lol
What we need is a competent, good, and smart leader who can represent all creatures in equestrian..... Fluttercord I'm looking at you, I WANT BABIES AT ANY COST Heehehehehehehhe
I mean, i agree with that... but the whole voting system hasn’t really worked all that much for America as of recent years. God knows how bad it could get if that same system was implemented to Equestria. Could you imagine Spoiled rich as the ruler of Equestria?
I wonder why twilight ends up looking like celestia when she grows up unlike all the other mane 5 that didn't grow looking like celestia with that long neck and even longer legs. I mean the mane 5 basically has the same age as twilight yet they end up looking normal. Does giving you powers make your legs longer? Even though twilights's parents look nothing like celestia so she didn't inherit her parents looks. Did the creators of this cartoon got lazy and just traced celestia and changed it only a little bit? Honestly, cartoon logic ;^;
Why does a representative have to look like the people they represent? This is some leftist college bullshit if I've ever heard it lmao.
Twilight represents the IDEALS of the people she represents. Diversity of thought is the only diversity that is important. She doesn't have to look like a dragon, look like a yak, etc. to understand and forward the things they care about and their ideas. On top of that those creatures aren't a monolith, they care about different things as the griffons have clearly shown. Would Gallus be a good representation of what griffons want? What about Gilda? or Gabby?
Looking like someone doesn't mean you share their ideals, that's why people should vote based on policies and why ultimately they probably would vote Twilight or one of her friends because they have befriended so many different communities.
She's a monarch. Monarchies worked for thousands of years. Monarchs are also central to fantasy stories. Monarchies are not inherently corrupt. Democracies are not fair by default either, in fact, it could be argued rather effectively that democracies have caused more harm to people than monarchs have. Calling Twilight a 'dictator' is absolutely outrageous, ignorant, and illustrative of a vapid and hateful worldview against cultures you don't understand.
I think twilight is similar to the queen of England. She rules England, but there are many people that are from around the world living in the country. This is an idea that came in my mind
Putting human values onto another civilization is always a mistake. Horses are a herd species, so even an intelligent species would prefer a single herd leader. Alicorns are the best choice only because they are an amalgamate of the three (Of 5) species and are the ones most likely to have the power to protect their subjects. Also, though they have "talks", no one thinks the ponies rule all Equestria, else why would they keep sending diplomats to resolve issues between the species?
Why not making a constitutional Monarchy with a Parliament and a ruler from which both of them hold equal Power. The Parliament is elected which then elects a chancellor who hold as much power as the Monarch.
Edit: Im sorry for misspelling some words if I have, im a German and for that English isn‘t my first language.
Solution: Put discord in charge, he’s a little bit of everything, and he’s just about as wacky as any politician. Problem solved. (Don’t actually take that seriously, him being in charge would be an absolute disaster. XD)
tbh, it’s true Twilight would appear to be a dictator. But dictatorship doesn’t always mean it’s corrupt. In the first movie of Equestria girls, at the end Principal Celestia tells Twilight, “A true leader in any world rules not by forcing others to bow before her, but by inspiring others to stand with her.” which means Twilight is a reliable and capable ruler. (Cozy Glow wouldn’t really count as an Alicorn since they were just a powered up look by Grogar’s bell)
I think that alicorns rule just because they are litteral god's in flesh. And seems that they handle it very well since the only thing that might cause their kingdom problem is another powerful being (like Discord, Tirek, Chrysalis etc). And local problems just handles by local authority.
Sooo. Since alicorns are immortal and omnipotent there ain't gonna be another type of ruler who could replace them. My point that we can't compare people's rulership and ponies' since people are always equal and ponies are not.
to be honest not all that you say is true at moment; 1:45 want to point to cozy glow for evidance she became a alicorn when she was infused with the magic from grogar meaning she did not become an alicorn by as you made a theroy stars wirl the bearded enchanment, her alicorn status was not only temperary but also not from the alicorn status bron of starswirls spell. therefor she can not be caled an alicorn. she was never even close to a princess unless you cont the moment the villains were about to winn wich i dont couse not only did the mane 5 escape but also the student 6 and other students from the school of magic were working on uniting the other creatures and that was a big part of the winn against cozy at wich point i wauld like to point once again she was returned to a regular pegasus. the point is cozy was never a alicorn princess so you can not (in my mind) use her alicorn status as prove to a theroy this way. i do love the video further this smal peace just anoyed me a lot
Sir I don't think equestria requires a democracy because as celestia chosed twilight to become the ruler as she thought that twilight is capable for that position. In the same way twilight will also choose a capable pony and make her/him the ruler. And that pony will also choose a good and capable pony and the process will go on
acctualy the real reason alicorns are the ones that rule is cause they are the most powerful like if somepony tried to take over equestria alicorns can still try to defeat them cause if the villian could fly alicorns can fly aswell if they have magic alicorns have magic too
That is not how it works because if a queen or king or whatever dies or steps down from the monarchy, the next one in line steps down but if there are multiples in line or whatever and don’t know who to choose they go by the eldest next in line but for example princess Luna and Celestia decides to step down from the thrones and retire. But cadence is older than twilight. But Cadence can not rule all of Equestria because she rules the crystal empire. And twilight is older than flurryheart. So that means twilight is head of Equestria’s monarchy! And dictators are 🤪 loco!
Twilight does not rule over any other kingdom othrer than the pony one and generaly speaking most of the other creatures live in their own kingdoms with their own rulers, the idea that she has any authority over the dragons is laughable.
ROFL! This is so funny! No, the concept of voting is not something very well known outside of Western culture here in Humestria. There has been England, and those who came after, who saw the benefits of parliamentary government, such as the US, who has no royalty behind their voting system. But before that point? The Ancient Greeks were said to have a democracy, which only lasted a couple Centuries at best. glances over suspiciously at the US But really, other than those few examples people were ruled by dictators, whether they were monarchs, "chairmen," shudders or what have you. Frankly, such a concept would be quite alien to a world that hasn't had the opportunity to experience it. It'd be a nice improvement to Equestria, but honestly, I think the risk of corruption of one person is much better than what we currently deal with -- which is corruption throughout our government system. After all, humanity has dealt with tyrants for thousands of years; dealing with corrupted democracies which was forcibly changed to that of Communism? Well, you already see how much power Russia, North Korea, and China have right now....
No they are not Imperialism does not =Dictadors.. Too sad the only examples you have are Russia and China different from this illusion of Democracy..and yes Both Russia and China are dictadorships But by all no efin means allicorns are Dictators!
The Diarchy/Monarchy holds the highest power in Equestria, but citizens and immigrants alike enjoy a level of self-determination that makes the rulership of Alicorns a minor aspect of their day to day lives. So does changing the system do anything useful when the leadership is a already self-proven dynasty of heroines?
I say no because 1. Your forgeting that they all live in different lands but the clip only shows them visting Equestria 2. Flurry Heart was maybe born an alicorn but in flurry emotions she was incredible smart and magical for a filly, she created a barrier for crying out loud . 3. The only reason why they’re alicorns is not representation of the 3 tribes even though that’s helpful but its because how much magic they possess . Like honestly if you can raise the sun and moon all by yourself then of course you should be an alicorn, plus they were also taught by the magical sorcerer Starswirl the Bearded. 4. Also for Twilights case her cutie mark is magic so it would make sense she end up all Celestia and Luna. Also don’t forget she magical recreated the magical spark of the “Elements of Harmony” which were destroyed by the way!!
This sounds heresy against our God-Empress Daybreaker. Grand inquisitor sunrise sparkle has been informed and is sending for the solar guard. Sol Invicta.
Twilight can’t be a dictator because of the counsel of friendship.
A dictator is a single ruler who has complete control over their country. Twilight’s rule is not absolute, because she discusses decisions with her friends, and I doubt that Twilight would completely ignore her friends’ advice and do what she wants. I mean, what would be the point of the counsel if she did that, haha.
You do have really interesting points though, Equestria needs to do some thinking.
Except not really.this video is flawed and down right stupid written by a Deviantart Changeling obsessed Cryssalis fan with a pony skin on him
1)Everyone is allowed to Grow they go to schools that expand their Knowledge and discover their true talents thus themselves never heard of a Dictadorship System that supports self discovery 2)A society that promotes freedom of though and everyone to get along,With guards enforcing law ONLY if the laws are broken..also CELESTIA HAS/HAD A FREAKING SCHOOL..Dictators DONT make school to Teach they make them to indoctronate and before you say What about every phrase being "celestia" based...Celestia is legit not just a Princess but an EFIN GODDESS Is not a case of a MORTAL rulling a nation is an Immortal Goddes that can raise the Sun and somewhat control the moon.its not more different than ANY RELIGION EVER.
2) I’m not sure if I misunderstood you, but I’m saying that they aren’t dictators, and I’m pretty sure you are too?? I don’t know if you are trying to debate or agree.
3) Celestia being a goddess is fanon. Alicorns are not immortal, they just live longer than other ponies.
Bottom line is: they can’t be dictators, no biggie.
I’m starting to think that Mlp is some how look like Europe history. Cause it has something really explaining why ONLY ALICORN should rule Equestria. Sorry. My English bad. :(
Well , she may be a dictator , but she is a good one , not in a sence where she's good at being a dictator , but good as a person so to speak , even tho she's a pony , she's not a dictator like the president of north korea
Technically Cozy became an alicorn due to the power of Grogar's bell not Discord's chaotic power. She was an alicorn when Tirek, Chrysalis and her took Discord's magic with the use of the bell.
xd how do you get the True of it A lot of people who is a fan of my little pony the person who made my little pony that's the person who always made my little pony made the episodes and then it was so funny but now it not so
I think they should not have a voting or elective I mean all leader should be more powerful then other the allicorns are more powerful unicorn kinda I guess you know that the most powerful unicorn the wizard he got tired of that raising the sun and moon then the two little girls Luna and Celestia I know it's hard for them to raise it to but now it's easy for them they should not have a voting because if other then equestria is fail so alicorns supposed to rule
The show is basically promoting North Korean Propaganda and being a criminal. Twilight has no limits to spending of bits, and basically gets everything she wants. It’s odd how she got the power because she didn’t deserve it.
This reminds me of the electoral process that the Kingdom of Acorn took up to maintain peace and stability in the Archie Sonic Comics. King Elias Acorn and Sir Amadeus Prower set up the Council of Acorn composed of the Leading Royal Monarch and six ordinary citizens elected by the people who all share as much power over the kingdom as the Monarchy itself. Any laws, changes or policies must be agreed upon by a majority vote from the council.
Well I sure hope that ponies get equal representation in other kingdom's as well then. If a Yak can lead Equestria then a pony should be able to lead the Dragon Lands.
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Le Brun2020-07-10 23:36:04 (edited 2020-07-12 16:10:16 )
but after saving Equestria a trillion times (counting on those crazy turns in time) the least she could receive is to be the queen, she also has the support of the people, in fact she does not govern alone, she has the Council Of Friendship (Spike and Mane 6) so she is far from being a dictator
I think a changeling is a pretty good option for only one ruler, because they can take the form of every creature, so they can take a look what it takes to be this kind of animal and they could help every individuum with their ability xD
Essentially if I recall correctly Equestria falls into a multitude of modern-day versions of rule. To say it's one way or another is actually kinda hard because we don't actually know the basis of the actual system and how it works. We do see things in the show like, nobles that need to be talked to. Along with The minor interactions themselves. But I think the only actual fully 100% full control monarchy would probably be the Crystal Empire. And even outside of that we really don't know. I think the hardest function to understand is that it's so out and about when it comes to what it is solely as. Like there is Monarchy indeed (which i'm more partial to anyway so I'm fine with that.) but with how some people have brought up, there is also the aspect of the noble houses which have to sway over what is said and done. Is this a normal monarchy, yes? It's a form of it. Where they even have a mayor which I'm assuming is elected in ponyville and I can only assume other locations which take that away from that only made monarchy. Equestria is probably more like a Federation, with different powers and government types all falling under one federal authority (Be it Celestia and Luna or Twilight and her schedules.) So it's like pseudo-Federal Kingdom of sorts. Also, we must keep in mind that no matter the government type, there are both good and horrible leaders in it. We just are generally forced to remember the horrible ones more than the good ones. Also, Elections can be controlled and corrupted. In fact looking at real-world countries we can clearly see how much this falls apart. You can brainwash your citizens in believing their votes only matter if they vote for say 2 parties. Or you can make it seem like no other group matters because they can't be voted for. You can control the entire system to make it where all that occurs falls into your hand. You could even run a secret government behind all the scenes and call all the shots. Overall, there is no "right" system of government. Merely what works for the people you are with. Another massive issue with Democracy also falls into when you need decisions made now. You can't. Unless you veto it through the problem will stand that you can be road blocked on even the most needed of systems. If they did a psuedo-Federal Kingdom/Empire they would be fine(which i see it as anyways). Each species would still have their own representatives, and if or if not may get what they wish. They would still rule their own lands so long as they answer the call of war should it come. And they would have their own taxes and such along with a small federal tax if we are talking fantasyesk things. I mean i would love to go into insane rambles and more but it's not really needed. :P I'm merely having a fun process of the entire world itself. Anyways, hope everyone has a great day~ P.S. I'm also aware that some points where brought up in the video. I was agreeing with the point presented in my own fashion.
Changelings could actually be good because they technically represent the population because they can morph into anything they want so congratulations sawtooth you could be the next ruler of equestria
The problem with your suggestion is when someone influential enough will use their power and charisma to persuade the citizens to vote for him, despite DEFINITELY not having their best intentions in mind. Politics folks.
Ok, so here's my problem with this theory (or idea, cause I'm not sure it's a theory). Twilight only rules over Equestria. She isn't the only monarch there is. She only represents the ponied. There's Prince Rutherford of Yakyakistan, Queen Novo of The Hippogrifs, Dragon Lord Ember so on so forth... And each represents their own nation/species. That's why the matter of representation is not and cannot be a problem. As for the whole dictatorship thing, well... 1st of all, Twilight has a counsil and an advisor, you said it yourself. And even though she has the last say, she never imposes her ideas in an authoritarian way. She believes in teamwork and the value of others' opinions (heck, we even got a full episode on that second one), which is a pretty big pillar of friendship. 2nd of all, as we saw with Princess Celestia, Diplomates in Equestria are a thing. And in a nation that has diplomates, I don't think that the citizens are against the way their government functions. And, frankly, I think they're kinda used to it. Think about it, they've been under that type of rule for way over a millenia. So they're pretty okay with the way things are. As for the evil Alicorn, I don't think that's a risk. From what we've seen so far in the show,the current ruler of Equestria has two jobs: Ruling over Equestria, and making sure there's a proper and worthy successor to the Equestrian throne. Note the use of the word "Worthy". If the pony they picked did not fit their expectations or the needs of Equestria, or if they weren't suited for being world leaders (like if the chosen pony was a bad one, or had bad intentions at heart and not the Ponies' best interests) they would certainly be replaced. And I'm pretty sure that this would be demanded by the pony population. So yeah here's my take on the matter. I'm not saying that your take is a bad one, but I'm just pointing out the ways in which the show solves each of the problems you cover. So yeah. Here we are. Good video👍 And I hope there are more to come.
Let me just say, I love the Game/Film Theory style thumbnails
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Mika Beck2020-07-10 02:23:18 (edited 2020-07-10 02:30:23 )
I think it's based on the trust in wisdom and rulers that were previously in power in a sorta parliment-manner. I feel like Equestria doesn't really care because they have no reason to at the moment. When Twilight or her successor do crazy sheet then they'll have a rebellion and change. I mean also the status of benevolant Gods means no one is going to question their decisions in who gets devine rulership. Maybe it's in the laws stating that they have to do all these good things before becoming ruler as a good guy GPA requirement that is also a law voted for by the people. Maybe the people have the ability to vote on laws and can petition to change things, but are just complacent right now. Like if they allow for appointed leadership but have the right to do something if said leader chosen by the last leader is a peice of Sheet. Sort of like a limited monarchy, who is kept in check by their council, sovereign territories and people. Afterall Equestria has to place trust in those who are of the ability and expertise to tackle the magically dangerous parts of their world. You don't vote on who your principal at school is, but trust that those who put them in power are good at appointing leadership. That being said if your principal does terrible things you know the PTA is gonna eat them alive, as the PTA is a often a big factor in school decisions, fundraising, ect. In spite the principal being able to just flat out veto or implement things. Just my thoughts.
Twilight is the ruler of equestria because she's stronger than anyone else with her friends by her side, and probably as an individual by the point of the epilogue. She can literally raise and lower the sun and moon, upon which all other life in Equestria is dependent on. She can channel massive amounts of destructive magic, create barriers, teleport long distance. She's nigh unstoppable. So this is, unfortunately, a case of might makes right. Powerful beings can do what they want when no one can stop them. And as she's a kind ruler, the few people or majority of people who could stop her, don't want to. Those villain characters were thwarted because their ultimate aims interfered with the common people's daily life and it gave them a reason to stand up or find champions to fight for them in the form of the mane 6/7. A benevolent ruler might never have that sort of opposition, because even if some people disagreed with them, the majority of the populace wouldn't. Honestly, if you look at pre-reformation Starlight glimmer, you'll see the ultimate example of a ruler who is lawful evil, and convinces the populace to go along with her schemes without any real opposition. She ultimately failed because she made her subjects too uncomfortable to be content, so the second they had an out in the form of outside assistance, it all came crashing down. But what if she'd done a better job? What if she'd merely concealed their cutie marks but left their talents intact, so they wouldn't know their talents, but would still end up doing the things that made them happy? There's a chance she could have kept that going indefinitely, living in her vision of an 'equal' society where pony's talents weren't displayed for all to see. If she had made them all reasonably happy, and had enough power to prevent any opposition, what was to stop her from continuing to rule?
I think alicorns should stay in rulership as the other creatures who are there generally live outside of equestria and for example the hypergriffs have a queen like the ponies have a princess
Democracy is a great type of government but... I don’t think that ponies can choose which ruler they want because celestia chooses for them by putting loads of hard and big obstacles for the pony, like for Twilight if you see in the 2 episodes in which twilight and everyone (including Shining Armor and Cadence) saved the crystal empire, celestia talks to Luna about twilight being much more closer towards their plans if she saves the empire, and then at the end of the part 2, celestia holds the book which belonged to starswirl and the book which has the spell that twilight finished and earned her wings. So throughout her life, celestia and Luna knew exactly what twilight would become if she followed the path of friendship. They knew that twilight would always rule Equestria better that they ever could (with the help of her friends). After twilight became the princess of friendship everypony had full faith in her.
And even if twilight became a bad leader then the next generation of creatures who represent the elements of harmony (the young six) can banish her (I really don’t want that to happen). and even without the elements, we have seen that the magic of friendship can do exactly what the elements could do (seen in the episode where the main six defeat sombra again and without using the elements).
She's a dictator definitely but have the greatest power & kindness to reign without any violence or invasion , comparing with some presidents in democracy countries.
Hey! I know i’m late for this but, I wanna say some valid points here. MLP Has some rules in being a ruler, they don’t need to be elected, because the people were *choosen* to rule since the start, any if there were any bad rulers in equestria probs the teachers (based on Celestia and Twilight) will cast them out and pick a new leader. And tbh if you talk abt bad leadership, in the irl world people choose some bad people to lead even after election.
Well some of the reason the real world leaders are bad is bc one the USA put one of their puppets in two the elections were cheated and the people won't do anything three people will listen too the media even if the tell lies and the leaders know the people are scared to stands up for themselves.
I think the difference is Alicorns are essentially deities compared to average citizens. Celestia and Luna legit raise the sun and moon. In our own history, religion went from gods that embodied elements (thunder, fire, etc) to gods that embodied pillars of human ideas (love, war, crafting, family, etc). MLP starts with rulers that represent primal forces (sun, moon) and then moves to rulers that represent ideas (friendship, ...love? is Cadance 'love'? idk). Toss in that Alicorns appear to live basically as immortals. So yeah, I feel it's less a dictatorship as it is a weird theocratic monarchy.
Your point that alicorns don't represent the other species anymore is largely invalid. The other species have their own rulers (King Thorax, Queen Novo, Ember.. the list goes on.) The alicorns only give orders to the species that choose to live in Equestria. We haven't been shown that Twilight gives orders to anyone except Spike and the Student Six, which are her, well, students.
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Random Person2020-07-07 00:11:23 (edited 2020-07-07 00:14:14 )
Twilight didn't get her wings from celestia it was her heart's desire remember at the end of the song when celestia said to Twilight: It's time for you to fulfill your destiny! Then Twilight's heart desire came out of her chest and turn her into a alicorn-
Now saying that twilights a dictator is blasphemy but also fair meaning what riler banishes her most loyal and kind subjects (the mlp fan community) right as she take the throne?
3:18 Vote base on popularity can be bad too: imagine this: your policy is working and there are plenty of evidence in the past but just because it is too complicated for normal folk and they understand it in a bad way, they just vote you out of the ruler role. Bad people can also manipulate popularity by mass propaganda too. All it takes is money, look and intelligence to make you popular in the eyes of voters. Vote base on popularity only works if the entire population is not stupid and disorganize. Copying the voting system without knowing the requirement, pro/con is just a surefire way to put the entire country at risk of collapse.
I think maybe it's a council. The alicorns and the children and spouses are royalty. Only the people "available" Can become royalty. With celestia and Luna retiring and cadence and her family busy with the crystal empire, twilight automaticly becomes the next ruler.
Talking about Twilight.... I was rewatching mlp where Twilight got her cuter mark, and Celestia says that twilight has a special gift. The rainboom made have made her magic boost, but it's still her magic. Later Twilight transforms into an alicorn, by herself. Out of her heart. Back to that episode, she started doing crazy things like turning her parents into a cactus and an aging spell which no pony can do. That's alicorn magic. Trixie and Twilight stated it herself. So maybe Twilight was indeed born with a gift. A very powerful gift that made her into the way she is now. Who knows? 👀
Wait a second... Twilight's magic oh and Rarity's triggered when Rainbow did the rainboom..she's an element. Twilight's magic triggered again when she got the elements back together. Coincidence? Maybe. Also why is the tree Twilight's form? What if the tree created twil- nah that seems too far of a stretch. I don't know what I'm writing
"Election results are in! Equestria has elected Big Macintosh from the Eeeyup party to be the new Princess of Equestria. The radical change in leadership has left ex-princess Twilight Sparkle from the Friendship party to demand a recount. The rest of the Friendship council refused to give comment on the election. Except for Applejack. She said and I qoute "Big Mac has always wanted to be a princess but I really don't think he knows what he's gotten himself into..." More on this developing story at eleven." -ENN
My thought would be that equestria is a triarchy (well, was) 5 princesses ruled equestria, and triarchy means 3 or more leaders ruling one nation.. but same as monarchism, the rulers are a family, this wont work since celestia and luna are not sisters of twilight, But diarchy on the other hand (or should i say hoof) means that 1 ruler being picked as the successor of the previous rulers, celestia and luna picked twilight as the new ruler successor to them But, celestia said she and luna will retire, didn’t say anything about the crystal empire rulers, maybe equestria is a triarchy/monarchy after all Cadence, Shining Armour, Flurry Heart and Twilight are all a big family, so equestria is a triarchy (the crystal empire rulers and twilight)
A democracy is pretty close to what Equestria may need, but a normal voting system is not the way to go. If anyone else watches CGP Grey, they'll know that FPTP voting is a horrible idea that not only leads to further corruption, but also misrepresentation. As time goes on, the ruled no longer vote for who they want, they vote against who they don't want and a two-party system forms. Anyone who tries to leave the two-party system hurts the party they were in. I think Twilight needs to watch CGP Grey's alternative voting videos, and do what queen lion did: stay in charge to protect against corruption until she knows it won't happen.
Well, many Ponies were shown to be pretty racist towards others. Even the racism and discrimination between the three tribes resurfaced in full effect just because of a few rumors.
Most Monarchy's end up getting overthrown or dissolved not because they all thought democracy's the thing to do now but because said monarchy's were causing huge problems giving a need for change if the alicorns rulership is so good that their is no need for change they wont change the system also if the ponys have a voice and they dont object they in a sense give consent and choose them, remember there government is set up in a way that they dont have that much control over people in the first place so they arnt dictators also a parliament can work in tandem with a monarchy with share of power if need be
Ok I'm going to be honest, this is a children's cartoon. So dictator ship, communism, and politics should never be a thing. I mean I personally don't think twilight is a dictator because she worked hard to earn her place and she had shown she's a good leader and going by bronie boys theroy twilight would still be leader and the other races of mythical creatures have their own kingdom and their own system of ruleing over their own part of Equestria. For someone who's into ponies sure forgot that small minor detail. Just saying. You can either take what I've said into thought or ignore it. I'm not here for hate I'm here for facts
I think you’re absolutely right with our course that could be corrupted but who’s to say that somebody could just switch out the votes and make it to where they could make their favorite person win idk Plus wouldn’t twilight try to make it to where she would be the only person to be elected remember what happened in episode 0 and she turned cuckoo crazy that might happen again if you suggest this idea and it actually happens
I think the alicorns nore creatures of equestria vote for they're rulers becuase they suspect the alicorns to be the rulers, becuase that's always how it's been.
I understand wondering why only alicorn can rule Equestria but they never actually said that think about it In the dragon lands who rules??? Queen Ember. In the changeling hive who rules??? King Throrax not Twilight and ponies only rule over the places where ponies live. it just depends on who's Superior on where they live in dragonlands the superior dragon. In the changeling Hive a superior changeling
twilight sparkle lacks confidence, is shy, kind and gets stressed under pressure. She is not a dictator! She rules with Spike, and the mane 6 and seeks advice from her CHS friends, especially Sunset, who is in fact a better leader than her. Sunset performed at Starswirled, went on tour and also was the director of a school play! What does this say about These 2 ponies?
The way I see it is this; Celestia didn't want political power and responsibility. That's why she delegates so much. She's still very much a figurehead. A symbol of status, strength and unity. But she's less "The Governor" and more "The one who Governs the Governors". As long as she's around, Equestria is safe and protected. And she very carefully picked somebody who would make a good leader. Equestria isn't a Monarchy with a royal lineage. She chose her sucessor based on how well of a leader they'd be.
Democracy works best on a small scale where everyone is at least an acquaintance with whoever gets elected, and especially the lack of campaigning for office. The US is unfortunately not representative of the common people. Only about 0.02% of the American population influences who can actually be voted for, at least on a practical level. Sure, anyone can pay $5,000 and get their name on the ballot, but people only vote for who they see on tv, and that comes purely from those with extensive monetary backing, not to mention the political party influence as well. This is why only democrats or republicans end up as president despite the occasional other unknown names that appear on the ballot sheet. Democracy sounds nice in theory, but making it actually work as intended is extremely difficult. Furthermore, term limits are actually a bad thing. Firstly, power does not corrupt, rather, it reveals us for who we are, and sadly most decent people are decent because of social pressure, something they can escape when they have power. Secondly, it is rare for an actually decent person to also be ambitious enough to actively seek a position if power, and more often, decent people in power are there out of a sense of duty or responsibility to do what no one else is going to do. Immoral people however, tend to be more ambitious and desiring of such positions. This means, that just from the nature of decent and selfish people, selfish ones are far more common among those running for office. Thus, when a decent person is in, we need the ability to keep them there. And also, those that are more in the grey area between decent and selfish, have other concerns to deal with, such as paying back those who got them in, as well as planning for the future. While in office, if you know you have a very limited time before you are out, you must plan for what happens when you get out, and if politics is your main field of skill, then your only options for retirement come from keeping your backers happy enough to "pay" you in one form or another enough to live comfortably after you leave office. Of course, you can stay in politics by running for other political offices, but that only works if your backers are very happy with how well you meet their demands while in, otherwise, you don't get backers and therefore don't get to stay in politics. Thus, rather than having a full republic/democratic system, it might be better to simply give the people the power of removal from office. The common people don't get much power in choosing who gets the head seat anyway, but if the people can remove whoever has the crown, than that is a check against the worst outcomes, as anyone wanting the crown wants to stay there, and so must be careful to not make the common people too unhappy, something that really isn't a big enough concern for modern leaders (it is still somewhat of a concern, but really, currently the government only needs the people to not reach the point of rebellion, but otherwise has no concern about the approval of the masses. This is why they keep trying to take guns away, because taking guns away makes rebellion a minor issue, rather than a dangerous one. And this is especially true as our military capabilities increase. Another few decades and American military forces could slaughter the entire American population without difficulty if the people didn't have guns, and they could do it with a fraction of the troops on active duty. Without guns, the government would truly have no reason whatsoever to care about public approval). In short, I can't think of a better government than a benevolent dictator. The only trouble is making sure it is a benevolent one, rather than a selfish one, and that is such a hard problem to solve that it really isn't even practical to attempt it, hence democracy. Truthfully, I think the answer lies with the real power being fixed with leaders of small clan-like groups, with the central authority being subservient to the clan leaders. The clan leaders are then democratically elected with no need for campaigning nor financial support.
You are wrong because cozyglow" did not become an Allcorn The way Twilight did Twilight became an Allcorn when she ashoered that she was pure hearted but Cozyglow did not and so you are wrong
2:07 dude she just a baby i thought u where over with that debunk theory just let it go Also yeah no that help jack with how stupid the pony or everyone is in the show Hi finn hi flan so what u plan to win the vote for the ten time in aroun
The question I'm asking myself is why does twilight look like princess celestia now I mean her hair changed everything is that just a princess thing when alicorns get bigger they grow up too Look like that I don't think so cause cadence looks the same
In this episode...... I have a question for time. On season 9 Twilight sparkle is a Princess. But now she is the Queen of Equestria. On the other hand in EG [It means Equestria Girrls]world there is a dublicate twilight is a real human. If pony Twilight born a child. So, she has the ability ot go to EG world. Most of people have draw that the future of MLP University and there twilight's child is girl. So, the question is twilight is a Alocorn . But the dublicate travel to pony world she trun into a Unicron. Twilight is a real pony. And a Princess. So, How could she be a principale of that school ?????.... It means that Princess Celestia is Queen of Equestria in pony world . In EG world Celestia is a principale of that school .🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔
No bc if ur a queen and u gv birth to a child it is an heir sense twilight nor celestia or luna have an hier they would need another princess to rule what other creatures have proven they could be good rulers.
Parliamentary democracy yes. Reg democracy? Heck no, regular democracy is not representative of the whole, reg democracy is only representative of the majority.
If I am a pony (I really wish😂😂😂) I would become an ALICORN someday I hope I mean everyone has just one pony life also make it good And if you are an ALICORN you become over thousands years old 😂😂😂😂
Uh, the princesses are only the rulers of Equestria, not of the lands where the other creatures live. I guess they're now kinda like the UE, they can come and go as they please between kingdoms, but they still have their own rulers and traditions in each one. Also, it is implied that King Sombra wasn't really a king that went corrupt, he just conquered the Crystal Empire and made himself king (I mean, technically the IDW comics confirm this, but I don't know how much of the comics is canon, if at all, so I try not to take them into account). Cozy Glows transformation was unnatural, you could say she wasn't a real alicorn, as shown when the MEan 3 lose their power and she goes back to being a pegasus (when the princesses lose their magic they are still alicorns). Finally, come on! The point of the fantasy genre is, like you yourself said, to romanticize the idea of a good monarch ruling with their subjects' best interests at heart, why would you ruin that with something as pedestrian as elections? (still, as the princess of friendship Twilight did create the council of friendship, so technically she isn't the sole ruler and there's a sort of division of powers I guess).
Flurry heart is a BABY they do not know that much, Cozy Glow is not truly an Alicorn because it was not her magic that made her one, she took it!!! You can NOT elect a princes they will get the the crown any way.
But everyone has their own lands and their own rulers. I honestly don’t think that all these animals and their lands are ALL equestria. Mount Eris, the dragon lands, etc.... we all see that they have their own lands and their own rulers. And just because Equestria formed relationships with these other lands, doesn’t mean they are now a part of Equestria. Just like you can go live in any other country, doesn’t mean you belong to that country. But this is just me. Sorry if I got some spelling wrong, I don’t know how to spell every thing in the MLP universe.
well I say do, to the current political climate in the world in the democratic countries has demonstrated that the best person for the job doesn't always is the one that gets elected
But what about celestial how can they vote in that thing and in that time pony were not togethe yet and not able to vote in that time? Since in that time they had some problems.
No simply cuz ponies are dumb they're easily tricked so a bad guy could easily become president. And even if it works on the rules of let's say America. The villain would still have exclusive access to all the magic items the archive of band spells insignificant knowledge of how the system works. There's a reason why Celestia has ruled so long and Twilight will rule as long as the age of friendship still exist. Unless they have something like a war to toughen the ponies up they will always need a leader.
Oh man, I've never been into the MLP too much but this video is saying EXCACTLY what I have a problem with. Equestria is NOT an only-ponies kingdom, there are other species in there and they might not be happy that a PONY tells them what they can and cannot do. And even if there are other kingdoms ruled by their own rulers, ponies still are (or were, idk what it looks like now) considered the most powerful and most important of all... or at least THEY consider THEMSELVES most powerful and they just cannot wrap their mind around the concept that some other species could be more powerful than them.
I might be wrong, though, since the last thing I watched with MLP was the movie and I based my theory mostly on that (and if you compared my theory to what was in the movie you sure would notice my point).
I honestly think Thorax could be the perfect Equestrian ruler or at least some other Changeling, because since a Changeling can shapeshift into any species, they could represent all creatures with the abilities of one
Just a video suggestion, cause I’ve had this thought in my head about what if twilight and her friends didn’t defeat the mean 3? I was thinking heavily on it because of what would’ve happened to them and Equestria or the crystal empire. I thought back to your other video on how Shining Armor should’ve been an Alicorn, and maybe then with his aid being the last line of defense, he would’ve proved his worthiness of protection displayed from his cutie mark or something like that, if you get what I meant
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There's already a council in equestria , as seen in Spike's Twilight Reception for the Sick. Aside from the timeline of the all-out war with the Crystal Empire, the princesses in the cartoons and the anime are all about the receptions, the ratifications, and other administrative trivia, which means that the decision making should be in the hands of the parliament in peacetime, so the equestria is at best close to the British system .the princess administration, parliamentary decision making, or even a more thorough constitutional monarchy.
so, there was no need to sway the princess at all.
Have you ever wondered how tails work? Twilight bounced spike off of her tail in the first episode and Mr. Cake in the Baby Cakes episode carried diapers on his tail. It seems like some ponies can manipulate their tale like monkeys.
I've just been rethinking the "alicorns can represent earth ponies, unicorns and pegasi each" thing. Actually this is pretty purblind thinking; since alicorns just look like all of the other ponies, but have a totally different experience of life. No (born) Alicorn knows the struggles of needing to use your teeth to open a jar or renting a balloon to reach high places... Alicorn rulership has always been the leadership of the almighty over the 'disabled' and may only have had advantages in terms of representation, as all other kinds of ponies were equally repressed and no one of the 'natural' pony kinds was able to rise above the other two.
you need a strong ruler like a alicorn. simply because of what the dangers in that world is. it's highly magical which means you need a mage on top. for good or bad you need someone who is strong enough to deal with outside threats.
I hear you point but each creature already has a leader I.e. Thorax for changlings, Ember for dragons ect. And I think all of those creatures have their own way of selecting their leader, similarly to our poll votes. It's just ponies probably accept that to become an alicorn is a great test itself, if one passes it and gets the wings, it means they passed their test and are a trustworthy leader. Luna did that to get her wings but of course nightmare moon had to appear. I think that was a mere anomaly, something that doesnt happen often. Sombra was a unicorn who got corrupt but he isnt supposes to be a leader, he just dominated the crystal ponies with fear. That wasn't fair or right, so that's why he wasn't an alicorn. Flurry heart well she is a child and she learns with age, her being born an alicorn is a mystery for sure but let's not forget she is a child after all.. Besides twilight is a leader yes but she works with other creature leaders to make peace, she is incharge of ponies whilst other leaders are in charge of their race so it's more of a teamwork thing, not an individual ruler.
We know you are changing sawtooth you can just show your room to like the whole of a question like you don’t need to hide it anymore like it’s okay to change forms once in awhile
Well it's kinda different since the Mair is the Mair and of course there's gonna be votes, however, royalty has never really been voted and has always been chosen by blood so maybe that's why the ponies didn't really get a choice to vote their ruller? :P
What did the spell Twilight fixed actually do? Is it an alicorn-maker spell? Does anypony who casts it becomes an alicorn? If not, what kind of spell is it?
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Fucking finally ! This video is literally what I'm thinking about Equestria and the whole alicorn rule Equestria needs a real justice system
Two points. As for your objection that nowadays there aren't only ponies around, so that the representation thing with alicorns doesn't work anymore: The other creatures are more like visitors, exchange students or at the most ambassadors. Even though whinking about them too is an important part of fair leadership, it would be extremely uncommon to formally represent foreigners (as such) in another nation's government. As for the part with the "power to vote them out": Since (the other nations' and especially) Equestria's inhabitants show an extremely broad variety of abilities, it is very difficult to actually achieve indepence of those powers. Often within the series we have seen that there is barely any creature or even group of creatures that can cope with, for instance, alicorn magic. Of course you might point out, that the power of friendship has proven itself as the mightiest power of all; but still relying on that means being in need of a few certain individuals, if some bad creature gains power. It would therefore be very difficult to implement a system, in which different forces of the nation are able to control each other (like we know it from human democratic systems) without again excluding the majority of the nation's inhabitants.
There are many things wrong with this: - Comparing Twilight to Sombra is like comparing King George VI to Benito Mussolini. - Cozy Glow didn't earn them, she stole them via the bell, thus making it inaccurate. - Flurry Heart is a baby. She doesn't rule the Crystal Empire until Cadance either dies or resigns. - The problem with comparing The princesses to The Crystal Empire is how they earned it. Sombra took the violent path and took over the Palace (via coup). The princess earned their spot by taking the place of the older generation. Not a single bit of violence. - Yes, she doesn't represent the people. However, Twilight for almost every season finale has been the HERO of Equestria. The people know that they want a leader that can defend them when dark times come and go. It's a HERO's job to defend the people. - Your simple description of how an Alicorn rules over a mixed race of creatures is 100% the definition of Fascism and Supremacy, not an Absolute Monarchy.
- There has been NO example of an Absolute having elections for a king/queen. That's why Royal Families exist. When the current king dies/resigns, it passes on to the oldest son(s). If the kingdom is truly corrupt, then change it to a constitutional monarchy, so that the princess doesn't have the final say on things. - The difference between a class president and a princess is a lot. Mainly, they are on both sides of the political spectrum, presidents are mainly enforced in a libertarian/democratic society. A princess is an Authoritarian Society.
If you ask me, no it's not. And it's because of one of the very things you mentioned, BECAUSE it's so diverse. Racial tension in equestria is, complicated to say the least. I believe the Alicorn rulership is needed because their the only ones who can keep all the races unified because when people see an Alicorn, they know that there isn't a reasonable way to challenge them
Hoping someone here can answer this question for me: Twilight Sparkle became an Alicorn because she discovered new magic, right? Namely, a spell to swap around people's cutie marks?
But Starlight Glimmer did the same thing, independently, and did it more controllably and more often. She also may have done it before Twilight.
So why isn't Starlight Glimmer an Alicorn instead of Twilight Sparkle?
I think I know why human twilight didn't go to Canterlot high. As you can see, there was no other high school that represents Ponyville, and of course, Human Twilight didn't know about friendship, since the other 5 (or 6) were in canterlot high, Twilight was isolated just as in Celestia's story.
Is anyone else curious on who is Terec and who he was before he came to Equestria and where his brother and his dad are today. Remember Discord mentioned Terec’s dad at one point saying how Terec was afraid of him, could he be more powerful and dangerous than Terec?
I love your idea but alicorns are really powerful and can turn creatures into stone while maybe you can’t and this is bad idea because of Terek cozy glow queen crisalis and many more
2:20... was that High School musical? 3:08 I dunno, Princess Discord has its appeal. I recall a fanfic where he made the national currency air, which was difficult to spend but everyone had enough of it. Votes for Draconequeseses...es! Whatever the plural is! 3:40 Works fine until somone powerful on their own right refused to give up the throne... Anyway, I've been in favor of a representative republic for Equestria ever since the ending of Season 3 made it untenable to view Celestia as analogous to a parent. Royalty, to paraphrase Pratchett, makes ponies turn off their brains.
I have a question I’ve seen this video and from the video it says that flurry hearts new sister is only going to have wings does that still mean she’s a princess 👑?
If grogar was the first leader of Equestria has he was a dictator so the pony’s that overthrew him were revolutionaries so Equestria is a republic not a dictatorship and maybe 1,000 years later it’s now a monarchy? In one of my comments I said “what if discord lived in a world binded by chaos like how Equestria is binded by friendship”so maybe the Crystal Empire is the chaos world so that would explain why it’s corrupt
Tbh that would be scary seeing how easily humans can be tricked by media. And ponies are just four legged not as intelligent humans. Also, ponies don't choose what makes them "happy" in life or what they will do, it is genetically implanted in them and shows up on their plot. Seeing as their entire life purpose is predestined, it would make sense that their laws and rulers would be as well.
I don't think Equestria should being a democracy. Just look at what happens when they can't control something like just the weather. They freak out. They need a dictator. Maby one day, but not as it sits.
Sorry I don't think Equestria should become a democracy, the general populace just doesn't seem that intelligent and easily turn against each other. If a bad ruler came to power, convincing ponies to vote for them doesn't seem too difficult.
Ya but equestria is its own kingdom. That’s like saying it would be cool if a griffon came over and stared ruling over the Yaks. Twilight isn’t the ruler of the world, she is the ruler of equestria. So therefore, it does make sense that she represent each type of the pony species. But yes I do agree that some election should exist to prevent... nightmare moon, Cozy Glow, etc
Yes twilight may be the ruler but twilight can only speak when needed she can't just go to land to land and demand anything from them like ponyville who has a mayor to rule them. Btw I've been watching your vids so I'll just sum it all in here about celestia freeing Luna I think it's right I see no one who controls the sun, Moon and stars but only celestia what if celestia knows and don't know at the same time, celestia knows there will be a princess of friendship but she doesn't know who it is, I think celestia assumed that sunset shimmer will be the princess if friendship but we all know how that turned out, why didn't celestia was the one who killed nightmare moon? Because if celestia was the one who killed her there will be no story in the. First place and maybe celestia is not strong enough to destroy nightmare moon the reason nightmare moon was defeated because of friendship and we all know celestia doesn't have friends well, at least that's what I observed and maybe celestia and Luna are born as alicorns the alicorn civilization is possible but it's not in equistria maybe it's in another place oorrr another dimension. Luna said that the birth of an alicorn has never been seen IN EQUISTRIA before. And about discords appearance I think the writers just made him like that cause his all about chaos don't you think discords form is suppose to be chaotic and not understandable I actually think that maybe discord comes out from grogars bell. And about flurry heart she may be the very first alicorn to be born in equistria. wait I just said that, well anywho maybe grogars doesn't really exist the monsters did say that they thought that grogars was a myth and they only heard stories about him but don't you think discords has been around a long time before cause how discord learn about grogar's existence? Maybe they go long way back? Or maybe discord is grogars maybe discord is the father of monsters it's weird discord is the god of chaos not the god of mischief what if it's all a facade discord was the one who freed the monsters like on purpose don't you think he is just acting as the victim? That's where it all starts you know that the villain was the person you least expect.
Uhmm... I don’t think Twilight is a dictator. Sure she is a sole ruler but she’s not bad. She has good intentions at heart. And no she does not rule over all the creatures. She rules over only ponies. The dragons have their own dragon lord. The hippogriffs have their own queen. Griffons probably have their own ruler too? Or some politic situation. And so they all rule together over the whole world. Dragons, hippogriffs, griphons, changelings, yaks and ponies. These creatures have just found a way to live together in harmony thanks to Twilight. Plus! Earning alicorn wings isn’t just some divine intervention. It’s something that has to be earned by proving your magical status. And yes it has been said a baby unicorn’s power is out of control so why aren’t they born alicorn? Because alicorn magic is a whole higher level then baby unicorn magic. And even though Twilight wasn’t really chosen to be a ruler, she did save the land many times from disaster. I think everyone thought of her as a perfect successor thanks to everything she has acomplished. And even if she has the final decision, I’m sure she’s willing to listen to others and change things for the better and I’m sure that she will sometimes feel lost and ask for guidance. May it be Celestia, Luna, Cadence, her friends, a random pony or even her star pupil. And if she also chooses a successor, she will choose carefully and train that successor to be the best. And if it fails, well she gotta fix it then! Like Celestia chose the next ruler as a trusted friend and pupil, Twilight will do the same. The pupil will learn from the master and succeed at tests and other things and will be taught everything they need to rule. And when they are ready, Twilight will step down and let the new generation grow.
Discord is the best choice with a Theocratic absolute elective monarchy, and a "College of Harmony" or the "Council of the Elders" with the religious elders of all Animals species come and vote on any decisions about to put in to motion with majority 3/4 to put it into action🤣(the only problem is that Discord is fuqing immortal!)
Hi I have some ideas for videos like why Luna didn’t take over ( it would of maid more sense if Luna took over since Luna was younger so she should of take over )
OK in MY Opinion Luna was the only decent princess the corruption she had was made from Celestia and then there's cadence she made.... The princess of MERCHENDISE then twilight oh twilight the dictator she hurt so many people even if they were evil they attacked pony's who were being controlled witch had no choice to be evil this is why I think Luna is best
It doesn't matter who rules as its the people who work behind the scenes that hold the eg. The head of the treasury. As smart as twilight is she can't rule a country alone. This is simplified but if you want check out cgp Grey as he has a better one explanation called rules for rulers
The reason why Twilight is the ruler, is no more like Celestia & Luna because she is an alicorn, and ipso facto represent ponies, but because she has the duty to raise the Sun and the Moon.
So, you are saying, this is like we as Humans decided or . . . kinda did force Superman to be our one and only leader? I think that is interesting concept that if Superman was real he could be our so called leader being all powerful and stuff... And I tough Celestia(?) was the queen because she has been around for ever and why not have someone who has been deemed to be good leader be good leader? I would asume the "princess" (queen!) who rules still has to proof that they are good. Like you say, Sombra turns evil and thus is thrown out while Cadance is good and gets to rule :^) I would assume being alicorn wont make you ruler unless you also proof somehow that you are fit to lead? Becaue that is what I got from watching mlp up till season 6 :D Where Luna was allowed to rule with Celestia and she felt like she has to proof everyone she is a good pony now and stuff :D
Edit: My point is this -> If Superman showed Humans that he is good and fit to lead humanity, why should we not make him our leader? He might help fight crime, safe life, cure world hunger by helping him self, do stuff we can't, stop wars, stop evil people and much more :^) Basically we would get much more benefits here than super man is saving the world in 1 city over whole world xD
Sawtooth waves I have a strange theory look at the episode rainbow dashs parents drove her to victory and you might see a bit that has derpy/muffin at the top the race so I just thought that she should be a wonder bolt and remember when discord turned into grogar did discord make up grogar beacause gusty the greats spell wouldn't of lasted until now so discord using his chaotic spell in stone bailed out might mare moon/luna and then returned but didn't show his other form so I could of just crushed drwolfs theory but then I thought is discord like you who escaped the hive of the changelings so does that mean discord is a changeling maybe even king chrysalis
Honestly i think equestria is a monarchy. Celestia passed it onto twilight because she had no children, although she did have a nephew maybe it was uh... Sarcred rule only females can rule? Lol kinda sad but possible.
“Which we all know can never go corrupt....oh”😂💀. But aye cozy didn’t deserve them wings and flurry a baby she wild like her parents...and aunt (COUGH COUGH) twilly
Do a video on why pinky pies hair is sooo life like. Love your videos! Please do a video for pinky pies hair!! I really want to see what you think. ❤️❤️❤️
King Sombra doesn't count he has no backstory. and I'm subscribed to the headcanon of the Crystal Empire turning him into the dark monster we see today.
This is fictional but Cozy glow turned into a alicorn because she used Groger’s bell and became powerful but she wasn’t a true alicorn and flurry hart is a baby she can’t control her emotions she can but not that much, and I think it would be different if pony’s voted for they’re ruler they could end up with a Pegasus or unicorn 🦄 or earth pony whoever would be voted probably would do a terrible job because there could be a new villain or a war and if there wasn’t a alicorn ruling the ruler couldn’t Protect themselves longer then a alicorn so saying that a alicorn could fly and magic at the same time I’m not saying that the other races are useless but have there own part to play in this The unicorns would use their magic to create a force Field to protect them and the towns for the filly’s and colts the The Pegasus’s would fly and strike in the sky seeing as the rest of the unicorns would be on the ground helping the princess fight and same with all the earth pony’s with a Alicorn ruling the chance of winning a war and doing a great job ruling is 100% a chance that it would happen alicorns should rule
Have you seen twilights cutie mark? There are exactly 5 smaller stars, which represent all the other ponies, Fluttershy, Applejack, Rarity, Rainbow dash, And pinkie pie. Then the middle sparkle, it represents twilight!
But Twilight isn't the ruler of equestria there the crystal empire and the sea pony and hippogriff kingdom and dragon land is all ruled by different creatures and ponies
true, Equestria should have a vote, But, Equestria is still a pony land. While it is inhabited by more than ponys, it might be a law that only ponies can rule in Equestria. Just like you will not see a yak as a dragon lord or a dragon as a sea pony princess or prince. and Twilight will most likely choose the next leader, and make sure it is someone right for the position, like Celestia did for her.
Twilight is evil she only cares about magic and barely spend time with her friends she should not be represented as the element of magic person who should be representing is Rainbow Dash she started this using a sonic rainbow she gave the five others there cutie marks and hers
Oh so most of us think that i my sister luna and my student twilight with her own sister in law and her daughter are unelected alicorns and you cannot put full faith in us then i will tell one thing that yes that’s true so as i said even after elections still i will get the vite and i will be that princess of the sun so yes I don’t think I have a problem with that theory
No because it didn't work for the crystal empire XD lol you'll never know that reference sadly but it's okay it's not that important I just wanted to say it
exactly say what all the brownies pretty much saying well I think well they're chosen by a princess so it's perfectly fine cuz you can trust every princess cuz they have their earned their wings what I'm saying to those people are saying that shut up
I think they all of the pcies should all have different leaders and when they wanna talk they should hold a netting they should be called the united leaders
Oh and also Star Swirl isn't Discord seriously we see both of them in the shot of season 9 of My Little Pony cuz seriously how would he be Star Swirl if they were in the same shot
Yaks, dragons, griffins, changelings etc. are not FROM Equestria. They just live there. Equestria is a pony land, that’s why they have Alicorn leaders. Besides that, every creature can live in Equestria, but it’s not like they can rule it.
Yeah twilight wasn't elected, what about celestia, Luna, cadence, shining armor, flurry heart etc.. do you think they were elected? Yep, makes perfect sense, celestia and Luna just normal ponies (Pegasus, earth pony, or unicorn) running for office (not exactly an office but I think you get what I mean) celestia and Luna won, and just slap a pair of wings and or horn on them, our new rulers of Equestria, atleast twilight was appointed by celestia and approves she can rule Equestria
I think voting would be better it’s because u don’t know if other people are ok with it and also we need to vote them out if we need to but because the other alacorns are gone now there could be a bigger problem and there should be more rulers and also other animals are just as good
A democracy would be perfect for a fantasy series like My Little Pony. It's a near perfect world (minus your over the top villains), and in a government system that's heavily reliant on high poll turnouts and a lack of manipulated votes, this could work.
Ascott how you do it in America you don't win just because you have the popular vote there's a reason why because being a leader of a whole tire country choirs more than just a popular vote
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A compromise could be a parliamentary system, no? It would give the people the power to vote on the laws of the land.
5370 likesPlus, do they have a parliamentary system already? There were “delegates from nearby towns” in “A Royal Problem”.
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love the idea of a mix! I'm starting to recall an episode where they built a statue out of gems from each leaders towns or something? I'm a little rusty and I'll have to look into it. Thanks for the comment!
657 likesYet there has to be a rule in place that allows Parliament to impeach a leader. Or else we would have a long line of Henry the 8th. Leaders just doing whatever they want just because they can.
104 likesenglish pls
15 likes@Sawtooth Waves That episode (which also includes delegates from nearby towns) was Season 5, Episode 10 - "Princess Spike" in which Twilight takes a nap and Cadance asks Spike that nobody disturbs her..... he.... takes it upon himself to make some of the decisions which, of course, causes disaster chain which causes the statue of gemstones to break. He apologizes for the messes he made and together they fix the statue.
105 likesBut I believe that it may be a parlamentary system. Twilight knows that most ponies, and by extension, the delegates are able to make their own decisions, but Twilight also has the authority over all of them being Queen..... errr... Princess.
Even then, as other comments have stated, the rest of the races have their own rulers for their lands too.
Gryphons had a king, but not sure who does anything for them now (probably village elder)
Hippogryphs have Queen Nuovo
Dragons have Dragon Lord Ember
Changelings have King Thorax
Yaks have Prince Rutherford
Then across the sea there's the Saddle Arabian dignitaries, and I believe that the Zebras probably have a High Shaman, and then the Diamond Dogs and Abyssinians.
That seems fair
25 likes@Sawtooth Waves The episode where spike has to make sure that twilight doesn't wake up so he used twilight name to make them be quiet?
15 likes@Idk Yes
5 likes@Sawtooth Waves lol
4 likesYou have a good chance of winning
5 likesAFAIK, Equestria is a constitutional monarchy, like we've got in the UK. The crown monarch has certain powers and ceremonial duties, while the PM has most of the political power
14 likes@cherubl1ng☆ From what I've gathered, she isn't- he even stated that she had the ponies' best interests at hand or hoof, if you will. It's just that only alicorns can become rulers and there's next to nothing preventing them from doing whatever they please. An issue of representation and power. That in itself doesn't make Twilight mean (I'd personally say the opposite is true), she's just in an easily abusible position of power.
9 likesBut if there was an election,twilight is the only one they can vote because:celestia and luna are already rulers,cadence rules the crystal empire and flurry heart is to young and nopony else is an alicorn,so what is the point of an election
3 likesAnd if twilight was a dictator:then,she is not the only one,her friends,spike and herself rule together,so if there was an election,if they voted twilight,then she and her friends plus spike also rule with her
4 likesIt was in the worst episode ever. Season 5 episode 10 princess Spike.
3 likesFaaiza Chuchu But there would probably be opponents if that office were up for grabs. What about King Sombra and Discord?
2 likesAlso, I was thinking more along the lines of Twilight staying in power, but voting for an MP to represent you.
Seems closer to a city state type of thing
2 likesBravo bravo
1 like@Sawtooth Waves the meeting reminds me less of a modern parliament and a medieval Diet. Every so often, the monarch will call together the mid level rulers (mayors and lords) to discuss issues.
0 likes@eviljbrian i think the Griffon kingdom is gone and replaced by various tribe elders and possibly Griffon lords.
0 likesSuprising that there wasn't a succession crisis when the last king died with no clear heir
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0 likes@Sawtooth Waves well, half of Europe is like that, I think.
0 likesNoah Johnson Maybe a succession crisis DID occur, but it ended up becoming a revolution and the foundation of a presidential republic.
0 likesWe also shouldn’t forget that Equestria and the Crystal Empire are in need of royal heirs as well.
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0 likes@Sawtooth Waves that was in spike the princess episode.
1 likeYou're forgetting how a democratic system wouldn't solve the problem of a single species being a ruler. Since there would be only one ruler, then no matter who you elect, there will still always be only one species representing Equestria, when Equestria contains many species. A parliamentary system fixes this problem by having each species vote on someone to represent their species, and then having those representatives form a parliament.
2 likesit would be really cool if it reflected england’s establishment of parliamentary power (magna carta)
1 like@eviljbrian The abyssinian has (at least before the Storm King invasion) a King for ruler.
1 likeSawtooth Waves this is a good idea well be careful you haven’t posted any videos from 1 week just saying
1 likeYes I will try to do the same thing on my channel on YouTube
1 like@Sawtooth Waves you haven't posted last week. I'm starting to think that your dead.
1 like@Sawtooth Waves One thing I did realize we have Sunset shimmer from the pony world but what ever Happened to the original human sunset shimmer it’s like she just vanished from existence but do you think sunset shimmer may Half trick human Sunset shimmer into the pony world because sunset shimmer should be with Celestia
1 likeHear hear hear!!!
1 likeI like this idea. I suppose its a childish version of skyrims government LOL
1 like@eviljbrian Do not care for the episode as it demonstrates the inherent problem with the Princesses. They are revered to the point that ponies will defer to someone just claiming to speak for them, and ignore their own judgement. The plumber knew darn well the pipes were gonna back up and overflow. But he ignored his own superior knowledge on the mere idea of a princess saying something else!
1 like*ahem*, anyway, it is curious that the other races haven't developed some sort of system like that. Celestia was the obvious ruler for so long that pony society, to some extent, stagnated. Dragons, on the other hand, have the magic rash-giving staff. But Yaks are so fiercely independent it seems odd they wouldn't have developed some sort of parliamentary system. It may just be because there are so few of them, but on the other hand the oldest parliamentary body in the world (debateably), the Althingy (Assembly) formed in Iceland, a place similar to YakYakistan in most respects.
Similar issues for the Hippogryphs and Gryphons, though in the latter case they are very nearly an anarchy.
Um why did you change your name to sawtooth waves
1 like@Sawtooth Waves twilight new design is now like sonic 2019 old design
1 like@Sawtooth Waves mlp RULES okay but I think fluttershy is ruler
1 like@Sawtooth Waves Hey, why did you choose to change your channel to Sawtooth waves? You used to be brony notion. Can you pls tell me why? I'll really appreciate it if you did
1 likey'all really love britain
1 likeProblem isn't the rule. Twilight is actually a reincarnation of eldritch god, who seek control over all of magic. Ponies couldn't defeat it, so they join it staging events in a way that she would become as pony as possible. But nop! Throw away wole setup to use exact same power as Tirek already have... bu hu 0_0
1 likeWhat is a dictator
1 like@Sawtooth Waves Check out European history, especially British history, and pay attention to the development of the English parliamentary system. They did try to take the totalitarian power from the King, and they did succeed after awhile, but there are centuries of struggling for the right balance, with no guarantee they would ever successfully strike one at all.
0 likesNo compromises, no gods, no masters
0 likesKateřina Ložková king Sombra was a unicorn and he use to rule the crystal empire before he was defeated
0 likesHold up-
0 likesTrue
0 likesWhat is a dictator sawtooth waves
1 likeLe first part was rlly funny
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0 likesSawtooth Waves who would raise the sun and moon
0 likes@Sawtooth Waves Hi Im princess luna's oldest daughter i have to say why are my sister's alicorns and not me??
1 likeIm just a peg
1 likeVelvanetig Moongiver No offense, but who is this?
1 like@aycc-nbh72 What do you mean?
1 like@aycc-nbh72 Hi Im a new character but i do like books flying and exploring so is that a answer to your question 🙂
1 likeTwilight is my guide to my life
2 likesVelvanetig Moongiver No offense, but why would you call yourself a character?
2 likes@aycc-nbh72 Well My sister are alicorns and they are characters Im not a alicorn. flurry ❤ sis is not a alicorn al tell you a story about me so when I was born it was just me because Im the big sister when luna, my mom .had my other sisters of course I was happy but when they were grown they made fun of me because I wasn't a alicorn so i ran away and i just stayed at the crystal empire so i standed up and made my self a character so people would like me as a friend But don't think im jealous so do you have any more questions about this??????..
2 likes@aycc-nbh72 Your questions are kinda rude for you to know
2 likesVelvanetig Moongiver Well, I’m sorry if I’m being rude. No offense, but I’m not used to characters from a television show somehow crossing the dimensional boundary.
2 likes@aycc-nbh72 Well i didn't mean to make you feel bad im sorry. I have to say something it's kinda weird that we are talking on a channel about PRINCESS twilight sparkle. Talk on my channel if you can well gtg .
2 likesVelvanetig Moongiver yeah
2 likes@Twilight sparkle The princess of friendship Hi
1 like@Jose Rios you forget something in history...when a parliment does smething the monarch doesen't like ... it gets dispanded
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1 likeMe: sees the title
2 likesAlso me: well define dictator
@Sawtooth Waves are you real
1 like@cherubl1ng☆ she is mean 🕶️🕶️
1 likeI love it but no
1 likeMy name is Faydene 💲👑❤💙💚💛💜💖💗💝💞💟👍👎👍👎👍👎👍👎👍👍👍
1 likehi sawtooth
1 like@Sawtooth Waves why you not make New video
1 like@Sawtooth Waves aw
0 likes@cherubl1ng☆ me to lol🤪😅
0 likesSeeing my old reply makes me cringe ;-;
0 likes@Sawtooth Waves my country is a parliamentary Republic and it's corrupted as hell. This is indeed, by far, the best system humanity has come up with, but if the main institutions that control the voting system are corrupted and bought by the bad guys, it's over and people's voices have no power and authenticity.
0 likesSo racist ponies could rig the votes in this case.
RajaSekhar Borusu But if rulers were given lifetime appointments, then dissenters may be shut out for the entire durations of their lives, which could be decades. And then only time will tell when dissenters’ opinions will be recognized. Power derives from the consent of the governed, not through the threat of force. If need be, the people would leave en masse and found a new country on uninhabited land (or leave for inhabited land which houses a country whose beliefs they agree with).
0 likes@eviljbrian Abyssinians, at least from the movie prequel comic, have a king.
0 likes@Sawtooth Waves omg 😂
0 likesI love it too
0 likesNooooooooooo votes Alcorn wings or horns should be earned
0 likesSame
0 likes@Sawtooth Waves dmfif75d595ex7trdk
0 likesTRUE
0 likesShut up
0 likes@Sawtooth Waves yeah amd then spike fucked it up
0 likesStop making fun of her boy.
0 likesThere is no government in existence that actually gives the citizens of a nation power over their system of government since all governments in existence require representatives of it's own system and even if there was a counting machine to tally votes, the counting machine could still be hacked on orders of any government. Also, the counting machine could state the correct votes but the ones counting the votes could easily lie about how many votes there were for each candidate. So in truth, the governments actually hold the power in a nation or the companies hold the power in a nation if the company succeeds in bribing candidates. Take Texas, usa for example, in order to run for a government position you have to pay over a thousand dollars at least to the government. This in actuality insures that you would need the support of a company in order to run for a government position and it allows corruption in government to take place. So even if Equestria had a system of government that had people voting for their leaders, the government of Equestria would still be in potentially dangerous hands. A government is only good when all of it's leaders choose to care about all of its citizens and the leaders choose to make laws in order to improve their people's lives without creating more problems in the process. A bad government is where most if not all of it's leaders does not care at all about it's citizens safety and happiness. Unfortunately I learned that the u.s. government falls under the bad government type since the u.s. government cares very little if at all about poor or very poor people. I've even learned reasons why poor people in the u.s. hate the u.s. government and they are very good reasons too. When you become a poor person you find logical an rational reasons to hate the u.s. government. So making Equestria a government where it's leaders are put into office by voting for then, isn't a better idea then having a dictator for a leader.
0 likes@Enoch Cox well no she is a dicater
0 likes@Enoch Cox maybe but that's just a boring answer.
0 likes@ponyhorse & muledonkey.🐎🐴 even if it my reply is a boring answer, my answer is accurate.
0 likes@ponyhorse & muledonkey.🐎🐴 and it is true that a government falls or survives depending on whether it's leaders choose to be bad leaders or good leaders. Human history has proven this fact to be true.
0 likes@Enoch Cox the mane 6 and their dragon ruined chrysalis's home! took her children away and her own son thorax replaced her and kicked her out of their hive! why did do that to his own mother? Pharynx is just someone thorax hired with ocellus as spies to watch twilight on camera and spike on video clips while he is too busy being king and sitting on his throne.
0 likes@ponyhorse & muledonkey.🐎🐴 I don't know what you are exactly talking about because that seems like fanfiction or your own life added to the plot of the my little pony freindship is magic series. My little pony freindship is magic is not real but it is a t.v. show. So what the heck are you talking about?
0 likesI Prefer Not To Mention That So Called Named Episode "Royal Problem" 😑😑
0 likes@Kiko Squirrel thorax is a dictator and pharynx and ocellus And his assistants.
0 likes@Kiko Squirrel chrysalis must have know this.
0 likes@ponyhorse & muledonkey.🐎🐴 🤨 Oookay?
0 likes@Sawtooth Waves Excuse-me but Why Twilight Sparkle would be a dictator
0 likesI hope the revolutionaries don't storm canterlot, bring her to the goulitene and do something violance like off with her head, while no being ruled by "totally" an average size general(mr.napoleon), who as borned from an island
0 likesI think discord should only rule
0 likes@maryam khan i think the workers should rule, as the workers will have enough of the tsar, and revolt. the workers will be free, and the workers revolution will spread all across equestria from west to east and east to west, no one can stop the workers revolution to spread.
1 likeThat wouldn't make sence because all leader must be vote. Because it is mean to exchange only won leader
0 likesEquestria princess
Kristalempire royalfamily
Yakyakistan leader
Chanchling king
Cirin leader
Qeen of sea equestria and Hippogrivs
Dragon lord...
That make huge Chaos maybe they do it but failed and all spicies break up.
Love
0 likesIf you ask me it should be a Council of all of the elected leaders of all the races but that just my thoughts.
0 likesI mean, the whole "only ponies can rule" seems kinda fair, since we're talking about the pony kingdom. Then there's the dragon kingdom, the griffin kingdom, the changeling kingdom, etc.. Asking a different species to rule would be like asking a tiger to be president. But that's just me.
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that's like a white person asking a black ruler if he can rule cause there's a minority of whites in that kingdom...
21 likesSTOP REPLYING, EVERYTHING YOU WANT TO SAY TO ME HAS ALREADY BEEN SAID!
@XAOZ Ehh, not exactly.
138 likes@Cranberry-Kitsune sort of... different races you know...
14 likes@XAOZ but there all people
61 likes@The little firefly 🍂 yes, but tell me 1 nation ruled by black people who would accept a white person as their ruler. same thing
11 likes@The little firefly 🍂 and in mlp, they are not all ponies, they are literally different species.
46 likes@XAOZ well if they don’t accept a white person as they ruler that would be racism
68 likesOn the other hand, Yes there all ponies. Chalengins have they own ruler dragons have they own ruler, there different kingdoms
@The little firefly 🍂 yes, which is my whole point...
5 likes@The little firefly 🍂 no, it's not racism in my opinion, they don't want white people sitting in the highest position of their nations, i don't want a black person have the power of mine. we are the same
6 likes@XAOZ thats racism low key but well okay i guess...
70 likes@The little firefly 🍂 if it is then idgagdf
2 likesWhat if Dicord and Fluttershy ruled Equestria. Or Tirek and Cozy
3 likes@Ava Ostenfeld Fluttershy would rather do anything apart from rule Equestria, and Tirek and Cozy are evil
13 likes@Cranberry-Kitsune Lol. What about Discord?
2 likes@Ava Ostenfeld Nobody would let him tbh
10 likesI think people are getting confused. Ponies, dragons, griffins, changelings etc are different species (although they can still be shipped, don't ask why.) pegasi, unicorns and earth ponies are different races. each species has it's own ruler and kingdom. Asking a, lets say, hippogriff to rule Equestria would be like asking a.... f*ck, I can't think of a good example that doesn't sound racist to hippogriffs. You know wha i mean.
45 likesI planned to be a student on Twilight's school and on the magic school. When I am done with studying, I find a spell to free Tirek, Cozy and Chrysalis. Or just Tirek, because I have a crush on him, and I wondering what Twilight Sparkle would say if she find out that I have a crush on the villain
1 likeWhat would dictator Sparkle would say if She find out that I have a crush on the villain?
0 likes@Ava Ostenfeld Please roleplay somewhere else, this is an actual discussion
15 likes😁
0 likesWait a minut. It's not true that only ponies can rule. Twilight is like celestia and Spike has the second throne like Luna. Spike is a dragon, but a great second ruler. He is a dragon biological, but a pony in his heart, and that's the only thing that matters.
6 likesAnd it's not only alicorns who can rule. I am sure the founders of Equestria wasn't alicorns. And Celestia said that it never happens before that a pony was born as an Alicorn. It means that neither Celestia or Luna or Cadence were born as an Alicorn. We all know Looking at the size of Cadence's wings that She was a Pegasus before. I Think Celestia and Luna were Unicorns before. Maybe Celestia get her wings by raising the sun and Luna by raising the moon?
3 likes@Ava Ostenfeld Spike isn't in charge, he's Twilight's advisor. Also, I know it's not just alicorns who can rule, but Equestria was mostly divided back then by several rulers, and everybody was united when Celestia and Luna became alicorns. At least that's what I think. And yes Celestia and Luna became alicorns for raising the sun/moon, it says so in one of the episodes
9 likesBut is Twilight a dictator because She rules without being democratically elected? Or do they mean dictator as Starlight who think every creature are her slaves? So is Twilight just like a Queen og an evil dictator?
1 like@Ava Ostenfeld Spike is not a ruler... He's a royal adviser... There's a big difference...
3 likes@Ava Ostenfeld Equestria wasn't a thing before Luna and Celestia i believe...
0 likes@Ava Ostenfeld She rules on respect... She has done a lot of stuff for the nation. and basically everyone know of her feats... Celestia planned everything out from ep 1 when she sent Twilight away it feels like.
11 likesShe is accepted as the ruler of Equestria without problems because everyone knows what she's done for the nation and the ones living in it.
and then the fact that Celestia and Luna, the most respected ponies in Equestria trusted Twilight so much they decided to give her the throne...
Keep in mind however, she’s the ruler of all of Equestria and it’s not all ponies that live there too. Like Sawtooth said, Alicorns don’t exactly represent the entire population anymore because it’s not just ponies there anymore
1 like@Gacha Carma Yeah. But that's not how it works. A white person should not rule an african nation because he's white. a black person should not rule a european nation because he's black. That's how it is and should be, I don't want a black ruler in my nation, and i bet that African people don't want white people to rule over them.
0 likesIf i was a Jack in mlp, i wouldn't want a pony to rule over my nation that has a majority of jacks, if i was a pony, i wouldn't like a Jack to rule over my nation that has a majority of ponies.
If a jack ruled over a nation with the majority of ponies, then that jack would focus on making it easier to live in that nation as a jack. Same with ponies.
It's not meant to be that way.
If a muslim became the ruler of Sweden then Sweden that ruler would most likely try to make Sweden more muslim. If a Swedish person ruled over a muslim nation then he would try to make it more fit for swedes.
@Gacha Carma I'm pretty sure the dragons, yaks, etc. would still have their own ruler, like how the crystal ponies have Cadence. And back when Celestia was the ruler of Equestria, she wasn't the ruler of all of them either.
5 likes@XAOZ it’s not the same. The colour of the skin doesn’t really matter.
10 likesIf you’re white but were born & raised in a place populated by poc, you could very well be a ruler. You know the place, the culture, how it works etc. The important thing is that you’re a good leader and know about the place you’re ruling.
I mean, take Obama. He was black, born and raised in america, and he was president. One of the best ones in the last years tbf. Who cares if he’s black.
@ping47 America is mixed as hell. And if a white person got the power in an African nation, even if he was born and raised there, black people won't accept him because he'd be white.
0 likes@Lệ Hoa Trương Im sorry but hes talking about color not country
1 like@Lệ Hoa Trương Im done yall are chads
1 like@Gacha Carma then wouldn't all kingdoms have to have that?
0 likes@XAOZ why are you putting race into a cartoon meant for little girls about colorful ponies?
5 likes@youropinionsareshitandsoaremine 352 Well, 1. because it's fun to argue, 2. Because we were talking about race and different species and i took up the human race because it's a good way to show examples...
0 likesI agree, that's what I thought
0 likes@XAOZ Very very different. Black people and white people are all humans.
7 likesdragons and ponies are completely different people.
@XAOZ There are more genetic differences within ethnicities than there are between them, so the concept of "races" being different is false.
9 likesAlso, stating that you don't want a black person leading your country is racist. The only difference between a black person and a white person is skin colour and occasionally facial structure, etc. Everyone's different. Saying you don't want a person ruling your country simply cause they look different to you is messed up.
@Nope Nope why are you assuming that i don't want them to rule our country based on skin color?
0 likes@Nope Nope you missed my point... there are different breeds of cats right? persian, Maine coon and more. They are all the same species, but they are different breeds.
0 likesIt's the same for us, the word breed for cats is the same as the word race is for us humans.
Humans have 4 major races, namely white/Caucasian, Mongoloid/Asian, Negroid/Black, and Australoid and at least 46 Minor Human Races.
We are all humans and the same species, but not all of us are of the same race.
Dragons and ponies are different species.
but they each have their own "races/breeds".
@XAOZ Please read a science textbook. That is not how it works at all.
5 likesDifferent breeds of cat are in fact different breeds - so genetically different that they are considered different to each other, without being different animals entirely.
Take Maine Coons for example.
They are one species of cat, but they come in different colours with slightly different features.
Different colours of Maine Coon are comparable to different ethnicities of humans - the same species, breed if you like, just with very slightly different features that can be generally overlooked seeing as we're all the same with everything else.
Comparing different ethnicities to different breeds of cat is essentially saying that an African American is a different breed to a Southeast Asian person.
Different, but not that much genetically. Just like different colours of Maine Coon.
You'll quite often get it where two white people are more genetically different than one of those white people with a black person.
Skin colour is simply a gene like hair colour or eye colour. It's determined by the amount of pigment, known as melanin, that you inherit from your parents. Those with more melanin tend to have darker hair, eyes and skin than those with less melanin.
It developed in order to give the darker skinned folks of hotter countries better sun protection. It un-evolved out of white people when we moved up to areas like Europe, which had less sun and therefore less need for sun protection.
By the way, by "Races" I'm assuming you mean different skin colours. Ethicity and race do not equate - ethnicity refers to your background, who your ancestors were, where you or your family came from, and somewhat how you look.
Race groups different but similar ethnicities together normally based on looks alone, such as black people.
By the way, I'm assuming you're white based on some previous replies but feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.
Saying different races or ethnicities are like different breeds of cat is INCREDIBLY racist. It hurts a lot of people. It gives people excuses to pretend they're superior to other people based on ethnicity. It encourages people to separate based on a genetic thing they have no control over.
I am happy to also explain chromosomes and how they work if you like but I doubt you'd be interested.
Please, my dude, learn some basic science. I used to think different ethnicities were different "breeds" of human when I was like 4 or 5 years old.
~ Tagtot
@Lệ Hoa Trương Colour and country are not the same thing. Jeez, why are there so many racists in this comment section?
4 likes@XAOZ Because you literally said that my dude - you said that you didn't want a black person leading your country
8 likes@XAOZ the color of skin shouldn’t be a deciding factor in selecting a leader. As an American I would want not someone whose spent there whole life in Italy, China, or Spain regardless of race because they would might not understand the issues that we have here and not understand our culture. However if they lived most of their life in America they would be welcome leaders even if their parents came from somewhere else. Stoping other races that live in equestria from ruling would be racist and wrong if they spend most of thier life there. That’s like saying spike can’t be the leader because he’s a dragon. You said the America is mixed but Equestria kinda is too. Even if ponies made up the vast majority of permanent residents other races raised there should be viewed as the same. Black people who are raised in a white country should have the opportunity to lead in that country and vice verca.
10 likesYeah. The ruler of the changelings is Thorax, remember?
1 likeYou wouldn’t have pony run the changling hive so you probably wouldn’t have a changling run a pony kingdom.
0 likes@Hi yes a pony should have the option to rule a changling hive if said pony spent thier whole life there and vice verca.
3 likes@XAOZ They're the same Species, If they are then they shouldn't be able to reproduce with each other. I think we can say that they're like dogs with different breeds idk
0 likesWhy do you think the storm king was trying to unite all under one roof no phones no disputes there would be law in order No more fighting
0 likesI see your point. But in this world, other species have the same capabilities as everyone else. The reason we wouldn't elect a tiger is because they don't have our consciousness, they can't talk, they can't perform the intelligent, sentient functions that we do. But in equestria, this is different, and multiple species have that same function. I'd say in the future, if there were some sort of 'multi culturalism' and more creatures were to live in equestria, i wouldn't find it weird for any of them to be ruler.
1 likeTrue.
0 likes@XAOZ No..
0 likes@XAOZ I guess black europeans don't exist... (and i guess we don't know what to do with the mixed) If we're really comparing races to ponies then the unicorns, earth ponies and pegaues would be different races while the other kingdoms would be something else.
0 likes@Dolquin I never said black europeans didn't exist now did I? But it is true that black people aren't native to europe, they immigrated here from Africa when europe had control over it. But i completely agree with what you're saying.
0 likes@Razz Studios yup, that's true.
0 likes@XAOZ no, that is not at all. You can consider pegasi, earth ponies ans unicorns to be separate races of one specie, and your example of a white person leading a black community would be like a pegasus leading a unicorn tribes. And it is actually what is happening in equestria, since Alicorns are very rare but they lead all the other ponies. But it's not the same as letting a griffon lead the ponies, it's not the same specie
0 likes@XAOZ we are talking about different *species* damn it.
0 likes@wolfgang grimmer does not deserve to die yeah. others have already told me. and I already knew even before that. I just mentioned human races as that is more relatable to humans as there are no other inteligent life forms other than humans on earth.
0 likesShould i have said, that's like having a Swan rule over a human nation instead?
Woah wo wo I think that right now Sawtooth is only talking about ponies.
0 likesi personally agree for the main part, i think it would be IDEAL if there was a sort of cabinet with an elected animal from each kingdom to represent them in the cabinet, twilight as president, Spike as vice/advisor, and a griffin, dragon, changeling, yakk, etc part of the cabinet so that each kingdom has equal rulership over what affects them
0 likes@Alex the great Like When Someone from another country who just moved there wanted rule the country
0 likes@XAOZ no, it isn't. for the metaphor, an African American is equivalent to, say, a Pegasus. We are talking about entirely different species with their own countries and cultures and leaders.
0 likes@Philip Good yeah, i figured that part out.
0 likes@XAOZ no it's not since that's a difference in color/race not species 💀
1 like@zee ! yeah, you're like the 14th person to say this. I know.
0 likesI WANT A TIGER PRESIDENT!
1 likeA Tiger president sounds kinda cool ngl
1 likebut they're not asking a diff species to rule. they're just giving every species a chance to become the ruler. there's a difference.
0 likesFun fact: The editors of MLP took the Celestia model and replaced her colors with Twilight’s colors
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Sorta
93 likesThe did that
But they also changed the hair style
Big Twilight
To be fair it saves money and time.
93 likesAnd they changed hairstyle
34 likesLOL
5 likesThst was so obvious the first time I saw twilight like that🤣
29 likesModel? i though everything is being drawn by hand
6 likes@kajetus 06 well it is!
3 likesAnd it's not model,it's drawed.
2 likeseye shape is also different
10 likes@kajetus 06 oh actually it's not really like that
8 likesMLP use puppet animation! Not traditional
Basically they have a "puppet" which has been rigged and already drawn, and they have to make it move through logicials
I don't know if it's clear, but you would find more info if you look a bit into it
@Lunalia ok i already know how it is made i seen this type of animation before
0 likes@kajetus 06 yeees
0 likesI'm currently studying it and it's really hard 😣
I was so disappointed tho
1 likeHer hair is different though. It's straighter.
0 likesI mean-
970 likesyou gotta remember that the other creatures also have their OWN kingdoms.
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dictator
32 likes/dɪkˈteɪtə/
noun
a ruler with total power over a country, typically one who has obtained control by force.
They don't need to rule the entire world to be a dictator. It can just be over a country ie Equestria
@MetaMyra I'm pretty sure insert name just meant that the other creatures need not to be represented within Equestria, considering each other species have their own kingdoms. Doesn't take the problem of dictatorship of alicorns over ponies away, but still takes away the problem of representation of other species.
53 likes@MetaMyra but the dragon lands are apart of Equestria and they have their own ruler, what's your point, Ember doesn't need to answer to Celestia if she doesn't want to, neither does Cadence and those are all apart of Equestria. So they didn't need to answer to Celestia, they also don't need to answer to Twilight.
18 likes@King Sombra Celestia wasn't made ruler through a democratic voting process, and she makes choices on her own (there is no senate or house of representatives ever shown in the show). This is the principle of a dictatorship, regardless of the amount of people she has control over. Stalin didn't control the entire world. I'd say it's purely her decision that she doesn't 'punish' them for not following her, I think if we are speaking on technicalities, Celestia chooses not to interfere with the dragon lands, not that she can't- OR alternatively, the dragon queen is equally as powerful as Celestia and they would go to war if she tried to. The princess can still be a dictator to a small group (which in this case comprises of canterlot, ponyville etc), every pony matters, and one pony not being afforded a democratic choice is one pony under a dictatorship
4 likesY e s
1 likeExactly
1 like@MetaMyra imo, a good monarchy is the best type of leadership.
5 likesTrue.
1 likeONLY PONIES MATTER
0 likesSo? If they live there they should be represented. They are like, magical immigrants.
0 likeswhen we looked at the future, twilight's mane was all glittery and flowy. This might mean that there isn't really an alicorn cililization, but sparkly alicorn manes just mean they are grown up.
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Maybe mature
11 likesI think the sparkly, flowy alicorn manes is representative of them moving the sun and moon. The sun and moon move constantly in the sky, which is why Celestia’s and Luna’s manes moved constantly. You can see in the Tirek vs. Twilight episode when Twilight had to move the sun and moon, her mane started flowing when and only when she was moving them. This is why Cadance doesn’t have a flowy mane
22 likesThe reason why cadance doesn’t have a wavy, magical mane is because she is a crystal princess. Therefore, somehow in the future of The Last Problem she has crystal mane.
8 likesMisty had a sparkly mane 😮 , Even after she gave up her beauty ( not saying she is ugly that is a part of the story
0 likes@Juniper Flute Gacha my head canon is any unicorn can have a flowy sparkling mane, they just need bountiful enough magic that it escapes their body and it needs an extra storage so it goes to their manes and tails
1 likeOne thing: Twilight was chosen as leader from the previous leader. So, if you wanna be fair, shouldn't twilight be the one to choose the next leader? I myself am suspecting Luster Dawn or Starlight Glimmer, because they're both Twilight's 'prized pupils'. But Starlight runs the school of friendship. I don't think she'll give that up for the throne of equestria, though if you think again, thats exactly what Twilight did! She gave up her school for that throne. So there's both a check, and a cross in Starlight's case. Although Luster Dawn qualifies. If she is chosen by Twilight, then that would be following in the hoofsteps of her former mentor, Princess Celestia. Why? Because Celestia chose her prized pupil from magic school, and technically Celestia was the one to teach Twilight about friendship, because she was the one who sent her to ponyville in the first place. Twilight was no different from Luster Dawn before she went to ponyville. And in the last episode of season 9, Twilight sang "the magic of friendship grows" in which she was literally pointing out that ponyville is "where the magic happens". So, in the last episode, it was Twilight who taught Luster Dawn about magic, by taking her to ponyville, just like Celestia! So Luster Dawn makes a lot of sense as next in line for ruler of equestria. Only, unfortunately, its not my choice. It's the people's choice.
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Well, it boils down if Luster Dawn is actually worthy of being an alicorn, they can't just give wings to anyone who becomes the princess's pupils
0 likes“No single creature can represent the whole population”
3053 likesMe: thinks of changelings
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Why not make a council? One of each species...they decide who in the council rules Equestria for a few years? XD
196 likesAlso, you are right...Changlings can represent every species
77 likes@XxGalaxia_GachaxX Of course, they can't. The outward appearance isn't what matters in the end. For example, a changeling would probably do a bad job in representing earth ponies and unicorns in cases where the ability to fly is important. Why not simply choose a fitting form?
48 likesOkay
5 likes@Han Dittmar You know changelings can fly, right😅
18 likesBut I see what you're saying and I agree👍
@Irene That was the whole point. Because they can, they lack a crucial experience of being in earth pony by not knowing how it is to not be able to fly.
14 likesAren't all changelings technically Alicorn's? they have horns and wings, they've used both at the same time as well.
14 likes@Han Dittmar Sorry, I misread that. Lmfaooo! Im retarded and that's frickin' embarrassing! At least we're on the same page now, no thanks to me.😂😂
11 likesAnyway, adding to what you said: the changelings have no understanding of any "United traditions" or anything that involves coming together! Like the hearts warming episode! They had no idea what they were doing!🤣🤣🤣
He’s a changling
5 likesYes
4 likes@XxGalaxia_GachaxX yep sounds good.
5 likesMy honest though on that was something like...
5 likesYou do realise how Kingdoms worked in the past right? King/Qween and the council of nobles..
Here she got the Council of Friendship..so ya Twilight is Imperialism and by the looks of it in a good way
Gamer Girl yeah I’ve actual seen then be a unicorn and earth pony before so they can be everything tho it’s just they may not act like that
1 likeXxGalaxia_ GachaxX yes! Like the malaysian agong line thingy
0 likesGamer Girl you’re so right! LOL!
0 likesWhat if they made a council with every species ruling equestria also deciding everything alongside an alicorn
0 likes@XxGalaxia_GachaxX thats EXACTLY what the new six is the ones who beat cozy glow? all the species nearly went to war when they went missing from twilight's school the show is obviously grooming them also changlings no they may be able to take the appearence but they cant understand all species that well i mean changlings wwwere usually spotted when taking over the empire cuz they felt off they could properly understand that person they turned into
0 likesLol
0 likesXxGalaxia_ GachaxX yea like in Hong Kong 🇭🇰
0 likesIf thorax can use magic then yes
0 likesIs the changeling Kingdom even under twilight's rulership? I'm pretty sure it's not
2 likesAlicorns have like 0 authority there
0 likes@Han Dittmar didn't you think of sawtooth?😂
0 likesJust a joke btw
@Leen Al-anzy They put Thorax on the throne as a puppet ruler.
1 likesaw thooth is a changling so saw thooth is now the ruler of eqestra
0 likeswhat about all of their own kingdoms. i mean do you think the yaks would let a changling be in charge? thats is a big NO. i think that allicorns should still reprisent equestria without any one making such a big deal about it
0 likesMe wen I see this: starts breathing into paperbag
0 likesChangelings don’t exist anymore tho besides chrysalis and she’s evil so
0 likes@XxGalaxia_GachaxX WAIT I JUST COMMENTED THAT-
1 like@Annalee S. 0-0
2 likesI’m going to have to agree with sawtooth here, because if the next creachor to role after twilight is Ocellus, that’s still only one creachor ruling Equestria, and one creachor prone to corruption, they need to spread it out so no creachor gets corrupted!!!!!! we do NOT want Equestria to turn into 2020-2021 our world, do we!?
1 like@XxGalaxia_GachaxX omg great idea but they could make a council with every single creature representing.
0 likesYes they are everything even rocks
0 likeswell, changelings take the form of any body, but they don't entirely represent it as they are changelings, just with capability of shapeshifting, plus, Thorax is already occupied with his own kingdom
1 likeYep
0 likes@That autistic bronyActually they are considered a different species they are not ponies. Twilight and all they others are ponies, Alicorn means a pony with horns and wings
0 likes“No single creature can represent the whole population”
386 likesMe: sad changeling noises
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GASP! We have a genius here!
16 likesChrysalis was right.
8 likesThere is but one he was trying to eat crate law and order it would be no fighting no it’s I was trying to create a society It would be a storm king
1 likepax chrysalia could be a thing in that case
1 likeThorax could
0 likesThis person here has got a point
0 likes"Twilight is a dictator"
38 likesMe: Well, she is technically a dictator... but she's a monarch and monarch's can't be corrup- Oh yeah, I mean she does have the best interest for the population so I don't see a problem here
The way Twilight became a princess is perfectly fine with me. Because her wings didn’t just fell out of the sky, she earned it. I believe that becoming an alicorn is something that happens to you when you’re ready to be one of the rulers of Equestria. But I admit it. It’s true that just because you’re an alicorn doesn’t means that you’re good enough to rule or to trust. Cozy glow
17 likesbecame an alicorn and she was evil. But I think it It’s HOW you become an alicorn that matters. Cozy glow became an alicorn by tapping into evil magic.That’s why no one trusted her and didn’t let her last long as an alicorn. She didn’t deserve alicorn magic. But Twilight became an alicorn by doing something good like understanding the magic of friendship which is why she was chosen to rule and became an alicorn. And by the way, I didn’t like the way you started out the video. Twilight would never do that or act like that. She is much more nicer than that.😠😠😠
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I still think two is bad
0 likesCelestia: rules as a monarch for 1000 years
29 likesSawtooth: I sleep
Twilight: Takes over because Celestia and Luna retired
Sawtooth: REAL SH*T?!
“Well at least Alicorns can't be corrup-”
2270 likesNightmare moon: You were saying?
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midnight sparkle: uuuuuhhhhmmmmmm
110 likes@𝕝𝕠𝕥𝕦𝕤𝕡𝕖𝕥𝕒𝕝𝕫! Cozy Glow : Exists
94 likesSunset shimmer 👀👀👀👀👀👀👀 cries in the corner*
39 likes@🌹 kusuo saiki 🌹 she's not an alicorn?
17 likes@Meharunnessa lipi She did turn into one?
13 likes@Jacob Lalmalsawma when?!
9 likes@Jacob Lalmalsawma never.never
8 likesSawtooth waves:Alicorns can't go corrup-,Ehhh.
35 likesDaybreaker: Did I hear Right, Sister.
Nightmare Moon: I heard it too,Sister.
Midnight Sparkle:You two finally got Along.
The Evil Sisters:WE HAVEN'T.
Midnight Sparkle:Oh, Please help me.
Sawtooth waves:(*just left in the chat*)
The Corrupted Alicorns:(*Blaming each other And Arguing *).
King sombra: am I a joke to you? (Its a theroy)
10 likesHeartbreaker : wha-
4 likes@diamond _days1 he's not an alicorn tho
5 likesBut he is a corrupted unicorn
@_S_i_b_ well, i think they talks about Equestria Girls 1st movie and Equestria Girls Friendship Game
5 likesso, in the movie at the end, Sunset Shimmer become an alicorn cause she was wearing the crown of the Elements of Magic. then, that's give Sunset Shimmer the power to fly and use the magic but she didn't still in her demon form.
in Equestria Girls: Friendship Games; for fighting Midnight Sparkle she take the power of friendship of FLutterShy,...etc and becoming an alicorn but still not an alicorn.
that's all ! (sorry if that's not clear but english is not my native language and i still learn)
I heard this comment in her voice lmfao
1 likeok, this had me wheezing XD XD
1 like@Meharunnessa lipi I mean she did when she became a crazy demon creature who wanted to rule everyone??
0 likes@Lauuren then she turned back normal
1 like@Meharunnessa lipi I mean.. but still
1 like@Pavel Dostál she did
1 like@_S_i_b_ the last movie ( when they are people
1 likeOh so having the night last forever is a crime now? Darn…
1 likeDay breaker: dancing intensifies
2 likes@HallowedChromeE dude she's not an alicorn she took the things was i heard and become one but later she become a normal pegasus
1 like@Shirley Smith But What About Princess Cadence And Flurry Heart? They Can Be Corrupted Too. In FACT............I Would've LOVED To Have Seen THEIR DarkSides Unleashed, What Would THEY Look Like?
1 like@-◇_that one friend_☆-•10 years ago kekw
1 likeDaybreaker :Uhh hello I exist
2 likes@_S_i_b_ she turned into one after she sang "my past is not today"
1 likeJust reunite all of the representants of each animals (and they do a meeting like every year/every months, like the Council of Friendship with Twilight Sparkle) :
5 likesPonies = Twilight Sparkle or Cadance if Twilight can't
Dragon - Ember
Changeling = Thorax
Hippogriffia/Seaquestria = Queen Novo
Yak = Prince Rutherford
...etc.
and since theyre like friends, that wouldnt turn into a catastrophy or a war. so, the meeting would consists of doing reflexion about the world and they could help each others to resolve their problems in their country.
For a moment I though princess Twilight was the princess of friendship and in the beginning that was the opposite 🤣🤣🤣
0 likesI’m also curious about how exactly the monarchy/diarchy/tetrarchy/whatever works. The title “princess” is used for the sovereign (this isn’t unheard of, look at Liechtenstein). What kinda of monarchy Equestrian is is never stated (I don’t believe anyone refers to it as the “Kingdom of Equestria”, it could easily be a principality), but we run into a problem in the Crystal Empire. With the name, you’d think their head would be an emperor or empress, but they aren’t, it’s ruled by “Princess” Cadance. That would be fine (the ruler of the British “Empire” was a king/queen), but Sombra is referred to as a king, so how does it work? Also, who the heck even is Prince Blueblood? Lauren Faust said he’s Celestia’s great-great-great-something nephew, but who is that ancestor? Is it Luna (unlikely)? Or was there a third Royal Sibling we’ve never seen? The prince title works, though, since the children of princes and princesses are also called princes and princesses.
7 likesI love how the question that is often asked is between absolute monarchy and centralized democracy, while what I root for is really just decentralization.
3 likesIt is centralized government that is incredibly susceptible to corruption due to the massive concentration of power and lack of competing power-structures, and whether your leader's justification for holding said power is votes or divine right changes naught to that.
In an Equestrian sense, that just means doing your best to keep most powers to the cities' leadership and to have many local forces of first responders for the various threats the Principality might face.
AKA just have barons and knights, or ministers and regional guards.
Pretty sure this is more of a queens democratcy. As in what we seen in European governments. The figurehead is born into it but the actual government is based on votes. The figurehead is just that, a symbolic representation of the Royal/Nobel system.
0 likesI thought twilight would be a queen
1 likeHi Sawtooth! I know you probably won’t see this but I was watching your video and wanted to throw my own opinion into the ring.
2 likesEquestria doesn’t appear to be a dictatorship, but rather a matriarchy. Dictators are like Sombra, a hostile take over where citizens are forced to follow his rule and his law, or else. Twilight, however, was handed the throne by her teacher and teachers sister.
So another way to look at Equestria is as a matriarchy, but the throne is passed down from teacher to student. This could also explain why the princesses ruling Equestria can’t have children. Cadence can, and Flurry Heart likely took over the Crystal Empire or is ruling beside her mother when we see Twilight in the final season, but in Equestria the throne must be handed down to a student of the currently ruling princess. It ensures that the next ruler will be a good one, and will hold the values of Equestria first.
Anyway, sorry for the essay. Just wanted to throw in my thoughts.
I like to think of the alicorn monarchy as a constitutional monarchy, like what Britain has with their Queen and her royal family, where there's a parliament in which the voters vote for their local members and the Prime Minister would basically be the one who truly leads the Equestrian government, therefore making the alicorn princesses merely symbolic figures and whichever bill or law is approved of by the parliament and signed by the Prime Minister, the princess or princesses can simply sign it for their formal approval.
2 likesThis, to me would be the most fair and democratic way to go about this Equestrian government.
I say that the funny part is the “interview” with Twilight.
8 likesHeres some content for you. I have this question bubbling around in my head. Since Alicorns live over 1000 years. Does that mean Twilight will witness her friends' passings? :0
3 likesThe question for me is:
2 likesDoes being an alicorn mean you’re automatically a leader/ruler?
(Forgive me, if a , is missing.)
I don't know about you, but i want Starlight Glimmer for a ruler of Equestria.
6 likesSlight issue. Voting can be corrupt too. Example: look in the real world
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No
8 likeshaha this is idealistic fantasy s h u t u p and stop ruining our dreams
66 likesHey, he's right.
33 likesI mean, if there’s two bad options I guess.
30 likes@Ndidia Marketplace wrong.
13 likes@Ndidia Marketplace yes
7 likesLook at right now
3 likesLet’s anti corrupt, and make democracy more much brighter than now.
3 likesCorruption comes from the right of evil people to determine the fate of others through the power system. Let us conduct anti-corruption and cult activities to make the democratic system better than it is now.
9 likeshahaha are you referring to DONALD TRUMP THE PRESIDENT THAT I HATE THE MOST
7 likes@Meralco Ecozone Power I'm not saying anything
9 likesIts a step up tho
0 likesa better example would be Vladimer "the wide" Putin
4 likesYeah
0 likesRussia election system is pretty rigged
3 likesExample look at the US 2 parties is soo much better than 1
0 likesU.S government: nervous noises
3 likesVoting can make evil tho bc the other thats not voted will be.......You know the answer...
1 like@《KittiiLavender》 haha imagine not knowing there are more countries than the us 😂
1 like@juliet but not juliet Yeah... Hey don't say 'S h u t u p' That's mean }:(
0 likesMhmm
1 likevery.
0 likesPeople know what they want but they don't always know what's best for them.
3 likesYeah like the orange skinned guy who will not be named
1 likeWith changelings intervention on results
1 like@Ndidia Marketplace Yes i agree with you
0 likesDo u mean trump?
0 likes@Someone Ignores question
2 likes@Manaal Moosa oops
0 likesSILENCE BEFORE YOU START ARGUMENTS
0 likes@Olivia A. ?? They were making a comment on our government, they never said anything else about other countries, because ya know, not every comment about a country has to involve the other countries too :/
1 likeAmerica rulership in a nutshell
0 likesYep, my country is ruled by oligarchy and the votes are rigged 😊
1 likeI like how this comment thread went from talking about how corrupt voting would be in the pony world to actually arguing about voting in the real world 😂
0 likesThat isn’t/ wasn’t the Systems falt it was Joe Biden’s falt for cheating, and do we know any creachor in Equestria who would cheat, (feel free to leave a reply if there is one!?!)!?!
2 likesSocrates, the Greek philosopher believed that those who vote needed to be educated on politics first. The rulers back then gave him death penalty for “crimes against democracy” for stating this claim...
1 like@I'm Alenke Wait seriously? LOL
0 likes* look at the USA [ this is a joke dont be mad ]
0 likesWhy then don't use soviets sustem? Or something like this?
0 likesThis comment aged well
1 like@Lolstalgic Yes it has holy hell
0 likesthere is more an issue with the system as a whole. democracy sounds good on paper, so does socialism. in practice its always bad. no perfect solution.
1 likeMinecraft be like:👀
0 likes@:“Chelsea”: Let's not talk about Minecraft LOL
0 likes@Manaal Moosa ye
0 likes@VL R how I understand you, post-soviet bro
1 like@rangerlovee look to Switzerland
0 likes@Данил Булатов it's a bad joke
0 likesExactly. Just think of Cozy Glow, she was highly ranked and appraised at The School of Friendship and you know how that turned out.
0 likesWell, Celestia took Twilight as an apprentice for being a promising young pony with great aptitude for magic, and sent her to learn the "magic of friendship" in ponyville. Sending her to be practically the first line of defense of equestria in case of danger and sending her in friendship quests served to mold her character both as a pony and a leader. She wasn't elected by but she understands the people because in every adventure she met and dealt with all kinds of ponies and creatures, the poor and rich, the hard-working and the lazy, the ponies and the dragons, changelings, hypogriffs and so on.
1 likeCelestia prepared Twilight to be a good ruler and in the final episode Twilight has her own apprentice, which is a promising young pony and you get the picture. Twilight was prepared by Celestia to rule Equestria, and she likely will do the same to her apprentice. Every ruler of Equestria seems to be trained since youth to understand and have empathy towards their fellow ponies and creatures, so the chances of a ruler being corrupted is quite low in my opinion. I'd say what happened to Luna was a case apart.
As for representation, yeah, not every creature is represented, but, it's not like anyone's being oppressed under alicorn rule and the prejudice non-ponies suffered when they first came into Equestria was already resolved so, is such representation really necessary? Besides, Equestria is still the land of the ponies after all. The other creatures have their own kingdoms/empires and they all get along very well.
love the monty python reference lmao that’s gotta be my favorite scene. speaking of, ik this is like a year later but i feel like this really highlights my questions about g5 now. like aside for zephyr heights it’s very cloudy as to what the political systems are (if there are any) in maretime bay (excepting the sheriff/deputy apparently..) and bridlewood. like i’m curious?? and i definitely feel like this had something to do with the time between twilight and the new generation
1 likeFrom 0:00 to 1:07 I was laughing my head off.And the way Sawtooth imitated Twilight's voice and when Twilight picked him up and threw him out were the funniest scenes.
1 likeI love parodies/references to Monty Pythons The Quest for the Holy Grail. Thank you for blessing thy ears.
1 likeI think the way Twilight gets to rule Equestria is like how a king pass his inheritance to his son, a prince. Celestia isn't obviously Twilight's parent, but she is a very close relationship. So that's my theory.
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Thats..how it went trough Celestia and Luna stepped out and They Crowned Twilight before to replace them..
109 likesThere is absolutely no reason to claim Twilight is a dictator outside of a bad joke..
to be fair though, that just makes it monarchy, or dynasty. either way, it can still turn tyranny fast. and let's look at Equestria. can you truly say it isn't a dictatorship society? true, it is not the type of dictatorship we're used to. but anyone who doesn't fall in line gets chase out of town at best, and petrify or banished at worst. not to mention, alicorns are not elected, and not likely able to be impeached, as they hold more power than most of the Equestria combine. adding on the fact, Twilight has dragons, Yaks, Griffins, changelings, and hippogriff on her back and call, any rebellion weather justify or not would quickly be stamped out.
59 likesso the mass have no says as to who shall rule, ruler holds absolute power unmatched by any pony and extremely harsh punishment for all none-conformist. that seem to check off most boxes in the dictator check list.
Actually Celestia could really be twilights real mom because idk if u seen the first couple of episodes on Netflix but it does say that Twilight mom and dad was adoptive relationship so celestia could be her real mom
7 likes@Catherine Celestia is thousands of years old. Twilight was her student and nothing else. And Twilight's parents are revealed later on in the series. Celestia believes a lot of telling the truth and she would've told Twilight.
27 likes@Yasmin Alves I simply made a theory thats all
2 likesThat actually makes sense since that’s how Royalty and Not presidency works. Presidents get chosen by the people. While Royalty just passes down from generation to generation until there is no longer a person from this family to rule.
19 likes@Catherine hmm that’s actually an interesting theory. And it would of made in interesting plot twist. But who would twilight’s father be then? Maybe they would of introduced him as a villain and than twilight reforms him and he gets with Celestia. That could actually be an entire series. I love your theory
8 likes@Yasmin Alves so what? Maybe she decided that she wanted to have a child now. And keeping an important secret for someone’s sake Can make anyone not tell the truth. Truth isn’t always the answer since sometimes it hurts
1 like@Ramy But Celestia knows that. And she knows that even if it hurts, she wants to hear it. In the episode where Twilight didn't tell her how bad an actress she was, she was lying to Celestia. When Celestia heard the truth, she was hurt by it but she was more hurt by the fact that Twilight didn't tell her. Someone who is like that would not hide away a child, much less someone who would soon be the heir to the throne, from anyone.
5 likes@Alexandra Adamczyk Prince Blueblood is a distant nephew of Celestia and Luna.
3 likesYeah, basically being an Alicorn give you the right to the thrones
1 like@Mohd Ghazali It does. Alicorns represent all three tribes; unicorn, earth, and pegasus. They're the rightful rulers since they are the most powerful.
6 likesJust like in Naruto that you mostly get the Hokage title if you were the pupil from a previous Hokage.
1 like@Christnappa4 I thought the village need to vote one of the candidat hokage plus they need to prove that they were worthy like they can protect village
1 like@ming chen a republic can turn tyranny as well you know... Russia had a voting system that worked until Putin came along and look how that looks now...
4 likesI agree, Celestia raised twilight like her own we saw more of those two than we did twilight and her biological mom
1 likeOf course. That is called a monarchy with adoptive hereditariness, like it happened with some Roman emperors
0 likes@ming chen it won't turn to Tyranny because alicorns rule for thousands of years and Twilight has proven to not be a tyrant and also knows right from wrong and has thought others the same, Twilight brought more peace then anyone in Equestria history.
2 likesWell that’s just common sense isn’t it
0 likeswait now that you think of it could Celesita be twilights aunt? and her parents are maybe just lying that she does not have a aunt but still it seems like a very good theroy..
0 likes@Shinbouslargeforhead No, that’s a completely baseless theory with zero evidence and not possible. Celestia and Luna had no sisters that could’ve been twilight’s parents, as they would’ve died 900+ years before twilight was born.
0 likesGatekeepers upon whom she deemed "friendly" for her friendship cult to enter Canterlot after the first G5 issue certainly became a major factor that led to the destruction of Equestria and her "legacy" in my opinion.
0 likesSaw: subtly throws in hints that they have a crush on Gallus throughout this entire video
3 likesMe, a Discord member who has known about this crush since joining the Discord: laughing as if Pinkie Pie just told a really funny joke
The more you look at the leaders of equestria the more you see how it works and really, since the current princess chooses the next leader through proving themselves worthy through actions and not words it gives the the people of equestria a leader that they can be sure has their best interests at heart. Plus it was never said that other creatures couldn’t rule in this new society they could just as easily do so if chosen.
0 likesdid you think that if someone lost an election he or she would want to get revenge on Equestria
4 likesLet me explain. Think about it this way:
1842 likes-Twilight Sparkle becomes Princess because she discovered new magic. When you are a princess you get the prize of becoming an alicorn.
-Cadence reverts the spell as a pegasus.
-Flurry Heart is a princess just because her parents are the king ad the queen of the crystal empire. If she was born a earth pony/pegasi/unicorn she still would be a princess.
So, if you are another creature and you do something good, you become a princess but you dont become an alicorn cause you are another creature. But wait, I just have more-
Remember Twilight's transformation? That was the power from her own heart making her an alicorn. So Celestia didnt use her magic. And that means... if you are another creature and you do something worthy of becoming an alicorn, the power in your heart turns you into something powerful depending on your race.
EDIT: Omg, thank you for the likes!
And yeah, Thorax shared his love and he became the prince of the changeling kingdom!
EDIT 2: Oh and I forgot to talk about something. The Dragons choose their leader differently, so they dont get chosen by that power thing-
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"...the Power in your heart turns you into ~something powerful~ depending on your race"
134 likes> So -SteveThorax is aPonyBugChangeDling Princess.Headcannon Accepted.
I agree, its just like how Thorax shows to share love and became the new leader they needed
62 likesPreach! 🙌
15 likes@Pasta Cat *pokemon music plays *
13 likesThis makes more sense to me hmmmmmm............. Power in your heart oh yes well twilight got to be an alicorn by finishing star swerls spell sooooo I don't know?
14 likesOh.
7 likesBeautiful
9 likesIf you think about it, all the rulers from other species look way more powerful than the avarage, plus we've seen Thorax's transformation first-hand when he became the leader of the Changelings. So I think it's safe to assume that, yes, all species suffer a major transformation when they become rulers.
28 likesSo, should Thorax be the new princess?
19 likesNoice.
@Mlg pro player 291 that's a good one
5 likesThis is the work of a genius
7 likes@Coral Plays nah, just the work of some random guy on the internet.
7 likes@ʚ Pinkie Dash ɞ 😇💖 I have drawn it myself by using a base, but sadly I cant find the base anymore.
4 likesAbcde Xyz well, yes and no. It’s true she tried to finish it bc celestia wanted to see how strong she is, but the REASON she properly finished it was bc she fucked up the first time and caused her friends misery. So she finished it bc of her love for her friends, not bc of her magical talent (Altho that is a part of it)
8 likesAlso, Cadance doesn't rule the Crystal Empire because she's an alicorn. She's the Crystal Princess because she's the descendant of Queen Amore, the original ruler of the Crystal Empire before Sombra killed her.
12 likesAlso, Flurry Heart could've been a bat pony and still have been princess (and now I can't help but picture a bat pony alicorn Flurry Heart...I NEED FAN ART!!!).
@Abcde Xyz She didn't "finish" Starswirl's spell per se, she "fixed" it.
5 likes@Noire Technically, Twilight didn't f-ck up the spell. It was Starswirl who f-cked up the spell. Twilight just didn't realize how f-cked the spell was. But she then was able to unf-ck the the f-cked spell.
16 likesAnd that's how you can curse all you want and keep it SFW.
@Changeling King Cocoon No that's wrong! Cadence is not the descendant of Queen Amore. She was found as a filly pegasus in the Everfree Forest by some ponies who adopted her. And later she reverted a spell cast by a witch.
8 likes@Neri She is still the descendant of Queen Amore though. Either that or the reincarnation. I forget which. But the Crystal Empire is her birth right.
7 likesShe saved the world multiple times.. she would be elected anyway, So many joined her cause at the end of this show.
9 likes666 likes, don’t ruin it
0 likesSparkBow what
0 likesPrincess Flurry Heart you are a mystery i mean the real pony you not like my sister luna and me
0 likesSparkBow i think that which can be queen chrysalis who was fed on love and that’s why took it
1 likeI think that changlings are genderless
0 likesCozy glow only turned into a alicorn because she took gorgars magic
3 likesYesssssssss
0 likesBut what if they’re a boy...
1 like@Abcde Xyz
8 likesBut during the transformation scene, we clearly see a purple magic aura coming from her heart, not her horn. Meaning raw magical power alone isn't enough to become a powerful version of yourself, at least not through the normal method. You'd have to use Grogar's bell to circumvent that.
I can't believe I read that all...but yeah you made some good points👌👍
2 likes@Rekha DS then how do they give birth and reproduce?😝🤣
0 likes@Rekha DS They are not cause we saw Ocellus' (or whatever the Young 6 changeling's name was) parents in 2 episodes. The first being the one with the Young 6 trying to restore the tree of harmony and the second one being The Best Gift Ever.
2 likes@Mahi Noor
7 likesMy headcanon is that before Thorax, only the queen could reproduce. She had complete control, and took much of the love for herself. She's a manipulative villain who wouldn't care if her subjects were starving if it meant she'd stay in power. It would actually benefit her if they were starving, because then they'd do whatever she wanted if she offered food. But after Thorax, because they now share love and aren't constantly starving, any changeling can reproduce.
Fhfy
0 likes@Create & Chill with Jess elements breathe
0 likesWhere did you get the information, that Cadence was an earth pony?!
0 likes@Shirin R she was a pegasus. And it said so in the book "Twilight and crystal heart something i forgot-
3 likesCreate & Chill with Jess
0 likesThat’s amazing tbh- sounds so inspiring. 💕
@Abcde Xyz yes she finished Star Swirls spell but she as an individual has grown. Her completing the spell was a "milestone for her". Like Spark Bow said it was her inner heart that transformed her. Once she finished the spell it aloud her to evolve into an Alicorn because of her friendship with her friends and the Elements of Harmony and her magic allowed her to transform. Do you see the connection? Her cutie mark is magic, her elements is magic, finishing the spell with magic, her friendship with her friends, and their elements. "Princess of Friendship" my little pony logic.
4 likesOMG that's what i think as well 😀😀
0 likesOMG that's what i think as well 😀😀
0 likesThe dragons:
2 likesFind stick rule all
Shouldn't Sunset be a princess because she did bring new magic to Canterlot? And also technically she should rule. I would love see her take the place of Luna so it's opposite now, but Sunset is first. But yet we have Twilight. I love Twilight and all but I feel for Sunset.
1 like@Calamitus I really wish Sunset was princess,but sunset friends are in the human world
0 likesThe dragons basically is a Patriarch
0 likesThe strongest become leader
What I want to talk about is the inherent sexism of the Alicorn system. Doesn’t it seem strange to anyone that all three protégés picked to be Alicorns eventually (Candace, Twilight, and probably Sunset later) were all females? And that Shining Armor, the husband and father of Alicorns, wasn’t made one himself so that he could be immortal too? I mean, he was an integral part of defeating Chrysalis, and his power shares love with Candace. Isn’t that important? Or is Candace just fine with letting him die?
4 likesI’m not saying that it’s purposeful that no males get to have a role in ruling Equestria, but it certainly does seem odd that none have ever even been given the chance to become a protege or prove themself worthy. Just saying, I’d like some variety.
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Maybe it's similar to a genetic thing. Like how only certain biological genders can get certain genetic conditions.
1 likeAlso isn't it good that the main rulers are girls for once? It's rare that we see female rulers in children's shows.
0 likesSomehow I highly doubt that if a powerful dictator got a hold of Equestria's throne, that he/she would step down if voted out. For example, I don't think King Sombra would have honored a vote from the Crystal Ponies.
0 likes1:55
6 likesThis joke may be the best one yet😂👍
Ok, I agree with most of what you said, save for two things. One, you literally forgot to explain how Twilight was a dictator. Yeah how she became a princess is a bit……concerning, but she’s made zero orders country wise for the entire show. If you had pointed out something Twilight herself had done that was like a dictator, then I’d agree with you, but you didn’t, so it’s kinda clickbait. Two, literally everything to do with democracy can be countered by looking at 2020. Do you really think Equestria can handle something like 2020 as they are? Sure, eventually it’d be an alright idea, but not for a long, long time. We’ve been doing it for a while, and we can barely handle it most of the time.
0 likesI know this is late, but something's always been bugging me and I haven't actually seen any theories yet about it. How did twilight's magic change color through the series, and why did it happen?
0 likes“Come and see the violence inherent in the system..help! Help! I’m being repressed!”
0 likes-sawtooth waves 2020
Can I just say I never understood how twilight was eligible for becoming a princess she literally wouldn’t have gotten anywhere without her friends honestly throw away the whole system 😭
0 likesOmg, I really like a Monty Python reference at the beginning of the video.
3 likesKing discord and queen fluttershy problem solved. Beauty and the beast lol
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You right REEE
95 likesHaha HEHE
24 likesLol 🤣
17 likesI SHIP THIS SO HARD
76 likesYes
15 likesWell, no. Actually I'm already a king, but Fluttershy don't want to rule a ponies. She likes only be with pets. Need other queen.
41 likesLOL true
12 likesyesh that ship has SAILED EEEEEEE
23 likes245th like ^^
7 likesBride of discord. Look it up on youtube, its awesome!!
18 likesNaw bruh, I ship discoed x Celestia
6 likesFluttercord is the only reason why i watch MLP 🤣💕 this ship makes the Most Sense in MLP and it's adorable 💕😊
29 likesNah. Beauty and the beauty
16 likesThen you will love "the bride of discord" and "tge daughter of discord"
13 likesOhh yeahh
4 likesKing of chaos: Discord
7 likesQueen of Chaos: FlutterShy
Princess of chaos: Chaos Fate
uwuwuwuw
Who is Chaos Fate
https://youtu.be/2LJbIbFQC3w
Omg flutter shy and discord are perfect for each other
12 likesYep
4 likes@Lucid eeeyup
2 likesDragonNightKing 1234 it’s canon though
4 likesBwahahahahahahhahahahaha
3 likesLMAO AGREED
4 likesYes.
4 likesI love this short story lol
4 likesCrystal Lite you are so right !
3 likesBut if that were to happen Equestria would be TOTAL caos
@John Raynor probably lol
4 likesThis makes sense, since he IS the best alicorn
4 likes@Stacy 888 YASSS
3 likesBest solution
2 likesFluttercord is here😊
5 likesBut uhhh u know wut your right
1 likeWAIT FOR ME! Ah, I’ll wait for the next one I guess..
1 likeYeah your right, they are so cute like belle and pribce adam
2 likesMore like...
3 likesHades and Persephone
@Linux Yap How (sorry if i sound rude im just wondering why not)
0 likes@NerdyLettea lol ikr
0 likesI SHIP IT!!!!
4 likesKing Sombra and Queen chrysalis ftw! (Reformed of course)
1 likeYes discord was the king and Fluttershy the queen discord couldn’t do anything bad because she would be the Queen and she can call him down and stuff
5 likes@Big Boss how the heck are you a king bruh
0 likesNo
0 likesDiscord being the beauty
3 likes@Sunnysolar NO
0 likesTrue
1 likeOfc
2 likes@MamaDuchess flutter cord is cannon now tho
3 likes@Skyrix! Yap Oh
0 likesUr right. Fluttershy holds Discord back... basically. And Discord can help balance harmony and chaos. Discord will also help Fluttershy become more confident and talk out of HER mind. King Discord and Queen Fluttershy sounds good. Instead of Fluttercord.
6 likesI agree with that statement BUT Fluttershy goes along great with all creature because of her love of diff animals. So NO,u dont need a diff queen.
4 likesYASSS
1 likeITS PERFECT 🤣
1 likeThat would be amazing.
1 likeLOL
0 likesIt makes 100 hundred percent
0 likesI don't think SO
0 likesFunny tho
2 likesLol, so true
1 likeDon’t vote for twilight vote for sawtooth waves
4 likes@Ellie yas!
2 likesLol
1 likeI think the real royal rule, not chaotic, for Discord will seem too boring, ph
2 likes@Just Zombie yea
2 likes@Elda Avila are you really shore
0 likesImagine if discord was actually a pony turned into a.. Whatever that animal is, because he didn't help an old lady :P
3 likes@нσятєиѕια lmao
1 like@Fizzy Rin and maybe that's why discord depends on fluttershy a lot in the mlp episodes
2 likes@нσятєиѕια yea! :)
1 like@Elda Avila right of wath 🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨
0 likes@ASkyrixDragon! Yap wath ship
0 likesLol kindness and the beast
1 likeIs it gast me or did eny one here when angil was fluttershy he sed IM fLuYYERSHy IM So ShY I WANnA MARRY FISCORD thats what he sed lol
1 likeWoh is fiscord
1 likeI also ship it
1 likeDon't like the ship
1 likeYass I want queen fluttershy and king discord hahaha X3
2 likesI see them as more of a sister and brother relationship.
3 likes@MamaDuchess i ahve nothing to say-
0 likesBEST COMMENT EVER
2 likesDiscord isn't a King
5 likesDiscord is a GOD
Yh exactly lol
0 likes@MamaDuchess Ummmmmm, why?
0 likes@Stacy 888 He isn't an alicorn.
0 likes🤣🤣
too true
2 likes😂😂👍
1 likeOMG YES
1 likeTrue glory
3 likes@Big Boss yas
0 likes👏🏻👏🏻 big brain
1 likeDon't give the fan fictionist/R34 artists any ideas
2 likesGood one
0 likesYup lol
1 likeXd
0 likesI was 100th commet
1 likeYOUR RIGHTTTT
1 likeYaaaaass
0 likesOMG stop
0 likesWhat would there baby look like I am weirder out buy this
0 likes@Rana Abdul Aziz if ur grammar wasn’t screwed up u would deserve more likes
0 likes@ASkyrixDragon! Yap aren't they literally canon
0 likes@ASkyrixDragon! Yap no need be so vocal if you read my reply it was a question
0 likesHahaha lol
1 likeHaha yeah LOL
0 likesLol
0 likesNo shipping
1 likeYES LOL!
1 likeYAAS
2 likesFLUTTERSHY IS MY FAVORITE
i ship them to
1 likeDiscord may be a beauty, but I wouldn't call Fluttershy a beast.
4 likes@BasikGirl draconaquesne and Pegasus or draconaquesne and batpony
1 like@Fizzy Rin pegasus
0 likesYes
0 likes#fluttercord
Hmm discord as king..... U want the ponies to ya know
2 likesU : Fluttershy will help
Well does fluttershy wants to rule and know how to lead?
I like this
0 likesThat Yin and Yang
1 like@Turtlez fluttershy has a little evil in her?! Probably because of flutterbat
0 likesYASSSSS
0 likesBut mean to call fluttershy a beast
0 likes@OD no Discord is not Fluttershy
0 likesYes sirrrrr
1 like@ASkyrixDragon! Yap me too but i respect it tho.
0 likesLol
0 likesF l u t t e r d a s h
0 likesDiscord keeps the fun and fluttershy makes sure things are in order
1 likeWhich one is the beast?
0 likes😂 discord could rule to represent everyone and fluttershy could make sure he didnt do anything stupid
0 likesYes please great idea 5 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ yay!
0 likesYes. She's kind enough to do it even better :). I'm still not sure about Discord and Fluttershy though. I mean, is Fluttershy the equivalent of a furry because she is attracted to Discord? One day, Fluttershy will pass and then Discord would be the only remaining ruler of Equestria. That... doesn't sound ideal. Hm, maybe this isn't such a good idea.
0 likesYay
0 likesAnd don't forget princess Screwball
0 likesright
0 likesLOL
0 likesPFFF-
0 likes@MamaDuchess tfffff
0 likesImagine discord as a king. Chaos
0 likes@MamaDuchess you can't even spell hahah
1 like@Big Boss 😐
0 likesMY BRAIN HAS MANY SHIPS AND THIS IS ONE
0 likes@Mr Nezu YOUR A JELLY BEAN
0 likesY E S
0 likesFunny!
0 likesLOL
0 likesIsnt that just passing on the problem??
0 likesSuper lol
0 likesBeauty and the beast song a song a song beauty and the-
0 likesOk oof
Your so right
0 likes@Ash how did I just get nostalgia from a comment?..
0 likes@Funtime Freddy and hand puppet Bon bon And the lord of chaos
1 likeI hate this comment but at the same time I love it
0 likesHES LITERALLY LIKE HER UNCLE THAT SHIP IS SO WEIRD IDK HOW YALL MEAN THIS SERIOUSLY
0 likes@MamaDuchess what? 🥳
0 likes@hi how old is dis tho???
0 likesYassss fluttercord the best ship!❤️
0 likesBEAUTY AND THE BEAST AJHDVSHFAFV
0 likesOmg I actually think that could work, discord is the most powerful (I think) so he can solve about all problems, fluttershy can be at his side to make sure he doesn’t bring the world to chaos, and there can be other rulers like Thorax to rule the changelings, or queen Novo for the hippogrifs.
0 likesI SHIP THEM SO HARDDDDDD
0 likesLOL! XD
0 likesLol
0 likesThats right
0 likes@MamaDuchess UHMMMM
0 likes@MamaDuchess what the hell is wrong with you?!
0 likesTwilight Sparkle an dictator?
0 likesSHIP
0 likesI feel like it’s pedophilla, cause discord is like very very old-
0 likesYes UwU
0 likes@MamaDuchess what.. they are just friends
0 likes💀💀💀 LMAO, Who else remembers bride of discord series 😂
0 likesWhy only one leader? Make a representative for each group and have that group work together for the good of everyone! Plus, having a bunch of leaders stops one person from having complete control! Also, not everyone would vote for the best option. Take 2016 US for example lol
0 likesYou got my vote, Sawtooth! Mine too! Mine too! Mine too! Mine too! Mine too! (Three hours later...) MiNe ToO (no seriously! If Equestria were a democracy, I’d vote for you if you ran!) 🗳
1 likeIdea: Do as the RainWings do.
1 likeIf any creature thinks they can be a better ruler, they challenge the current Queen/Princess/King/Prince for their throne. A series of trials would be held to see if the said creature was better at ruling and if they were, they would get to take the place on the throne. However, there would be problems with this as the defeated could simply challenge the throne again.
ok i know this was posted a long time ago but personally i think that there should be no votes cause if there is a good alicorn leader than the only reason they would choose another specific leader is cause they can see their heart and know how they will lead equestria "sorry for spelling mistakes"
1 likeI mean, technically Twilight isn’t ruler of the entirety of Equestria. Every other creature has their own ruler, with their own rules and laws, completely uninfluenced by Twilight’s rule over ponies.
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She is the ruler over Equestria. But not over places like the Dragonlands or the Griffin kingdom. They're separate countries.
46 likesEquetria is not their world. That is the ponylands.
13 likesi think equestria is more British monarchy with more power given to the monarch but with parliment having a significant sway over decisions after all it wasnt Celestia who wrote all those evil things about her sister if we are going for good sis Celestia and not the other kind that means that while an alicorn rules its less of an actual government position and more of a military one after all who would declare open warfare on a being that can bring down the sun or moon on your armies of course as we have seen thats not really the case but its the implied power plus an alicorn represents pony unity just as a griffin king represents griffin pride or the Dragon Lord being dragon's strength its image ad while Equestrie does have multiple races it is still Equstria or as some call it pony land
2 likes@dragonheck Punctuation guy, do you speak it?
1 like@jane Technically it is a Principality, in that it is ruled by a prince/princess. But that is semantics, as Equestria is clearly built as a Constitutional Monarchy.
1 likeShe's the ruler of all of equestria. What I think a lot of people forget is that equestria is only a country, not the entire world.
5 likesExactly.
0 likes@Ian Landers The griffins are in a state of anarchy and Ember was able to get the title of dragonlord thanks to outside help from Equestria.
0 likes"completely uninfluenced by Twilight" That's a lie. Did you forget said other rulers. Ember had outside help from Equestria to secure her title of dragon lord. A coup took place with the changelings and Thorax with no experience in leadership was put in charge. The griffins are in a state of decline/anarchy with no sense of government body. The hippogriffs lost their power when they were conquered by the storm king and had to be saved by Equestria. Yakyakistan still has their leader but they are trapped because of Equestria puppet/buffer state of the Cristal Empire. What else? The buffalos are tribal and The Kirin are basically a city state.
3 likes"Uninfluenced by twilight's rule over ponies"
1 likeEmber and thorax who became rulers with the help of twilight's friends: *intense sweating*
I love how they fail to tell that all alicorns are something
0 likesI like how you totally forget the fact that the princesses get to choose the next ruler
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Yeah
1 likeI have to say, as my MLP OC, Starry Cake (Aka Silvermoon (Demonic self)), who is an Alicorn, I COMPLETLY agree with this. Just because he was born as a male Alicorn doesn't mean he's automatically Royalty. He shouldn't hide who he is either. And yet, with his back story, he does (He didn't want to rule, but neither "outshine" the other Alicorns, just because he's different...). I loved the beginning of this video, and so far ever video.
0 likesIt...depends on the leader aim. Sometimes one leader focus on economy while the other focus on military.
0 likesExample:If the leader that focus on economy get elected,over time he/she will maybe be a dictator.
Like you said saw tooth they could in the other election can choose someone else,but that will have to wait for a few years.
So the leader might destroy the country or you know how the German work (WW1 and WW2)
The parody got me replaying it over and over
0 likesMy Changling mlp Character: "well hes got my vote"
8 likesFrom what I have seen they act more like a horse herd. Those who are strong and can defend is lead horse of the herd. And the herd can be a mix batch. Look at the example. the unicorns were wasting their powers every day when they have to raise the sun and moon every day and Luna and Celestia basically did that. They protected the unicorns which is why they followed them. The other tribes seem to follow seeing how they can lead and how they are different. Then lets look at Candance. She became an alicorn by protecting her home and able to spread love within and she was able to power up the crystal heart. In this she shows that she can protect the ponies thus they follow her. With that set, Twilight worked hard in relationships from the start. She went against her own Neighsay mostly to put a school in for the other races and invited them in. and at the finale you can clearly see how her hard work paid off. I think this is why want to follow her.
0 likesNow that is to say the races are following her. But I think that is wrong in itself. She is respenting the ponies. For there are other leaders of other races. And I wouldn't be surprise about there being a grand council to help rule the land where if one steps out of bounds they can over turn. Here each race learns how to work together. Like griffions are guards in the royal canterlot palace or vice versa with ponies in griffion stone. So really its a herd based mentally they follow whoever can protect them and keep them safe.
I mean that's monarchy for you. Also implementing the democratic system in countries that were led by monarchs for generations was a bloody, or even more corrupt process. Ending often with even worse Dictatorships also who would write the rules, taking they are the hegemony of Equestria
0 likesI feel like a democracy is too much of a change from their monarchy. How about a constitutional monarchy instead? That seems like the fairest compromise, since we can get our non-pony and pony representatives who can serve as a check to Twilight as the monarch
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Virgil facepalming is a mood I like this idea ☺️ a lot
5 likesVirgil facepalming is a mood That does seem like a better compromise, even in the real world direct democracies can be a disaster not even the US is a direct democracy and it still doesn’t pan out that well sometimes 🤔 The beauty of monarchies is that lines of succession is more clear and you can properly train your future rulers sadly most monarchies tend to ignore that part and you can wind up with a real stupid or mad ruler😑
10 likesI think you mean republic, not democracy. The UK, Sweden, Spain, Denmark, Belgium, the Netherlands etc. are all constitutional monarchies, but they're also all democracies. However, they are not republics. A republic is the opposite of a monarchy, but just as a republic isn't necessarily democratic, a monarchy isn't necessarily undemocratic, either.
4 likes@fu40000 well, since alicorns are practically immortal, do you really need an heir?
1 like@F Yes, never know when you will be banished from this dimension, planet etc or otherwise unavailable.
0 likes@Suksas i—okay. Fair enough!
0 likesWhy is this video so funny?! Thanks for making my day 💕.
0 likesWhile it sounds like a good idea, having a democracy would likely ruin what equestrian has become, a world of harmony. Everyone (by the end of FIM) is pretty much together and peaceful with one another. What assists in this is the fact that they have their one common ruler who they know has their best interests at heart. We saw in the final episodes how equestria was when everyone was starting to turn their back on each other and that type of lifestyle could be reinstated if a democratic government is in place. The citizens (like in our world) would eventually divided and fight between their selected candidates. And it wouldn’t matter if the ponies would have the option to vote out an evil tyrant rather than not like with king sombra because either way there’s going to be someone to save the day like the main 6 always did. My point is that a democracy would just be useless in the sense that not only would it be a huge adjustment for the country, but the reasoning behind having it isn’t even completely justified.
0 likesI think you'd have to make a lot of nuance for this. As it stands, Equestria is mostly populated by ponies- and, in pony culture, it is seen that Alicorns are the best fit person to be a ruler, regardless of anything else. Simply being an Alicorn would probably get the vast majority of pony votes- and as an extention, many non-pony votes as well- due to the cultural bias.
0 likesI won't pretend i know much about government, but this is my two cents.
Man your theory’s keep me up at night
0 likes“definitely an earth pony”
288 likesseems legit, i’d totally vote for him.
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Same XD
1 likekArti-
0 likesdidn't expect you here-
0 likesDon’t trust him. He’s a changeling
0 likes@Sufi Tʚɞ A reformed changeling.
2 likesCHANGELINGS TAKE OVER EQUESTRIA! I mean. Reformed changelings take over equestria.....
1 like@Jennifer Smith Yeah, but lying about it does prompt people to ask very resonable questions of "Does he have something to hide?" or "Did he imperaonate someone and denies being a changeling to disspell even the possibility he did that?". There is no way all changelings are reformed and the population would be wise to make note of those of them who exibit suspicious behaviour.
1 likedoing it by vote would probably be a bad idea since celestia chose twilight to be the ruler because she knew she was capable of doing so. if another regular pony/or other creature becomes ruler they might not have enough magic or is able to keep up for it. since alicorns have more magic than any regular pony it would be much harder for a regular pony to rule equestria. sure some ponies are strong in magic but their capability might not be able to pass it on to other ponies. (which might lead to having no more ruler) and alicorns live longer than ponies so if a pony rules they wont live for very long or long enough to find a new leader, making alicorns the only one able to rule properly. if there where more alicorns maybe there could be an option to vote. but celestia, luna, candice, flurry heart and twillight are the only alicorns (as far as i watched). if there where more alicorns it would be easier to vote between them
0 likesidk if that made any sense
Welp it came true. Twilight centralized control of all magic to stop it from being misused by other ponies against each other and then her Friendship "utopia" crumbles and entire nation ends up poor, miserable, cultureless, AND divided.
0 likesi just now realised the beginning scene is from monty python
3 likesIn order to become ruler of equestria, you must have the following:
0 likes—be powerful enough to defend your subjects
—have a good heart
—has equestria's best interest at heart
—good leadership skills
—able to get through complications, hardships, harsh circumstances and problems
you dont have to be an alicorn to rule. you just have to be powerful enough to defend when last chance comes down to the ruler. that is mostly alicorns because they have the most powerful magic. but nobody really just votes. it automatically is obvious because the ruler should be everything mentioned above. equestria isn't a monarchy, democracy, dictatorship or dynasty. it is its own. the creator's creative fantasy.
not to mention, the tree of harmony (or whatever it may be) keeps equestria and all kingdoms beyond on track. so basically whoever the tree doesnt agree with is definitely not the ruler to have of the kingdom who holds the most powerful magic in the whole mlp world. i mean it literally is the element of harmony itself. harmony which only seeks for peace between all kingdoms.
this is why the ruler of equestria is the best pony to choose who shall rule next because they already were fit for the role and are obviously has good intentions. why need to do a democratic vote when the leader who is already in charge isnt corrupt? why risk letting other creatures who everyone doesn't even know what kind of personlities each individual has to choose the next leader? not everyone has great judgement. when equestria falls apart due to a bad leader, it'll always come back to peace and harmony in the end. somepony will have to rule.
so celestia and luna (the previous rulers of equestria) were the right ponies to choose who equestria should have as a ruler next. i mean isnt it obvious? twilight has the magic the element of harmony helps her with. the magic of friendship.
the next ruler after twilight and her friends isn't there yet. when they see that pony, twilight will definitely step down and give her crown to that pony. for now, there is no one who is fit just yet. one day, there'll be one. there is no system here. it's about seeing who is.
To the Cozy Glow part, they wouldn’t let an Artificial Alicorn be an Alicorn. Also, whoever makes Alicorns would [hopefully] not pick someone who wasn’t. I think the force has every citizens best interest at heart.
469 likesAnd on the representation part, Twilight’s whole princess destiny was kinda determined before there was peace with all creatures. Also, they have their own tribes too. It would be like a pony ruling the dragon lands. It doesn’t really make sense since the only other creatures are the ones who go to the school of friendship.
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You make a very good point
9 likesI'm pretty sure she got her wings because she gave herself wings with the power they took
4 likesRemember Chrysalis?
1 like@Milke Shaque The Sisters aren't artificial alicorns, but yes Twilight & Cadence were born a unicorn & pegasus respectively. Flurry Heart is considered a gray area by most, so...I don't really know what to say about her.
10 likesBrodyWithALackOfReasoning Technically, but they earned them. Cozy glow used the power of the bell to become one.
5 likesRayena Carter Celestia and Luna were actually born Unicorns. In the episode ‘Meeting Flurry Heart’ Luna says “A natural born alicorn is something far beyond even our understanding” If they were born Alicorns she wouldn’t have said that.
7 likes@hannah It's been a good while since I've seen the series, I hadn't really gotten that far yet. I only really know of Flurry Heart from The Brony Notion & fanart. Sorry then.
4 likes@Sarah Not an true Alicorn. She's an unformed Changeling. Alicorns have pony wings. Her wings are broken. Her hooves are broken. Do you really think she is an pony. Cause that the first factor.
4 likes@hannah Yes she is. You are totally right.
1 likeWell, technically, Twilight is an artificial alicorn...
0 likes@hannah i mean....if they are the only two who were born. Centuries ago in a more primative time.
0 likesThey didn't raise themsevles so they wouldn't know anything about baby alicorns because they were the babies other people were dealing with.
So they wouldn't know anything anything just in that regard.
Ontop of the facr if there have only been two ever birn not exactly something easy to study since this is such a rare occurance data will be rare if non existant since it wasnt seen before or since.
Could easily be chalked up to weird mutation.
Cozy Glow wasn’t artificial her process was just more easier but yet the same to twilight since both of them received magic to Twilight it was alicorn magic but to cozy it was from the bell
0 likes5 words: Nightmare Moon and Day Breaker
0 likesAlso if we go into the comics to see the origin of Crysalice, she too, is an Alicorn
0 likesJason Reburn First and for most, Day Breaker wasn’t real. She was only in Starlight’s dream. second of all, Luna was turned good again and whatever force that creates Alicorns had her destiny planned out all along and without Luna turning into Nightmare Moon, the mane six would have never met.
2 likespineapple princess —- did it ever occur that destiny makes everything meaningless?
0 likesLuny Cipres She’s a different creature. From what I’ve heard she’s like a mix of a pony and an insect. Also with that logic every singe Changling is an alicorn.
2 likeswatch50er In the episode “Princess Twilight Sparkle” Twilight says she had full power and choice of what she wants her Destiny to be, which cause me to believe destiny is less given and more chosen. Also in “The Last laugh” is basically Pinkie CHOOSING her destiny.
2 likesJason Reburn She’s an alicorn, yes. A pony Alicorn? No. The comics refer to her as a ‘Broken Alicorn’ which in my opinion just means she’s the changling version of an Alicorn.
2 likespineapple princess Read the damn comics, crycalis was an alicorn
0 likesJason Reburn Just look at her wings, Sawtooth made a whole video debunking the Chrysalis is an alicorn theories. All the comics say (btw I’m only referring to comics Lauren Faust helped write or approved) that she is a “Broken Alicorn” She is the Princess/queen version of all her [former] subjects. She is the Alicorn equivalent of a Changling. ALL of the changelings have a horn and wings as well so that logic is pretty screwed up. In the video Sawtooth says, “All Alicorns have wings and a horn, but not everything with wings and a horn is an Alicorn” and I think the basically sums up the debate.
2 likesScorch 215 I do see where you’re coming from, but one, I’m pretty sure they’d know if they were born Alicorns, and two, if there were born Alicorns they most likely would have read about it in there time at Star Swirl’s school, given Star Swirl is known as “The Greatest Wizard of All Time” and I’m pretty sure he’d know. And a Natural Born Alicorn would probably be a pretty monumental time in History for someone like the two sisters, or Star Swirl to not know about.
1 likepineapple princess read the comics, there is a comic that takes place in an alternate universe where the forces of dark and light are swapped, we can see that chrysalis has wings and a horn, what do you call that?
0 likespineapple princess they were not born alicorns, only flurryheart was, but in the comic where the forces of dark and light were swapped, we can see that chrisalyss is an Alicorn with butterfly wings, also taking Cadence’s role of the princess of Love in that universe from that comic
0 likesJason Reburn I never said they were born Alicorns, there’s many different comics that have been made over the years, I only refer to the comics that Lauren Faust herself helped write. In the comics by Faust, the closest they come is calling her a “broken alicorn” which can be interpreted many different ways, but the most reasonable way of taking it is that she’s the evil (changling) version of an Alicorn. Since the changlings resemble insects so much (which sawtooth mentions in his video on the Chrysalis Alicorn subject) she’s most likely just the queen of the hive (a reference to real life insect colonies). Also, another issue with this logic is that that means the hundreds among thousands of changling as are also Alicorns, which is obviously they’re not. Just like Sawtooth says in the video, “All Alicorns have wings and a horn, but not all creatures with wings and a horn are Alicorns” which I believe is a good summary of the entire debate.
2 likesI think it should stay the way it is. Because I think Equestria is perfect just the way it is.
0 likesMost wizard/ magical advisors would probably still be ponies, and each race would probably fill one role(there would still be overlap) like a changeling being in charge of foreign relations or something like that(transforming and stuff)
0 likesGreat now I know two dictator characters that became dictators in totally different ways
1 likeIf you think it… Sawtooth IS the PERFECT ruler for Equestria, just think about it, he is a changeling so he can transform in ANY Equestrian o Not Equestrian creature… Actually, any changeling COULD be a PERFECT ruler (but more Sawtooth cause why not 😂😂)
1 likeIt is a monarchy, but Equestria is still technically a pony's land. The other lands have their own rulers of their kind but they all make sure there is peace. Most of the people who chose to stay in Equestria are seemingly fine with the Alicorn rule. The princess still listens and makes sure their subjects are happy. Celestia was overworked constantly by her duties, and Twilight is replacing them but now has a CLEAR council while Celestia and Luna didn't. If they did, I haven't seen a clear sign of them.
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Typo: people don’t live in equestria 😎
7 likes@amani xD I know technically they don't, I meant it as a general term. Fine, most of the "creatures".
10 likesLol sorry 😂
2 likesAmani that not funny
1 likeAmani you are not cool
1 likeChill don’t you have better things to do then waste your life insulting people on YouTube
3 likesAh...they naturally passed away like a million years ago?...
0 likesI think the final episode made it clear that equestria is a very diverse nation now. after all, we very clearly saw the shots of all the different species just sort of hanging out. the friendship school was the gateway to cultural intermingling, and for the first time non-ponies lived in equestria. that trend is not gonna change any time soon, and considering how the history of this kind of subject tends to work, the land of equestra is only going to grow more and more diverse.
0 likesif i’m being honest, calling equestria only a “pony’s land” is as much as a political problem as is saying that foreigners don’t belong in america. and i hope we can all agree that ethnic minorities in america should have fair vote and representation in government. wouldn’t it be the same for equestria?
@durdleduc Yeah, every species has it's own kingdom/land ruled by one of its own, a land that can and is visited by everyone who can get along, but that it's reserved to the species and every visitor eventually leaves, all and every species...but ponies, because equestria the pony's land is now the land of everyone, and once you think about it, theres nothing in the other species lands that is of value to the ponies, so they get nothing from them assuming we would turn the Dragon's land into everycreature's land like in equestria, but the wealth of the ponies' land benefits everyone that comes in.
1 likeAnd now, if Twilight were to give these species a say in Equestria which she most likely did, now all these species have political influence both in their own land's and in Equestria, while the ponies can only have a say on Equestria, now these species would want to see their lands be as wealthy as Equestria, to see all their fellow yaks receive the light of friendship, and thus the ponies start working for the betterment of these species which really have not much to offer.
What if she just dosen't? You may ask, well now that the rainbow laser is linked to all these species, it only needs for relations with one species to sour with any other species to take away the rainbow laser to Equestria, Cozy Glow realised she could exploit differences between the three pony types, it would only be an easier task when there is far more species, both in number, and in differences between each other.
Yep, Twilight DOOMED Equestria
Why is no-one talking about the amazing intro? It's amazing
7 likesI feel like there should be like, a council ruling over Equestria, rather than one creature. One changling, one Hippogriff/Seapony, one Alicorn, one Yak, and so on and so fourth. And each species elects one of their own species to join that council every time they need a new councillor. Just a thought.
0 likesThat first scene was awesome!
0 likesNot a dictator, an absolute monarch of a royal line with adoptive hereditariness, like it was with some of the Roman emperors, and it's cool and functional.
0 likesI disagree with bringing democracy to Equestria and making it a republic, I support the Alicorn adoptive monarchy. The birth of an artificial-alicorn-since-birth like Flurry Heart thought constitutes a great problem in the long run for the population and a threat to Equestria's order and to its demographics, since it has made the alicorn characteristic genetically hereditary. It should be banned for alicorns to reproduce, OR it should be found a way to prevent that artificial characteristic from being hereditary.
As for the issue with representation of the other creatures, I don't think it should be counted because those creatures are other species who come from their own realms and they can be living, visiting or being friends to ponies under the law but Equestria is the pony land so it has a pony royal line, just like I imagine the other realms have those species governors.
Equestria is literally the land of the ponies, other species may live there but it’s still the ponies kingdom. That’s like saying a dragon cant rule over the dragon kingdom because not all the citizens are dragons. Each species has their own respective kingdom
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times change and even if it's "the land of the ponies?" it's not gonna stay like that forever. other species will move there and as a good leader, you need to adapt to those changes and give everyone a chance to be seen.
1 likethis is giving me "go back to ur own country" flashbacks
@/ᐠ . ֑ . ᐟ\ノ kactually an example is America. You cant be president if you were born somewhere else, even if you luv sun America you have to have been born there ( I know America votes but that’s just an example )
0 likesI love the way you make twilight to talk and get mad it very funny lol😃
1 likeAnd Twilight was my favorite character as a child.
1 likei lost it at the part when you were talking about corrupt alicorns 😂
0 likesNo one ever said that non-alicorns don't have the chance. It's just that it hasn't come time for Twilight to retire yet, which is why you haven't seen any other rulers.
1 likeI would like to give a point about two thing
104 likes1. cozy glow was given some magic from crogars bell so she turned into an alicorn but dint earn it so you can prob take her off the list
2. The baby is well a baby just because she is an alicorn doesn't mean she has to be smart that second
As an American, I can say with full confidence that Equestria shouldn’t become a democracy. My evidence? Looking at the state of my country.
0 likesActually every creature already has their own leader. They may be part of Equestria, but pony leaders are in charge of ponies, and only ponies. The dragons have the Dragon Lord, the Changelings had Queen Chrysalis, now King Thorax. The Kirin have Quiet Rain as their leader, the yaks have Prince Rutherford, and the Griffins seem to govern themselves ever since their monarchy died out or something. The hippogriffs/seaponies have Queen Novu. Etc. The leaders form alliances for peace, but they rule separately.
0 likesThat intro was a 10/10
0 likesAnd I'd say... democracy, especially direct democracy, is very ethical as a concept, much more than a bloodline based monarchy or the alicorn system. BUT. The people can be fouled, can lack jugement or knowledge, can be superstitious. Think how ponies like Flim and Flam have the eloquence to convince crowds, or how the fear of Diamond Tiara and Sunset Shimmer's influence got the school to avoid at all cost to compete against them. Think what would have happened before Spike got convinced that Thorax was good, or how the entire village of kirins decided to banish Autumn if she kept her voice. And don't tell me that the people got wiser, because the unicorns/earth ponies/pegasi fight happened again recently (thanks to Tirek, Cozy and Chrysalis), even though they tell each year through songs and plays how it's important to keep cohesion to avoid the windigos. Think how even in real life, a bad leader can be elected and not get kicked at all, people just wait until the time is over and there are other elections... and yet there are still people to vote for the same...
1 likeI don't have a better solution though, just... it's ethical but not perfect
the sisters came to power bc they harnessed the magic ad strength necessary; they made good equal representations of the tribes, had equestria's best interest at heart, and were chosen/allowed to lead by pony kind. twilight, however, was just put into power. granted she had to earn her alicornhood and learn ho to govern, but she was chosen and passed down her role via the previous rulers, not put into power by her subjects.
0 likesActually, the Crystal Empire’s government was never corrupt. Sombra “killed” and overthrew the queen, conquered it after seizing the Crystal Heart, and called himself “King”.
4 likesOne problem though: How do we prevent a two party system from occurring?
0 likes0:00-1:15 was my favorite part of the video 😂😂
2 likesOkay but having a popularity contest to see who will rule for the next x years is as bad as a dictatorship though
0 likesI love how I see the thumbnail and my first thought is just “ yeah, so? That’s how it’s always been.”
0 likesThe beginning was hilarious!!!
1 likeWasn't the whole point of S9 Twilight learning to delegate and not try to micromanage everything? No pony rules alone after all, especially so for one whose strength depends entirely on the unity of others. Celestia didn't rule alone. Real absolutist kings never truly did either, and constantly had trouble with the unruly nobles they needed to enact their laws plotting against them. Even elected officials everywhere delegate too, badvisors and staff members to help manage things and keep them in power.
1 likeTwilight, being born a commoner, kind of dodges some of the criticism of a monarchy anyway. She earned the right to rule through proving she was capable, not just because she inherited it. Actually seems like a good plan. I mean she is well studied, gifted, isn't motivated by money, has already done wonders for international relations, and is a war hero who saved the world repeatedly. Who could possibly be better qualified?
As for why they don't get rid of Twilight, (and part of the reason why monarchies still exist), it also (usually) ensures there is someone at least half respectable to represent the country internationally, even if chancellor puddinghead wins the election for the nth time in a row thanks to gerrymandering and an apathetic populace.... Wait, Chancellor? It sounds like the earth ponies originally had elected leaders, but switched to the Unicorn monarchy when they joined into Equestria. The pegasi were very Roman inspired. Maybe they had a senate, even though "Commander Hurricane" sounds more like a military junta to me!
Constitutional monarchies have an irony to them in this day and age though. With the royals being so powerless, they better represent the average person compared to the supposed commoner politician, which tend to be corrupt elites just like the old nobles they were intended to replace. Nothing really changed by adopting parliaments. In some ways it's worse now actually, with the absolute monarchy you generally knew who was coming next, with an oligarchy, you don't even know exactly who has the power now!
With that in mind, Equestia's meritocratic system of well educated, tested leaders and their delegates seems a much better way than a democracy.
It’s the family the queen chooses, not the one she never birthed.
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actually twilight is a princess ain't voted a mayor is voted
11 likesNot all queens and king's have kids that take there place some will have some one they trust take there place since they know they will do there people well
16 likesXD
1 likeIdk why I'm laughing
0 likesI keep thinking Equestria doesn't have a queen, cause you know, they're all princesses until they marry, and Cadence didn't take the title.
2 likesAnd the queen being Queen Galaxia?
0 likesThat autistic brony the Queen is Queen Galaxia
0 likesLet's be honest, if they were votations in Equestria, we ALL know Derpy would be the one elected.
0 likes*Welp since throughout the series, the Mane 6 in general & Twilight in particular underwent tons of challenges together, make dozens of friends ( u can see clearly in a lot episodes, the ponies is obsessed over the Princesses, like in 《Princess Spike》 for example ); the Princesses clearly play their part well.
0 likes-The wings are the reward for their "princess-worthy deed", it's the process afterwards that rewarded in their name.
-Cadence started out the Princess of Love, not ruling the Crystal Empire right away. Twilight was the Princess of Friendship, not Celestia's inheritor to the ultimate throne right away when she finised that spell.
+ According to some of ur theories, Celes & Luna probably were unicorns then they proved their talent of controlling the Sun & Moon, earned their wings & the title of Princesses of 🌞&🌝; kicked some hard-core villains' asses then became the official rulers of the Land. (I mean, they still could become Eq's rulers without the butt-kicking part because there weren't much of a choice besides some old wizards ⭐️🍀)
*All I'm trying to say is: This is a series, not a film. The creators are teaching us to become better people, not to be satisfied over a victory for too long & expect everyone to grant u as "Sir Big Shot" forever.
It's the process, people, not the result. 🤌🏻🤌🏻
"By popular Vote: you are hereby ordered to d5rink this glass of Aqua Regis!"
0 likeson the other hoof, imagine having Celestia as the Ruler of where you live?
Up to a point; she knows what she is doing, and delegate the majority of the work to others(like Neigh Say and Co.)
I can get my this theory considering twilight is very book driven. She follows by a list alot in the show, a flow, an order.
0 likes“you don’t vote for princesses” 😂😂
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Try telling that to "the phantom menace"
30 likesSHE'S NOT THE QUEEN IF SHE HAS A TERM OF OFFICE
"Listen: strange ponies sitting in castles distributing wings and horns is no basis for a system of government! Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not some farcical friendship ceremony!"
28 likes@SpoopySquid Twilight: "SHUT UP!"
11 likesI LITERALLY JUST SAID THAT you are right we have only ever voted for mayor, president and prime minister
11 likesYou don’t become leader just because some watery tart threw a sword at you(please tell me someone understands this)
9 likesLegoGuy87 Empress/God-Empress. Equestria is more empire than kingdom.
6 likes@LegoGuy87 she kind of like princess Celestia kid in a way she kind of raised her sense she was with her for about most her kid and adult life only spending about 4-6 years with her parents and about 12-15 years in the care of princess Celestia soo.. she kind of is
11 likes@Reflections author's lake lady
3 likesedit...i mean arthur the king
True they inherit the throne by being the oldest child
4 likesYesssss
1 likeIkr
1 liketimothy inc ,”-“‘,
0 likes@LegoGuy87 Equestria is apoarently a princioality then..
1 like😂😂🤣🤣
0 likesi mean you kinda indirectly do when people like you it shows and clestea took notice of this wwwhich is why twilight was chosen twilight was chosen cuz of how good and kind she was clestea didnt just throw wings on her but took into account the things shes done over the years she was chosen cuz she was a good leader she led against so many characters nightmare moon discord tirek it wwas all her all her selfless acts
0 likesLegoGuy87 wel Celestia was still “Princess Celestia” so in this case, no.
0 likes@LegoGuy87 ddg
0 likesActually Celestia made a nepotism to Twilight Sparkle. She became a princess just for being her student. Until now she was a princess, haves a full luxury life for Celestia's money. She loves her wings more than friends. Yeah, few days ago she starting to live in Tartarus with other princesses, except Cadence. About Celestia, she was don't care about her subjects.
0 likesLegoguy87 there is no queen in equestria
0 likesActually maybe in the future we can vote for Princesses and Princes but it is blood of a true family of a royal
0 likesI think Disney original movie "The princess Protection Program" would beg to differ
0 likesqueen regnant
1 likePajamaDarkness: Yeah Thanks For The Advice Captain Obvious.
0 likes@LegoGuy87 I think for all intensive purposes, it'll probably just have to be "cartoon logic".
0 likes@LegoGuy87 I don't think "grooming" is the correct word to be using although I do understand why and yes I aware of the negative connotations of the word "queen" set by Disney. I also feel as if using the word "princess" instead of "queen" made the princesses feel more equal to the citizens of Equestria which ties in to what you were saying about them being more friendly and good intentioned.
0 likesWell equestria dosen't have dynasty too and how the heck are celestia and luna are still alive are they immortal or something
0 likes@Mirza Ramish Baig Yes
0 likes@JPS13Laptop OK comrade and what do you think about equestria becoming a commisnt country Stalin will be proud
0 likes@Mirza Ramish Baig lol, no 😂
1 like@JPS13Laptop 🤣
0 likes@LegoGuy87 yes a Queen a good one
0 likesAnother thing is the cutie marks, they define ponys roles and talents in life, Celestia and Luna were born in loyalty and their marks represented being equal ans twilight represents equestia as it is, and not to mention the main six have saved questia more than enough times from being destroyed its only normal twilight would be asked to lead equestria
1 likeI saw the thumbnail and title and just thought, "Well no shit, sherlock. Equestria is a monarchical dictatorship and has been at least since Celestia and Luna took power." Not all dictatorships are like N korea, the only people who think that haven't thought about the world for a good two minutes.
0 likesI was in monty python and the holy grail so seeing that intro made me laugh
0 likesIs nobody gonna talk about how amazing that opener was lol
0 likesothers creatures could not lead equestria, as they have they're own kingdoms. Twilight has became the leader but she doesn't lead alone, she also have the mane five by her side so tecnically its not only alicorns that lead anymore
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I think the final episode made it clear that equestria is a very diverse nation now. after all, we very clearly saw the shots of all the different species just sort of hanging out. the friendship school was the gateway to cultural intermingling, and for the first time non-ponies lived in equestria. that trend is not gonna change any time soon, and considering how the history of this kind of subject tends to work, the land of equestra is only going to grow more and more diverse.
40 likesif i’m being honest, saying that other creatures can’t rule equestria because their native land is somewhere else can be comprable to real-life discrimination, like that in the united states. i hope we can all agree that ethnic minorities in america should have fair vote and representation in government; shouldn’t it be the same for equestria?
Exactly. Equestria's foundation of citizens are ponies, and the ruler should be at that race as well.
14 likesThe creatures are only immigrants who decided to live in Equestria from their preference.
@Mika Gonzaga so by this logic only native Americans should rule America because everyone else is either a descendant of European immigrants or a descendant of slaves. And yet the European immigrants rule it.
4 likes@N.C. Pictures seriously its a cartoon. What we think should happen in the mlp world doesnt mean we think it should happen in Real life. What i mean is its a different world, so we're going to have a different way to it. It doesnt need to be like real life nor the other way around.
14 likesWhat im trying to say is your taking it too seriously. Its a cartoon and a fictional world.
2 likes@-KatBug! but then where's the fun XD
1 like@N.C. Pictures there is fun. But you're ruining it.
1 like@-KatBug! moi? Nah, I just like inclusivity for all.
2 likes@N.C. Pictures ? Ok... Doesnt make sense, but whatever. Continue your stupid "inclusiveness," im going to bed. Bgd
1 like@-KatBug! inclusivity isn't stupid, hun. Good night~
2 likesSomething that might work would to have a system like in England
0 likesTwilight would still be the queen but wouldn't really have any ruler power
I think you may have overlooked something. Equestria isn't the whole world. I mean, the changelings, the yacks, the griffins, the dragons, the hippogriffs and the kirins are all independents kingdoms. Even the Crystal Empire is separated from Equestria. Throughout the series, Twilight makes friends with creatures from all theses countries, and she only rules Equestria. Sure with the new world peace, we can see creatures from other kingdoms choosing to live in Equestria, like Gallus working as a guard in Canterlot, but in the end, Equestria is a land of ponies, so an alicorn is still the best representation of unity for earth ponies, pegasi and unicorns. The sames goes for the Crystal Empire, a land of ponies. So an alicorn is a logical ruler.
0 likesBut it's just how I understand things, makes sense to me :)
PS: I LOVE your theories !!
Love the Monty Python reference!
1 like0:32 I get that reference 😂😂😂
2 likesWell I think the ponies chose Celestia, so whoever she chooses they can trust. Not to mention Twilight ( and her friends ) did a lot before Twilight took over. And it’s pretty much ponies rule ponies, hippogriffs rule hippogriffs and so forth.
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And Nukes rule everything 🤣🤣🤣🤣😅😅😅😂😂😂
0 likesWell. I agree with the concept suggested but I have a critique. Technically Twilight is like a philosopher by the standards of Equestria and her philosophical studies fit well into government. Celestia pretty much adopted her and taught her how to think. She was pretty much raised to be ruler. It's not so much a devine right like the propaganda makes it out to be and is present in a monarch because it's not a monarchy at all. It's also not a dictatorship. This is what we call an Aristocracy, something that was suggested as an ideal government by societies. This later mentioned by plato in his writings as societies did not know how to write.
0 likesGoogle definition
Aristocracy. Aristocracy is the form of government (politeia) advocated in Plato's Republic. This regime is ruled by a philosopher king, and thus is grounded on wisdom and reason.
This show pretty much depicts Aristocracy in action although one has never truly exsisted in the real world. A philosopher ruler who is grounded on wisdom and reason which is why Celestia picked twilight in the first place.
I don't think twilight meets the criteria of a dictator simply because she didn't really force her way into becoming a ruler, also because she didn't initially even want the role.
A democracy seems great in writing but I feel like that would also leave uncertainty. Where as having a Aristocracy with an immortal ruler might have more stability.
I do admit there are risks but I think for what they have, they should keep. It works. It would only be a problem if there is a change of power.
Sawtooth has my vote 👍
1 likeWhile that WOULD be a perfect solution Sawtooth, the problem is parties and it could fall into the same trap as America, the two-party system which has made the past elections be about trying to decide the lesser of two evils.
0 likesDon’t know if I could really support this theory, I mean, this is EQUESTRIA we are talking about (it’s a whole new dimension). Adding up to that, Twilight did prove herself worthy of being a princess and the ruler of Equestria, she had even free’d the Crystal Empire from King Sombra’s control, saved Equestria from a changeling attack, has a dragon assistant/friend/buddy, has a whole castle and school, went under princess Celestia’s wing for her studies. It would be unimaginable to think that someone could go against the fact that the ponies wouldn’t care about Twilight being the ruler. But does that necessarily mean that Twilight would be a good ruler for Equestria, because of the fact that her friends also helped Twilight along the journey?, yes? It only applies like that because the two sister’s, princess Celestial and her sister, princess Luna, are a bit useless in the show (not trying to be offensive), all they do is raise the sun, moon, help people in dreams/nightmares and do duties anyone can do. A change to TwilightSparkle is a good change to Equestria as Twilight and her friends had saved Equestria multiple times and even brought different creatures together (than the Earth ponies, Pegasus (Pegasi) and Unicorns).
0 likesAnd this is when you know that Mlp isn’t a kids show anymore
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It never was
17 likeskids need to learn about anarchy during the repression, yea democracy
11 likesThey need to learn oppression, racial equity. What’s Equestria’s justice system again? Equal representation, checks and balances, how debates work. Do they have a Bill of Rights and does it extend to all creatures? Do the creatures all have accessible legal protection? Where are the laws???
12 likes@Perludio Music As far as the show all creatures except for commie libtards are welcome in Equestria commie libtards get defeated as the villians they are
2 likesNah, I figured that MLP wasn't kid friendly wayy before.
2 likesWell there was the episode with the poison joke with Twilight having a limp horn 😛
1 like@Perludio Music ok i can answer those
3 likes1.All creatures have different kingdoms and they dont answer to the Rules of Equestria or to Equestria at all..unless they declare war on the ponies..they have their own rules for their own lands.
2.Everyone is welcomed as long as they want to Uphold the laws of the land..soo you know..common sense
3.The laws wore never explained in the show but the laws ( i mean the target audience wore 6 year old girls..ya dont expect that when our schools dont teach you anything meaningfull at that age) seem to rotate around what the princess orders to..and the Princess seem to have the Ultimate authority and the Final decition over something ..
4.Bills? For that we need to know how their currency works all we know is that they use gold coins and Crystals..but given that a couch costs 2 bits in equestria i will say the economy is pretty strong
Also Anarchy is never meant to work..might as well call it a FREE for all and everyone will kill everyone
And I love it.
0 likesIn 1 video they said that cantrolot became dependent upon alicorns
0 likes"what the hay"
0 likes@Dark Whispers Stories I agree with everything you said, expect, why did you bring up money/currency?
0 likesMy only guess is that you misunderstood “bill of rights” as bills (as in cash), but that’s not what the bill of rights is.
If that the case, then. A bill of rights is a formal declaration of the legal and civil rights of the citizens of any state, country, federation, etc.
Or, a document or piece of legislation setting out the rights or entitlements of a particular group or class of people.
(Google’s definition)
Dictator twilight be like: I'm a Princess all because Celestia threw a pair of wings at me and left-
4 likesBest intro in a decade😀
2 likesSince MLP is about fairness and everyone being equal it would makes sense if this happened.
0 likesCelestia: I’ve ruled for too long. Twilight Sparkle is our new leader.
1 likeLuna: What about me?
Celestia again: You’re too young.
Luna again: looks 8k metres down at Twilights short size
Edit: I wonder why Celestia retired, though she has been ruling forever
Thinking about it from a history stance (cause my class is currently discussing governments), Twilight and the rest of the alicorn monarchy seem more like "Absolute Monarchs". Absolute Monarchs have all power, and whatever they say goes; they may have advisers, treasurer's and so forth, but they ultimately make the rules. A dictator on the other hand /enforces/ their rules, often with violent, military conquest or so forth. Twilight doesn't really for the role of "dictator", since I doubt that the equestrian military could even handle enforcing, or military conquest.
89 likesAs for elections, the whole point is that the "kingdom" of ponies is filled by a pony. It's like saying Americans can't vote for an American president, because we have Europeans here on visas who can't vote. The ponies have a pony ruler, the changeling's there's, and so many other creatures, in or outside of Equestria. Just because there are other creatures within the pony kingdom doesn't mean that they are completely under the rule of the pony leader. Just like visiting another country, they could be visiting, or if they do live there, then they put consideration into living under the "pony" system.
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agreed. she's not a dictator because she doesn't use force to maintain her rule. Also she did something to earn her position. its a meritocracy. you may not like that earning wings and horns on one pony is a bad merit system but that is a separate issue. it's still a merit system and she earned it
16 likesHere's an interesting thought: Why shouldn't people from Europe on visas in the US vote? They absolutely have a stake in who their state governor is or who the president is as does any other citizen. It's not that they don't pay taxes, as immigrants and other foreign residents pay property taxes either via homeownership or rental, as well as sales tax when purchasing goods in the US, and depending on their employers, they may also pay federal, state, and local income taxes. Who's to say this won't be different for Equestria? A pony like Twilight who's shown to treat non-ponies no differently than ponies would absolutely understand this point of view and see why they'd deserve to be represented.
4 likesRegardless, whatever happens post-finale is entirely up to our own individual headcanons, and I personally doubt Twilight would maintain the strength or the will to govern once her friends inevitably kick the bucket, so some sort of constitutional monarchy (like how Britain or Denmark are currently run) with her as some sort of unifying figure is what's most likely IMO.
@Moonatik What you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in the message chain is now dumber for having read it. I award you no points and may god have mercy on your soul.
2 likes@shunkaha
0 likesExplain why.
But in the future it won't just be a kingdom of ponies. Your reasoning only works if all non-pony creatures are just visitors, but I'm sure that Twilight would allow non-ponies to permanently settle and live within Equestria, and if they're living in and being governed by Equestria then they should have the right to be represented by its government. And asking non-ponies to move back to their homelands if they don't like the Equestrian government is ridiculous - what if a non-pony was born in Equestria, or doesn't like whatever kingdom their species originated from, or doesn't have the means to move across a whole kingdom?
1 likeThere's another point to think about, which is they can choose to pass down the throne when they deem someone ready. It's not like irl where they have to choose someone within a century cause of lifespans. They can wait thousands of years until someone they can rely on to pass on the throne finally shows up.
0 likesWho else would totally vote for Sawtooth? 🙋
0 likesThe way rulership works in equestria is that once the ruler decides they must step down they must have a pony to go to to give the royal thrown there is no saying that when twilight is done ruling she couldn’t give it to a griffin it’s the former rulers chose who is the new ruler
0 likesThe beginning of the video made me laugh hard XD
1 like“Help, help I’m being repressed”
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And the Oscar for the best best acting goes to... Sawtooth Waves!
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1 likeLol
1 likeIve given an instant subscription for this amazing old school one liner.
1 likeTwilight may not represent the public in terms of her anatomy, but she represents the public in terms of values and interest. She's the princess of Friendship, which is basically platonic love and love is the stro- Oh, wait... Cadence!!
0 likesBesides, Twilight is the one who wanted other creatures to dwell in Equestria in the first place (her advisor is a dragon, btw). And she's led the saving of Equestria numerous times. We can worry about votes the next time around.
Sawtooth during the intro is basically that one member of my sister’s main discord server in a nutshell
1 likeYou know that in this kind of ellection Cozyglow or someone as manipulative as her Will win The ellection, don't you? And even if she doesn't win, she can win The loyalty of many ponys and start a wor. The ellection is not The solution.
0 likesI think Equestria has no voting system for their ruler because they have no need for one - Celestia has been ruling for over 1 000 years and everything has been going along fine.
0 likesThey don't have the need for a voting system because they simply don't have the desire for a new ruler.
That moment when you just got out of a class talking about basically this exact thing but in real life
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XD
6 likesSawtooth: Help, I'm being repressed.
0 likesSubtitles: helps her Happy as Fresh
One thing that gets on my nerves is that in the show celestia is called a princess but in the comics she is called a queen but luna is still called a princess, im more into how they treat royalty in the comics, what do you like better?
0 likesWhat if they just ruled their own countries and other species lived in equestria as immigrants? Or maybe there can be a group ruling everyone with one major leader (like the parliament).
0 likesThat intro was everything
0 likesIn Flurry Heart 's defemse, she's a baby 😂
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Exactly😒
25 likesThat is true yes girl
6 likesTrue
3 likesOR IS SHE
10 likesThat´s I thought. I was like "Dude she´s just a baby! Can you blame her?"
13 likesProbably not
0 likesTrue true how do you expect a little infent with no knowledge to run a entire kingdom
7 likesWhy do I get the Boss Baby vibes from this comment???
5 likes@Loof 😳
1 likeYes lol
0 likes@Catherine Bowman 😐huh?
0 likes@Mirza Ramish Baig Disney's pixar movie Boss Baby? Have you ever heArd of that show?
1 likeTrue very true
0 likesYesh!!
0 likes@Catherine Bowman Yes I have seen bady boss 1 and 2
0 likes@Mirza Ramish Baig ok. Cool.
0 likesYe and she’s pretty smart and powerful for a baby A BABY
0 likesShe also has an advantage
1 likeShe is a natural alicorn because she was born an alicorn.
the only reason cosy glow was an alicorn is because she took magic from the bell
0 likesso she didnt really earn her wings
When did royalty have votes lmao. I mean a council of different creatures lead by royalty would work but you can't really use votes on royalty
0 likesThe flaws of republics is becoming apparant these days.
0 likesI think if anything, this sort of 'monarchy' was the norm back in the days of princesses and princes. But what i'd like to see however, is in g5, since it's taking on a more modern approach, to see an actual political system. Unfortunately they didn't do this, and still kept the princesses as the official rulers, which in my opinion, makes no sense in a modern context - unless theyre just for show like the royal family is.
0 likesI love how everyone is so harsh on flurry, I mean, come on, she was just born like a second ago give her dum brain a chance-
36 likesIn my fanfic i'm thinking of, Twilight is a dictator and killed the last three members of a species but is stoped by the last one who was given immortality by her, so after he stoped her, he got back to the house he was raise in and find that it is habandon, so he decides to stay there forever and is later found by the Man 5, many years later.
0 likesthe alicorn system reminds me of the system of England we have a queen that has the final say with lews but always sighs them off as the government sent it to her . and has little to no control of the county.
0 likesWith G5 coming I think this old vid explains a lot
1 likeG5: Magic is gone in Equestria
EG: Magic of Equestria is leaking into Human World. Maybe that's why Equestria lost magic?
G4: Various races together under Alicorn rulers. But other races have unique rulers
G5: The other races leave or die out, the Alicorns lose power, and the Pony races segragate
Friendship is forgotten
OMG i loved the start! 😂
1 likeI always felt like Equestria could be more like Parliament with the queen as charge than a democracy
24 likesHow could Twilight be the dictator? I know you gave info, but to me all her rescue missions, make her a democrat not a dictator.
0 likesI love the argue w. Twilight 😭😂
1 likeThe problem is that by default, alicorns are having a big amount of power so any way they will become aristocrats. Okay there are really strong unicorns but they're not immortal/having long lifespan. Therefore alicorns usually will be kept at top the trusted ones ig and they may be a major help with enemies. Yet there might be a good idea to make a government or something like that so besides alicorns monarchy there would be representatives elected amongst different species
0 likesSawtooth: Casual Monty Python and The Holy Grail reference at the start of the video
1 likeMe: Yes.
She’s not a dictator since those are enforced by a regime.
508 likesThe role of “princess” in Equestria fits more like what Plato described as a Philosopher King.
Populations are corruptible as well and Equestria as a whole has been extremely prosperous overall with the alicorn system.
No elections, all hail Princess Twilight
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There are plenty of greedy ponies who would corrupt a democratic system to get power and push agendas. Better to have an unquestrionably good, wise person in charge who was taught and raised to understand and appreciates that what they have isn't 'power' as much as 'a responsibility to the people'.
37 likesI think that Equestria is more like Modern Day Britain as they have a Constitutional Monarchy.
11 likesYAS
0 likes@Dark Cyan agreed i also think the new six the ones who stopped cozy gloww the ones that all species nearly went to war over when they diasppeared from school? i think they are meant to turn into a concil
6 likessovietpepsi13 Hail princess twilight sparkles
0 likesEven real world democracy isn't as good or uncorruptable as you guys think, just look at Egypt and Syria, democracy didn't work out too well for these guys
2 likesAlso all hail princesse twilight
0 likes@Leen Al-anzy exactly what i was saying if you scroll up i mean some of these guys wanna change their system when the system hasnt failed them yet or atleast not as much our system on the other hand has failed us so many times we basically get two options chosen on the bias of two different groups and we get to vote but if the choices are bad well....sucks to be us
5 likesin other words dont fix something that ISNT broken all hail Princess Twilight
4 likesplatos republic, an excellent observation sir. Finally someone gets it.
0 likes"The perfect way to solve corruption is to have elections."
0 likeslaughs in American
Maybe the flawed system in Friendship is Magic is what caused the eventual destruction of harmony that we see in the new movie. I know this was a year ago, but I still want to talk about it here because it's on topic I guess.
0 likesThe system goes: Celestia- mentors Twilight, chooses her as her next leader, Twilight presumably will also mentor someone and choose THEM as their next leader, and so on and so on, meaning that somewhere down the line someone could be chosen who does NOT have Equestria's best interests at heart.
The truth is we are relying on the goodness and judgement of individuals instead of trusting the opinion of the country as a whole. Individuals mess up sometimes, even if we trust Celestia because she chose Twilight, and we trust Twilight (because we knew her so well in the series) to choose someone well-intentioned, who will her choice choose and so on? It is basically a dictatorship because they rule their entire lives (until THEY choose to step down), without an election, and choose the ruler that will succeed them without any citizens having a say.
Although it seems to have worked so far considering the state of the kingdom under Celestia's and then Twilight's rule, we cannot always trust that the leader will be a good person. A dictatorship is a flawed system and this will cause Equestria to fall into disarray eventually.
This may have caused the split among not only ponies but also ponies and other species that we see in MLP: A New Generation.
"Maybe Equeastria should be a democracy?"
1 likeMe:has a flashback to the disaster of a leader in 2016-2020
unless the normal ponies know the secret of the alicorns which alicorns themselves dont know... and they do elect a princess by giving her magic of three tribes but the princesses dont know so they cant exploit that rule. This would match with Sombra as Cobalt theory as as soon as ponies knew what he did, they would call starswirl.
0 likesSure lets forget all those poor unicorns that almost died after using all their magic rising the sun and the moon until the day that the sun and the moon needed way more magic energy to be moved to the point the poor unicorns become sick and tired from overworking in their dutys ...
151 likesUntil they asked the two sisters to take care of the sun and the moon, that and the fact that they were the ones to defeat discord made them the only choice to be rulers among the ponys
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How does any of that makes them eligible to be rulers?
4 likesDid Unicorns rule all of pony kind prior to that cause they were the ones to sacrifice themselves to move sun? cause Heartwarming eve story says otherwise.
Hero defeating a dictator doesn't make hero the only choice for the throne.
@Suksas it's not their triumph, it was their display of courage and unity.
21 likesLuna and Celestia are a mix of all of the 3 tribes which are Unicorn, Earth and Pegasus and thus had more strength to raise and lower the sun and the moon than the original unicorns and thus they used their strength to defeat King Sombra and the tyrant Discord then were assigned to the thrones.
10 likesActually the pillars and starswirl chose Luna and celtisa to be the rulers of pony world
8 likesThe hell
2 likesthat pre-intro was amazing
1 likedo i want to dive into this and possibly ruin the simple image i have of this show in my memories?
0 likesyes i do
What if we had representatives of each species as leaders that all ruled.
0 likesIt would be nice if Equestria was a democracy but if you haven't noticed it's impossible 😂😅 because all the tyrants got there by force. And if the less powerful ponies would be like "Democracy!" They'd just get their butts thrown in the dungeon 😂🤷🏼♀️
0 likesI'd rather "Equestria" remain a pony kingdom that just allows others to live there. Maybe they can have a counsel of members of every race working under Twilight to submit things to her for approval. Even if those members may be of a simpler variety (diamond dogs).
36 likesI had to watch this again. I love to play on Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
0 likeswhom ever is in charge would need some ability to raise and lower the sun and moon, wouldn't they? plus each kingdom is primarily the one species, a majority of the students that are non-pony i would assume are only there for schooling so who's to say there's even that large of a permanent residents to even warrant a change like that. if anything the position should be open to any magic users, since quite a few of the requirements need magic to be completed.
0 likesI've only watched to the Flurry Heart's Crystalling episode and I am DAMN confused lol
0 likesI see it as being no different then allowing queens and kings to rule because "their bloodline was chosen by god"
0 likes"Help help, I'm being repressed!"
128 likesMe, who has watched Monty Python and the Holy Grail: "Wait a minute..."
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I’ve watched it too it was a good movie
2 likesInteresting idea. Though democracy is more safe and free, that wouldn't stop a corrupt leader to use violence and oppression in order to keep his position. In addition democracy is complaix as it is with many factors and loopholes to be taken into account. Monarchy in the other hand is easier to use and more practical with the only major problem being that of finding a suitable candidate. So overall mlp should stick to monarcy.
0 likesthe way alicorns ruled was like medival times when a kings succesor or child would be the next ruler if the king was to be gone
0 likesI'd like to point out that just because everypony can choose, doesn't mean they'll make a good choice.
0 likesI honestly think that changelings should rule atleast for a little bit because they have the power to turn into different kinds of things pony,griffen,and dragon and more! It would be a perfect balance between all tribes!
1 likePlot twist: celesta stole those wings from a Pegasus with purple skin and huge wings
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Why 1k likes, this joke sucks-
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34 likes500 Subscribers with 0 videos twilight sparkles is still the new ruler
9 likes@Twilight sparkle The princess of friendship Ok...
6 likesWho wants me to do a creepy pasta with that?
6 likesWolf World Blackyy don’t forget for the princess of friendship is she the least social of her friends. And i kinda don’t get why its her thats princess. I mean a princess of kindness and animans would be very usefull aswell.
2 likesoh noo
0 likes@Bo Braekevelt I can see where you're coming from,and I kinda agree but being the princess of friendship doesn't mean talk and talk and talk with your friends,it means being there for them and while all Mane 6 do that, she is also a good, selfless ruler who doesn't care what spieces you are plus Princess Celestia saw potential in her and she was great at doing magic
2 likesArtle and firefrog yeah i dunno i kinda think its unfair, she didn’t do more or more important stuff then her friends. I think none of them should be princesses or all of them should be. I dont like the fact that one of them is chosen to be better then the rest...
1 likeXD
0 likes@Bo Braekevelt yeah it kind of sad,but at least they get their own thrones in Twilight castle,but yeah it kind of unfair
1 likeoh no lmao
0 likes@Arcane_Art404 yyyyyyeeeeeeesssssssss
0 likesSoo Celestia is a bad person
1 likeIkr
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Haha
0 likesXD
0 likesLOL
0 likesYou ruined you comment.
0 likesThere liking it because your reacting
0 likesThat’s dark
0 likesI have tried sooo hard to like twilight but it’s so hard example: 1. They give way to much credit to twilight 2. Listen to the song we’re not flawless and the main 5 say a flaw they have except twilight making her look perfect 3. If it weren’t for rainbows rainboom twilight would not have turned into A Alicorn so why was twilight they only one turned into a alicorn! But trust me I have tried to like her I really have
2 likesMesmo não entendo nada só a parte alicorn eu sei q tá incrível
1 likeI think they should have one leader for each tribe of creatures. A Griffin king or queen, a princess or prince, a hippogriff/sea-pony king or queen, a changeling king or queen, a yacht chief (I think taht is what they call them) and a dragon king or queen.
0 likesLoved the Monty Python reference
1 likeI always thought that the griffins has their own ruler, the hippogriffs have a queen, and the dragons have a dragon master, etc.
107 likesAnd think of all the school that Twilight went through... I think someone out for power would’ve rebelled by then....
Loved this vid! Never really thought of this before...
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For dragons the correct term is Dragon Lord.
12 likesBut either way, you are right. Every species has their own form of rulers. They are just now having open boarders allowing folks to to travel through and from very easily.
@Cameo Shadowness True
3 likesFor the griffin's, they used to have a king, but now, there are concils if I recall well.
1 like" I think someone out for power would’ve rebelled by then...."
1 likethinks of Cozy Glow
@Cameo Shadowness hey cameo! Hows it going? You gonna join the discord server?
1 likecan changelings use their horns to cast spells or is it exclusively for shapeshifting only
0 likesAh, now we see the violence inherited to the system
1 likeTwilight:shut up UP
sawtooth:come and see the violence inherited to the system help help I am being repressed
Regarding alicorns, I think you made a fallacious argument. Such as: means. The means that Cozy took to become an Alicorn was through absorbing tons of magic. The methods to earn alicornhood is either through birth right OR through proving skill in harmony-based magic, such as balancing the day and night, or mastering friendship.
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That being said, I prefer democracy
0 likesThat being said, democracy can also corrupt.
Thusly, we begin the hunt for a government which governs without corrupting...
Looks at libertarianism you had something to test, didn't you?
The amount of people npt mentioning that top tier month python parody is sinful 🤣
0 likesI do luv Twilight but her character in the shows seasons over time has been very controlling and kinda of a sociopath. Dont get me wrong shes one of my faves but she has that kind of Im gonna kill u attitude if u disagree with me on something and she panics alot in the show when someone does not listen to her. Now its normal to freakout in the situations shes been in. But the problem is she thinx she needs to do this all on her own and neglects her friends sometimes.
0 likesHer ego isnt satisfied until she does things her way regardless of the mane 5s help at all.
Sawtooth: bugging Twilight
0 likesTwilight: if you made a book about your gripes till then bye!
Sawtooth: Makes a video on it
Twilight: I cant r e a d it
I have an idea for a potential kinds of candidates for future Equestrian elections - a changeling! Changelings would work well in a multi-creature democracy. As they can shapeshift, changelings could disguise themselves as members of any population, to stake out any problems any population could be facing (whether pony, hippogriff, changeling, yak, etc). They could see the issues arising from the inside and then consult with all nations about conflict resolution, especially with Young/Student 6 in their treehouse.
0 likescould you please make other ponies talk their original voices?
0 likesThat intro was hilarious
0 likesLove the Monty python intro
0 likesI haven't watched the video but the title got my gut churning 😂
0 likesThis is your best opening by far🤣🤣🤣
0 likesWell because an alicorn possesses very strong magic and in this world/setting higher than any other creature since they are technically three types of pony combined. And like you said a good ruler would get the vote anyway so it doesn't matter what matter is when a tyrant or bad ruler loses the vote they can just take the crown by force since it's impossible to stand up to them one by one but if they are smart they can pull off something like the cozy glow-tirek-crystalise move and tear this world apart so no one unites and stop them. and since twilight is alive now it is assumed that this happens when none of the characters we have now is still there to stop him so a voting system is useless since you can't render a powerful being like an alicorn useless with just a measly vote.
0 likesone could also say that another representation like the mane 6 might appear but looking at canterlot and manhattan when you compare those folks to ponyvile is seems the more advanced/sophisticated one is more selfish/into self-interest and if its a setting where voting becomes available it can be thought that less city/towns like ponyvile will be there anymore.
I know this vid was from year ago but I just recently suddenly felt like theorizing mlp world, hope you read it.
To be fair, the argument is flawed in that it assumes all alicorns become rulers as soon as they ascend. Ruling alicorns all became so through an act of supreme harmony, demonstrating their worth. The succession is a meritocracy, not racial or hereditary. While anyone with wings and a horn gains the courtesy title of Princess, that doesn't give them supreme executive power. However, it is canon that even alicorns can fall from grace, so that does make sense.
0 likesI dont know if someone else has said this but to have another creature rule equestria would also be a bit weird as equestria is that land of ponies. I get that there are other creatures there now but those creatures also have their own rulers and such and we arent saying that ponies should have the chance to rule there. Yes it is a bit iffy to not have a vote for twilight and the other alicorns but I also believe that the rulers of equestria should be limited to ponies as it is their land.
0 likesone problem is that if you have an alicorn whos a bad ruler get voted out they could just ignore it. alicorns are really powerful
0 likesHere’s the thing- Equestria is pony land. You wouldn’t try to put a pony in charge of the Dragon lands.
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Exactly. Equestria is still a pony country, therefore it is ruled by a pony.
15 likesBut like, do the creatures all have legal protection though????
9 likes@Perludio Music due political relationships at least, yes.
6 likesyes but you dont have ponies living in the dragon lands its diffrent now
1 likei know equestria is not a whole earth
1 like"Sawtooth waves definitely a earth Pony "
0 likesMe: wait aren't you a changeling * brain.exe is processing *
Also, I think alicorn corruption is why there is usually more than one princess at a time (except potentially when Luna was banished because we don't know if Cadence was one yet), as a failsafe for power hungry rulers.
0 likesI loved the intro parody
1 likeI think the main problem in your argument is based on a bias of living in a time where monarchy and patriarchy are on low in favor for democracy but the problem here is your applying this to a realm still in that stage yes it seems good on paper however we can see every single form of government and organization can and will be corrupted beyond good function. Yes democracy in government sounds good but your kinda jumping the gun on it they could still hold this purity for a long time to come and as a patriarchy having ponies in charge of their kingdom that others choose to live in can set the stage for more learning.
0 likesI don't know. It's a good idea, but I don't know how fair it would be. And Twilight has kinda earned her place. I like the monarchy, but maybe if the ruler's council was elected, then there would be better representation.
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i like that thought
4 likes@Sawtooth Waves Thanks! I can imagince there could also be a rule where the council has to vote on every rule Twilight or the current ruler wants to pass, and if the majority agrees, it would be allowed to pass, kind of like in the US.
1 likeflurry heart is a baby so i think that case can be excused.
0 likesand there ends up being an episode where he explains how he thinks flurry heart did something significant and that is why she is windowed
I feel like all of the maid 6 should have become princess’s as well not just twilight
0 likesi think the ruler has to have the ability to do magic in Equestria and because it so rare to someone to became an alicorn they are consider as 'Royal' and I think the rulers have to pick a good hearted alicorn to rule, that's what they have to do when its time for them to retire and that could be the reason why for and example Starlight would never become an alicorn or the ruler of Equestria cause used to be bad.
0 likes0:56 ok Twilight levitating you was just legit 😆🤣😁
0 likes3:29 is legitimately scary though 🥺
"Definitely an earth pony"
145 likesDECEIT!
I mean
CHANGELING!
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Sander sides snake boy ?
7 likes@Simona P yup
3 likesYesssssssss
2 likesAh sander sides
2 likesuncovers mouth "DECEIT!!"
2 likesAh yes, I see you are a man of culture as well
2 likes"who's she never heard of her"
1 likeI mean, monarchs are all dictators if they're actually monarchs. And Celestia was a dictator, too.
0 likesAre we just going to ignore the multiple other kingdoms. They are multiple kingdoms like the crystal empire and the dragon lands along with the sea. They each have different rulers to each race we even saw the Kirin have some form of leadership. Maybe if it was a place like ponyville then you can vote for a mayor.
1 likeThen the fact of when Sombra took over the crystal empire ponies tried to stop him. Ponies do have some say in there leader I don't think it is as forward as voting but I think it is on the lines of respect. Twilight wasn't given a position of power when she became a alicorn or even when she got a castle. She still went through a system to create a school in later episodes. The only reason she had the school stay is because the ponies agree with twilight.
It took multiple adventure and trials before twilight got her wings. Then she went on multiple more to solve problems of the ponies and learn how to lead them. Celestia even waited till she thought twilight was ready to give her the crown. It isn't prefect but I don't think ponies would follow a leader that didn't have there best interest at heart just look at the crystal empire. Sombra return to take over but instead of following there king they choose cadence in which she became the leader of the crystal empire.
Well, Twilight saved equestrian so that kinda sounds like an vote?
6 likesIt's... Equestria, though. It's the Pony kingdom. All the other races have their own kingdoms. I don't see the problem with 'representation' here.
0 likesI liked you video but I think a few points should be clarified:
103 likesSombra is not the legitimate ruler of the Crystal Empire, he literaly turned her into stone and shattered princess Mi Amore Candaza (not the one we know, the one from a millenia ago) to take the power.
As for Cozy Glow, she also was not a true alicorn cause instead of unveiling her true potential, she cheated to make herself all powerful. What I mean is that I doubt it was in her destiny (aka her cutie mark) to become a princess.
Flurry heart is a mystery. I agree that with the possibility of inheritance, instead of elevation through a comming-of-age ritual, the question of the legitimacy is highly important.
I liked that you brought the idea of the election, cause it reminded me of Equestria at War, a HOI4 mod. After a time of crisis, the people have started to question the legitimacy of the ruler and they had a referendum to work they problem out. But culture cannot be changed that easily, so in continuity of the show, I doubt they would abandon the monarch regime that they had for so long. But a parlementary Monarchy is actually more than probable, considering Twilight is the ruler. What better monarchy than a monarchy that rely on everycreature communicating with each others with understanding and will to improve Equestria ?
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All very good points
5 likes@Polina Borodikhina The comics. They're technically canon for the most part (as long as they don't contradict the show). What is canon and what is not is always a tricky subject concerning sombra, but I'm pretty sure it's canon for this one.
3 likes@Polina Borodikhina https://mlp.fandom.com/wiki/Princess_Amore
3 likesYou just indirectly taught me about an entire new game, AND a really good mod made by this great community! thanks Bronies
3 likesMy my ! So this is a few points but I am not being rude k
0 likes@Ronen Shachar I hope you'll like it. It may be one of the greatest mod I've ever seen.
1 like0:47 I had that Celestia doll when I was little!
0 likesI realize this isn't exactly a channel based on political science, but I feel compelled to point out that the term you're looking for here "autocrat," not "dictator." Unless, of course, Equestria has a constitution which theoretically enshrines democratic systems but which fails to actually limit Twilight's power because it either is full of loopholes or is simply ignored ("autocracy" meaning "rule by one," "dictatorship" indicating a system which is nominally democratic despite actual power being wielded by either an individual or a small group of social elites). Which would certainly be an interesting situation, but I don't think we're ever actually given much information about Equestria's government aside from "the alicorn princesses are a thing, everyone does what they say, other nobles (i.e. Prince Blueblood) exist but have no actual power" within the show itself. I think the comics go a bit more in-depth about things, but it's been a while since I've seen any of those. Not to mention that the canonicity of things in the comics - even when they aren't directly contradicted by the show - is questionable, at best.
0 likesThat does make me wonder whether Equestria was an autocracy while Celestia and Luna were around or not. After all, it's only an autocracy if just one person holds the power. Otherwise, it would probably be classified as some form of aristocracy. But did Luna have any real power, or was she a distinctly inferior partner? Could Celestia veto Luna's decisions like a king of Sparta could veto those of his co-king? And if so, could Luna veto Celestia's decisions as well?
And from where do the princesses claim to derive their authority? In earth's historical monarchies, it's usually been some form of divine mandate, but unless there's some pony religion we don't know anything about, that probably isn't the case... unless the occasions of ponies inserting the princesses into expressions where God would be invoked irl are indicators that the alicorns (or at least Celestia) really have/has deified themselves/herself. Which would be very dystopian, if you think about it, considering that we can say with a fair bit of confidence by this point that even though the alicorns are more magical than the average pony, they aren't in any way divine.
Or is there some sort of constitution that grants the princesses their authority? And if so, who wrote it? Representatives of the three pony tribes, perhaps? But given that one was some form of monarchy (probably an absolute or feudal monarchy) and another seems to have been a military dictatorship, that wouldn't be enough to claim their power derives from "the people" (or "the ponies," whatever). Would there be some sort of saint-like canonization of those who wrote that constitution, upholding them as wise and near-infallible figures whose judgement in granting rulership to the alicorns shouldn't be questioned? Is that the real reason why Clover the Clever, Private Pansy, and Smart Cookie are revered while the actual leaders of the tribes are practically vilified - because Clover, Pansy, and Cookie were the ones who wrote the constitution that gave rule to the alicorns?
Or did Celestia and Luna simply barge in, force the other leaders to abdicate to them at horn-point, and proclaim for themselves that their rule was what was in the best interests of all ponies?
Or, finally, is Equestria actually a parliamentary system, it's simply not one where the monarchs are expected to be apolitical, and there really is at least some form of genuinely democratic governance that we simply never see?
Ah, all the political questions that only people like myself and George R.R. Martin care about in our simplistic works of escapist fantasy.
i mean equestria still is the pony kingdom regardless of other creatures living there or not so asking a dragon or another species to also be given a chance to rule there would be like asking sm from another country to be elected in another
0 likesEquestria is an almost an absolutist monarchy because the only check of its power is a council, that in any type of government is focused in maintaining the status quo.
0 likesBasically Celestia used Twilight to blast through the council and an advance an agenda of integration.
Hey Sawtooth, I noticed something in the last episode of mlp that might interest you. You came to the conclusion that the young 6 aren't connected to the elements one on one. And the first time we saw them with the elements, this happened. Gallus: Magic, Silver: Laughter, Yona: Honesty, Ocelus: Generosity, Smolder: Loyalty, Sandbar: Kindness.
31 likesAnd in the last episode, if you remember the main 6 were all one color of the rainbow, and it showed who that character knew or met. And the young six are in these. And they just so happen to be with the same pony, that they were first connected to wityh the elements. Maybe something to consider?
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I noticed that! I'm not sure why Gallius was Magic though. I guess he's the leader-?
2 likes"Sawtooth Waves: definitely an earthpony" :') your a changeling
1 likeDon’ t they all have different kingdoms like the dragon lands, griffon stone, etc
1 likeBut the reason behind alicorns being in charge is because they are the ones which raise and lower the sun and moon and we also see that the crystal empire alicorns could fix the heart alone. If you were to implement a voting system how would the sun and moon be raised and lowered each day. It is also shown that there are only a certain amount of alicorns, and that they become alicorns after the combination of multiple tribes coming as the form of one showing there loyalty and trust in that alicorn they have selected worthy. This is just my theory tho.
0 likesYes to democracy,but a changing would have the best chance of representing all species as they can change at will.
0 likesIf there were still changelings which hasn't been reformed they could transform into any pony and win the vote Sawtooth.
43 likesWhile Equestria could become a Democracy the fact basically is that if the government does become corrupt then there are very few ways to overthrow it. Sure the elements could be used or in some cases another Alicorn could help the populace rise up. But given how powerful the ruling Alicorn usually is, moving the sun, moon or both, it's unlikely to happen and if it did what happens to their responsibilities?
0 likesTechnically, whilst the human world uses the Divine Right (appointed by God) as justification, the pong world actually has a physical and visual reference to believe that they deserve to be rulers: Alicorns. But yes, they can be evil too.
0 likesEdit: If MLP was realistic, Luna’s corruption would have been a major threat to the monarchy and thus, there would definitely be anti-alicorn groups who believe they aren’t fit since they now know that Alicorns can be corrupted.
I think that celestial first saw that if twilight was a good enough to be a future leader and once again the other Question she is only ruling the ponies aren't there other leaders like way back when celestial was ruling? So someone else must have taken place and everyone seems to be happy as twilight and friends helped to bring creatures together
0 likesEquestria is a feudal kingdom, the social heirachy was really divided by the cutie marks. And feudal system tend to divide societies in a few groups.
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You mean " Warring States of Equastria " ???
1 likeTechnically Sombra isn't even a pony. He's an Umbrum (whatever that is)
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Umbrum's are shadows. Sombra is considered a "Shadow Pony", the comics even elaborate on the Umbrum race.
10 likesPlus he took power by force. In the comic he "killed" the true ruler of the Crystal Empire.
8 likesThat's uncannon.
1 like@Stark Solutions
0 likesI think Sombra is actually a normal pony with shadow powers
@Katelyn the White Werewolf Yes, he is.
0 likesOmg, the reference to Monty Python in the first scene is divine
0 likesI agree that they should elections on which pony should be a leader, but this is EQUESTRIA. You know, horses? It's completely reasonable to say only ponies should rule. Foreigners in the election wouldn't be a good thing, even if they genuinely wanted to help.
0 likesWhen I first watched this I knew nothing what the fuck a dictator was because I knew nothing about politics
0 likesGuess what
I knew what a dictator was because of the Dream SMP 😭
Maybe they could do it like the UK, where Twilight still gets to be a royal authority while they also have an elected prime minister
0 likes“If Someone is bad they can vote them out” ha, funny
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IT IS FUNNY. In my country even with democracy we still have a horrible goverment 😥
27 likes@Catherine Trump is subjectively the best president we've had in years. The only one to actively not start any wars and lower the taxes for the people. If you were anti trump that means you are either in ignorant indoctrinated sheep or you're a communist.
11 likes@Nocthe Medic oh and have a good life
6 likes@Catherine oh you're one of those people. Gross
2 likes@Nocthe Medic Says the fan who's aLmIGhtY lEaDeR just encouraged a mob to storm the capitol. And none of them have masks on. But BLM protests are bad, lmao
15 likes@IsABell were you American born or an immigrant
1 likeKing Sombra: And I took that personally
1 like@Nocthe Medic do you even know what communism is 🤣🤣🤣
7 likes@Nocthe Medic oh and btw, "Americans" are all descendants of European immigrants who just claimed the land of native Americans~
12 likes@N.C. Pictures more than you do
2 likesSo what. Literally every nation in the world was built off conquest. Bitch about it elsewhere.
2 likes@Nocthe Medic then tell me. What is communism? Please, enlighten me 😂😂😂
3 likes@Nocthe Medic classic Trump supporter calling everyone a communist. So stop lieing
10 likes@crash ! Well similarly to communism, the election was rigged, Where about the inter a massive economic collapse in starvation will be a rather large problem within the year.
3 likesHow can you people actually unironically watch Buyten slaughter millions of jobs within his 1st week and immediately allow a border crisis and watch him oau the printing of trillions and trillions of dollarsAnd ironically think hes doing a good job.
Biden has done more damage to our country in one month than any other president has done within a full 4 years
@Nocthe Medic yep all of what you said was a lie
3 likes@Nocthe Medic well yes, subjectively he was the best but not objectively lol
4 likes@Nocthe Medic Here- since you don’t know what words mean: Subjective is defined as relating to or denoting a mood of verbs expressing what is imagined or wished or possible.
4 likesSo like your entire argument is kind of destroyed by your thesis and uneducatedness
@Fischy speech to text was used and I didn't feel like editing it
0 likes@Nocthe Medic Oh no, r u a karen?
6 likes@GalaxyTheDragonshifter no I'm an American who loves his country. You have no place to speak
1 like@Nocthe Medic All right. But I'm also American. And I recall Trump worsening our relationship with China, and calling for multiple recounts during the last vote, just because he didn't want to lose power. Also, you shouldn't be calling people rude names because you think they are wrong. An opinion is an opinion. I respect yours, but you need to please respect others.
10 likes@GalaxyTheDragonshifter you may live here but your not American. China is our enemy and the election was rigged. You could see thousands of votes being added in Michigan all at once in the middle of the night. There were countless irregularities with the election
2 likes@Nocthe Medic Elections are rigged, but God is the one that puts leaders up. No person can change God's will. So if God wants Biden up, than Biden is the president we need right now.
1 like@GalaxyTheDragonshifter actual smoothbrain
2 likesGovernments laugh at that quote XD, if it were that easy then corruption wouldn't be a thing
2 likes@Margaret Bush to accentuate that non-native Americans aren't the "ogs"? I'm awful at explaining things, sorry 😅
0 likes@Margaret Bush "equal"
0 likesSnailkat: *makes comment about bad leadership but does not mention trump's name *
3 likesangey dumbasses: TRUMPS NOT THAT BAD >>>>>:(((((
@JustAnArtGremlin you seem more mad them me I made a joke and here you are calling me a “dumbass” witha angry sooo mam your more mad then me
0 likes@JustAnArtGremlin I also made that comment in 2020 so just let it be like lord
0 likes@Catherine lmao why would I be mad I found it hilarious
2 likes@JustAnArtGremlin because your just making a seen saying crap like this
0 likesBad people can still have a chance at becoming president.
1 like@InBloom I know
0 likesJajajaja que Funny
0 likes@Catherine NO TALKING ABOUT THE CURSED ORANGE CORNCOB DUDE THAT DIDN'T DO SHIT WHEN THE VIRUS HIT THE USA FIRST WAVE AND FIRST TIME!
1 like@Catherine ok. Jeez. I was pointing it out to prevent a 2nd war that the Auto-Cons and DeceptiBots would have to fight in.
0 likes@Catherine oh ok. I didn't know you were trying to be funny. Like what some people would say. "You can't hear the tone of someone's voice through text, because you can't hear tex, you can only see it. And thus, it is hard for people to know what is a joke and what is not a joke."
1 like@Margaret Bush yeah I feel like, in itself, communisism is a good idea, a good concept.
0 likesBuuut humans SUCK, so it couldn't work because it's BOUND that at least one bad person will get some level of power and abuse of it.
Hmm...how about we vote out corona?
2 likes@Nocthe Medic I'm with Trump. I got so mad when he lost the elections, even if I'm nowhere near a US citizen.
2 likes@zMøonlight wish we could but we sadly can't. Though.
0 likes@Catherine I dunno bud, maybe someone that brings a tin of masks to suffocate me?
2 likes@Catherine it failed TWICE😭😭
0 likes@Nocthe Medic what does that have to do with anything 😭😭
0 likesEnough with THE FIGHTING PLEASE , YouTube is not a place to fight
1 likeAmerica didnt have any good runners in the past 5 years, toxic feminist who wasnt even good at the job, rude orange dude who put children in cages and socialist old guy who will most likely die very soon due to hints at alzheimers
2 likesSo can we vote Biden out now after he abandoned American's in Afghanistan?
2 likes@Nocthe Medic Jesus a pissed trump supporter oh noes
1 like@Rllycldg _ the only correct person in the comments section. America’s choices are all shitty. People are desperately trying to defend what they deem a “slightly better piece of shit” instead of calling out everyone for being pieces of shif
2 likesWhat if it's like... There are 2 people for the voting and one of them just lures everypony to vote that person, that way the wrong pony/any creature will be selected but it will end up as a wrong choice?
1 likeDon't take this as hate it's just a comment or a question sort of
"ah, now I see the violence inherited in the system-"
0 likesWell, yeah. I can agree, but corruption is a huge problem for every democracy in every country that could happen.
0 likesI love that Monty Python reference there
0 likesYeah. She is. Every leader in MLP is. This isn't some huge revelation.
51 likesU got my vote Sawtooth Waves 🗳✅
0 likesI vote for you!
2 likesLove how the comment section is basically democracy vs monarchy..
1 likeGreetings from the United Kingdom (Both democracy and monarchy lmao)
Technically, Twilight was elected. Chosen by the Two Sisters to take their place.
0 likesIf Twilight was a dictator, all i'd have to say is-"What else is new?"XD
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What does dictator means?
0 likes@Zenux [GD] Dictator definition-"A ruler with total power over a country, typically one who has obtained control by force."
1 likeThings should not change, I like alicorn dictatorship. It's proof they have good princesses in charge, even if they mess up sometimes.
0 likesI loved the intro
0 likesMaybe changelings could represent all the species because they can shapeshift into anything?
0 likesLately i was thinking about how nightmare moon escaped. And i found out that she escaped same way as discord. She actually ran away right after all ponies met?
1 likeI’m sorry but the fact that the Celestia PNG at the beginning bit having the brush still in it made it like 1,000 times funnier for me for no reason xP
0 likesBefore Twilight became ruler the non pony population was less than 0.1% Her changing things in the epilogue doesn’t mean she was wrong choice in the beginning. And we don’t know if those other creatures are citizens, they can be just be tourists, ambassadors and students from other countries. No matter what their numbers could not be very high since the populations for non-ponies aren’t very high either even in their places of origin.
0 likesI just wanted to say that discord should never be aloud to rule because we have seen what can happen when he is in charge.
0 likesI can’t believe I actually understood the reference at the beginning
0 likesMe: doing homework
167 likesSawtooth Waves: Twilight Sparkle is a dictator!
Me: K I'm procrastinating.
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Eris de L'amy. ME
0 likesLol
0 likesOmg I actually was doing the same thing this morning, and hell I might of even commented that too lol
0 likesLol, same
0 likesI'll have a lesson of chemistry in a minute, but Sawtooth Waves's video is more important 🌚
Eris de L'amy? More like...being Eris de L'azy, amirite?
1 likeOk so you have a point but that would mean the dragon kingdom, changeling kingdom all the other species would be able to rule ANY kingdom. But also, majority of the time the other species don't live in Equestria and the ponies would vote Twilight anyway as they can rely on her. (Seeming as alicorns are immortal until proven not that means they are reliable and are strong enough to do things others cant) :)
0 likesI mean why are you judging the characters solely off of race? I mean when you're trying to talk politics that's pretty shallow, also dragons have an Empress, Yaks have their own ruler so on so Fort. If they want to leave Equestria, they can. Twilight didn't become ruler because she is an Alicorn, it is because of who she is and how she saved everyone, she also had experience being a princess before that and so was a ruler that could rule Canterlot.
0 likesI also think you misunderstand that these nations of yaks, dragons etc agreed to become apart of Equestria, they rule their own lands and those lands they chose to make part of Equestria, they cannot rule Canterlot and their own at the same time,Canterlot is simply the capital and so other rulers agree to answer to that capitals ruler.
Also Twilight was chosen to be ruler, she didn't just give herself the role so I think that's another point of misrepresentation on your part.
As socrates states (that I heard of from school of life) when it comes to elections most peopl- er I mean ponies might vote for a candy shop owner over a doctor.
0 likesYou have to remember there are still other rulers a ponytail in the dragon lands or a dragon good living changeling lands but they would still have King thorax dragon lord Ember as the rulers it is still Equestria
0 likesI remember the days when some thought celestia was a dictator and sparked the whole solar empire NLR WAR thing
25 likesI think she already has that because the strongest magic of friendship is granted, not by a crude device of paper ballot, but by sincere and honest approval of the population. Also, it seems that they do not even have actual authority, but act as leaders. It seems that Celestia has to please the population. Also, it seems the unified kingdom still doesn't have a centrally appointed government official over each land, but with each race having the right to self-lead. So, I think this is all well.
0 likesHow do we know twilight didn’t just get plastic surgery for wings and then just told us some story about how she got them lmao
0 likesGods, this guy got me back to mlp, again...
0 likesI vote for you Sawtooth wave🙆🏼♀️
0 likesdies of laughter that intro though
117 likes"HELP! HELP! I'M BEING REPRESSED!"
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Hi there, if you don't mind me asking, where did you get your profile pic?
5 likes@The Commenter Dragon I drew it myself it's my oc and her alter ego the quote and rainbow are a border for Facebook that i liked😅
5 likes@The Commenter Dragon also it's fine my friend
3 likes@Mistrious Night Mare Oh i see, well thanks for telling me :)
4 likes@The Commenter Dragon any time my friend:D
2 likesXD
1 likeMy fav part was “I didn’t vote you”. Lol
1 likeSame
0 likesNo offence sawtooth but Twilight is no a dictator, let me explain, there are 5 alicorns in equestria, 1 is too young to rule, another is ruling the crystal empire, 2 are retiring and there's only 1 alicorn left, the pony with all 3 tribes, Twilight Sparkle, due for her being the only alicorn left to rule equestria
1 likeWhen you showed Cozy glow alicorn you said she was an alicorn, but she became an alicorn bc of the bell ( Idk how to spell his name ) and she was not given a horn by princess celestia, plus she is not a princess so she is not part of the alicorn government.
1 likeAlicorns are only chosen for the new magic that they created but they also need to have good intentions. When in comes to royalty in the past we did not choice our kings, queens, emperors, etc. Each kingdom has there own rulers to represent there culture. Like dragon lands a dragon ruler, changelings a changeling ruler. Same here with alicorns. They represent the pony culture of all three tribes. Equestria is home to many creatures yes. But Equestria is pony land. Like in real life we go to different country’s and live there if we want to but it dose not mean the ruler has to change.
When you talked bout King Sambra he took over. He was not chosen, in like twiggy who WAS chosen to rule. There is a difference -_-
Baby alicorn ( forgot her name ) she is a princess so she is risen to be a ruler which are intelligent and good rulers ( as much as they can be ).
I think though Equestria is still the land of the ponies which makes sense why an Alicorn would rule it. And also the land of the dragons and other creatures still exist so they run by their kinds rule
1 likeSawtooth is definitely an earth pony not a changeling (im Rubi Rock show an I approve this message)
0 likes"Sawtooth Waves, definitely an Earth Pony"
24 likes(Sawtooth begins to sweat as he changes uncontrollably due to being so nervous)
The alicorns rule over the ponies because the ponies are part of Equestria. If you look on a map of the world from the show, you’ll see several other lands outside equestria where the other creatures are from (I. E. Griffenstone, Klugetown, Yak-Yak-a-Stan, etc.). So when all those creatures are moving around within equestria, they then are choosing to live there thus being under Twilight’s rule. And I disagree that she is a dictatorship or alicorn leadership is a dictatorship. Alicorn leadership in equestria is a monarchy, thus why twilight has a council and an advisor and the final say goes through her since she is the royal ruler. Now Sombra would have been more of a dictator of a monarch bc not only did he have neither of those two things, but he also took the throne for himself and used only his say and abused his power in whatever way benefited him the most, regardless of the cost of his subjects. Maybe tyrant is a more politically correct term, but my point still stands
0 likesSorry for the long comment, just wanted to give my opinion :)
I love the starting skit
0 likesI loved the Monty python parody
0 likesThe only problem I find with this is that right now that only alicorns can raise the sun and moon which so far no other creature can do without the right magic.
0 likesAn interesting conflict if the "vote if you don't like the ruler" happens could be Twilight trying to defeat a villain or something but ends up causing mass conflict in Equestria. A vote to make her step down occurs, and the villain becomes the new ruler of Equestria. It's not very fleshed out but it's a basis I think the show would do if it had this system.
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if someone was bad and people tried to vote them out, they would probably go rogue like the crystal empires former king lmao. Its a different world from real life, because magic and such is involved.
1 likeI need to go Poop
0 likesDiscord would make a great ruler tbh, despite the fact that he is toned down tzeentch (I mean HEAVILY toned down), but the fact that he knows the value of FrIeNdShIp, means that, he is probably entirely trustworthy, and that nothing bad will ever happen ever.
0 likesThere are problems in every legal system. We just have to choose the one that would seem the least problematic for the people at large.
0 likesIt is true that alicorns can go corrupt, but their wings and/or horns can be taken away.
1 likeWell technically alicorns are the most powerful ones by magic means and alicorns are coronated like old monarchs difference is that alicorns are a beings made by powerful magic and by powerful person that person mostly is trained by alicorn or is one or is born a royalty but in the sistem there is another thing alicorns are immortal if they don’t retire they could rule forever ♾ so democraty might make it even worse people may (well creatures) elect someone he can become power hungry and become a true dictator
0 likesAnd monarchy is different from dictatorship so twilight is not an dictator and as long as people are happy having a monarchy is not bad if something French aham I meant equestrian revolution
head chopping and princess popping
So if people want they can’t do what they want they have some immoral powerful ponies on they’re side if something happens
And they are called princess of equestria but it mostly is of pony part of equestria others have they’re leaders so it’s still isn’t that of into serious problem and sometimes democracy ruins country
Like my country because of democracy we have oligarchs and lets say dictators so it is not good democracy not always good thing
Like when my country had monarchs we lived better well som were not good at defending the country but even presidents are not perfect
..and I won’t continue any further because you get the point..(and also nobody is going to read this)
“Sawtooth waves definitely an earth pony”🤣🤣🤣
16 likesi know i'm late, but hear me out. equestria is made up of all kind of kingdoms (dragonlands, yakyakistan etc..) the alicorns have NO say in what the LEADERS of their tribes do. so technically, there are dragon, yak or changling (for instance) leaders.
0 likesmkay, you have a point by saying that maybe dragons lead the entirety of equestria, but it makes no sense to me that they will rule over pony's while leaders in the dragonlands don't rule in other places, if u know what i mean..?
The only reason twilight became a princess was because princess celestia and Princess Luna retired, they saw that twilight and her friends mostly did the work (aka defeating magical villains) and in all the times twilight did those, the two sisters helped her gain recognition. Maybe being a princess isn't about being an alicorn, or any type of pony race there is out there. But someone who can protect and maintain a kingdom the right way, discord was just as powerful as twilight alone, but the two sisters chose twilight probably because they know that not only is twilight and her friends powerful together and enough to protect a kingdom but also because she isn't corrupt, and they trust her to not become a dictator. You could just about see how much she has done with the magic of friendship I suppose
0 likesFirst of all only alicorns posses the magic to raise the sun and moon and the other creatures have their own kingdoms and choosing just anyone without them proving their worth could end disastrously
0 likesI saw the start of the episode and thought:
0 likesThwilight would NEVER speak like that 😂
But you're right, she may is a dicator, but a good one.
Of course, evil ponys like Cozy Glow can become alicorns, too.
But as long magic of friendship leads, that won't happen.
But maybe in another My little Pony universe they should vote more 😬....
But it's really unfair, that other types like griffens can't be leader of equestria.
My question:
Where are all other types gone in "My little Pony a new Generation"?
Is it another universe?
In the new chapter, we saw Twilight and toys of the mane six.
But like in the human world, it gives in every universe a Twilight, too.
Maybe the new generation world is like the originally timeline, but at one point everything changed 🤔
But, what....?
We only know to different storys from a strange unicorn sleepover.
And we all know....
Izzy is like Pinkie Pie 🤣
And we know Opaline, the alicorn.
How did she became an alicorn?
So many questions
I never did like Twilight becoming a princess just because she got wings...
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Annalise Wedewer same
0 likessame
0 likesIkr. Why does ever Alicorn have to be princesses?
1 like@Cupcake You got that wrong! They dont. If you're an alicorn doesnt mean you're a princess. Twilight became an alicorn and a princess because she proved new magic. Cadance reverted a spell as a pegasi. And Flurry Heart is a princess because her parents are a princess and a prince.
4 likes@Neri Yes, but all the Alis in the show are Princesses.
1 likeNo one remembers Princess Amore, huh?
3 likes@Ruby Rosepetal I keep on forgetting that she exists.
2 likesWell she didn’t just earn wings, she made new magic and in return was given earth pony and Pegasus genes combined with her unicorn ones made her an alicorn. She earned being a princess, and Celestia didn’t make her one the magic inside her did
1 like@Cupcake Cozy Glow actually isn't ;-;
1 like@Candy Meow Well Cozy was only a temporary Alicorn. Do idk if she counts 🤷
1 like@Cupcake I think she had to care about her role as a princess before fighting with mane 6 🤔
2 likesOr maybe she was like: "Nah, I don't care the princess of what I will be. DESTROY MANE 6, ENSLAVE ALL PONIES AND TAKE OVER THE WORLD!!!!!!!"
SAME
0 likesI remember that Rarity said Twilight looks like a princess, and Celestia said: It's because she is a princess.
0 likes@Cupcake It's not that every Alicorn has to be a Princess, it's that only princesses can be alicorns. At least, that's what it looks like from my casual perspective.
0 likesI haven’t even watch the video I already feel like my life is a lie
0 likesGreat Editing dude!
0 likesActually, If power can only be passed on, then if somebody evil tried to rule then they could just Deny thier rule, because nobody Picked them. and if theres the case of mind control, then cant they just mind control them to vote for them Anyway?
0 likesMe:Twilight a dictator
0 likesAlso me:Reminds me of Joseph Stalin and Adolf Hitler
All the other creatures have their own rulers, they aren't all ruled by Twilight, the other creatures would probably have some issues with that. xD
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Yeah, if the other creatures really have a problem with equestrian rulership then they can go back to their homelands.
2 likesOk sure, i stopped watching the show a loooong time ago, but like. WHEN THE HELL DID HER LIMBS GROW SO LONG?!
0 likesSawtooth this is trueley my favorite video+even more
0 likesIt would fail, A main part of equestrian leadership is power, to defend.
0 likesIf they don’t have power they won’t be able to stay in charge, a non benevolent leader would take over.
Also if you were turned royalty and needed to take place would that be more like the decoration of independence?
0 likesDragons and Changelings already have their rulers as does the Crystal Empire
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pretty sure the crystal empire is just a region of equestria. like a colony. not its own separate thing
7 likes@Kokiden they still have their own Separate Ruler trough so they really seem to be a separate Kingdom all together..as in..The Crystal Empire?
3 likesClearly Sawtooth is not a fan of Twilight.
0 likesAt least I think
I vote for you sawtooth waves!
1 likeTwilight should be impeached lmao
0 likes(Me) putting a vote for Sawtooth
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For the princess of "Friendship" she never really was that friendly when she enters her "mode" She may or may not fall into the dictator role in time.
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So what happens when Twilight becomes corrupted and Götterdämmerung takes over? Would there be an American-style or Bolshevik-style revolution?
2 likes@aycc-nbh72 That's a really good question. Maybe something similar to the French and Indian war style "american revolution"
1 likeI loved the begining🤣🤣🤣🤣
0 likesDictator - a ruler with total power over a country, typically one who has obtained control by force.
0 likes1:45 King Sombra's a DICTATOR, Twilight's not, Twilight was appointed rulership by Princess Celestia she didn't take it by force unlike Sombra did
1:53 though she's not old enough to rule don't forget Flurry Heart shes also an Alicorn
!:59 Cozy Glow only became an Alicorn because she used powers that would change her form like, Lord Tirek, and Queen Chrysalis
What is right for one isn't always right for another.
0 likesWhy do you need a voting system? Just because the population changed doesn't mean it's not pony land. Equestria still belong to ponies, kind of like how dragons, hippogriff, etc have their founded their own land.
0 likesThat opening scene was great
12 likesMaybe to be an alicorn it need powerful magic
0 likesThe only reason that absolute rule isnt a problem is the benevolence of the rulers, if they changed their tune they would soon be deposed
1 likeActually ponies ruling makes sense they brought harmony to all those species
1 likeAlicorns have the most power, cozy glow stole the power to become an alicorn, while luna corrupted because of the tyrant so it's not their fault, luna and Celestia have the power of the sun and the moon while twilight has the most power, how? she is the one who can keep the friendship between luna and Celestia so they don't corrupt, princess cadence is there to put their love for each other in balance. each princess has a role and no one can disagree with their destiny.
1 likePetition for discord to be the ruler.
143 likesEdit:Only If fluttershy ruled with him!
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Yeah! He’s reformed... mostly. Also, he has experience “ruling” Equestria. He didn’t rule well, but... um... he’s mostly reformed now. The most recent potentially disastrous event he caused had good intentions.
12 likesOnly if it’s Fluttershy too! They would be absolutely perfect!!!!!!!!!!!!
13 likesWe are doomed. lol
10 likesyes! he is most definitely the most responsible ruler everyone knows that! he is actually incredibly smart! who needs responsibility!
1 likeDiscord would probably actually be able to stop wars with his mind games, but at the same time... I don't think he is very responsible
2 likesI vote for him
5 likes@nao tenho nome 🌸 me too!
5 likes@nao tenho nome 🌸 same
3 likesYESSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
1 likePinkajou yes
1 likeWell twilight and her friends rule equestria so fluttershy counts
0 likesThere is such a thing as smart babies as a flurry heart
1 likeThe monty python reference <3
0 likesBut Equestria is home for the ponies, other places have other rulers. (Equestria is basically America)
1 likeSure some non-ponies live there, but it makes sense for a pony to rule. (Just like it makes sense for our presidents in America to be American)
a vote for me is a vote for a continuation of the monarchy but one with more say from the people, no voting for the ruler but now the ruler must focus on the concerns of the people and the protection of the land over their own desires.
0 likesHonestly this seems like something that Twilight would approve of. if she was seen as falling down on the job,
5 likesshe'd probably be just as happy to take a behind the scenes role overseeing all the paper work and letting a new face handle diplomacy and day to day issues,
The one I'm wondering where the heck did Celesitia and Luna go.
0 likesthey're just like okay we gave you 6 seasons and a pair of wings
now fly my pretty fly
while we dissapear for the entire epilouge...
I VOTED FOR SAWTOOTH!!🏳️🌈
0 likesI don't think Twilight is a dictator, dictators are people who acquired power by force or in an emergency. Twilight was granted power by the last monarchs and she'd only really be seen as a dictator if she forcefully stole the crown from Luna and Celestia. I think that what we're witnessing the first steps of their government stepping out of a monarchy and evolving into a more fair system. It may take a bit of time to get there but it's on the right track.
0 likesHonestly I always thought that Twilight turned their system of government into something like Great Britain. Where there's a royal family and they have power but most of the major laws and choices are given to parliament. Twilights version of Parliament was given to her friends due to them being chosen by the elements of harmony which they meet up to discuss every year to hear the voices of the 3 pony tribes through The Council of Friendship.
BUT I do agree that there needs to be representatives from each race outside of just ponies. It would be awesome to see each nation have a rep so that the different species can have a voice. I also think that having personal friends in The Council of Friendship is just biased and that Twilight needs to expand it through public vote to fully encompass the will of her nation.
Though overall I think she's on the right track and calling her a dictator isn't fair to the progress she's made.
1:17 they say in the last problem that discord is on the counsel of friendship, so hey give him chance as leader 3:04
2 likesDEMOCRACY? NAAAH. OBEY YOUR FRIENDSHIP OVERLORDS!
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but but..... checks and balances....
5 likesLove your pfp
3 likesVote for Sawtooth ❤
0 likesI thought alicorns are put in place of leadership because of their alicorn magic, which, from what I understand, is some of the most powerful magic that exists. I fear that even if there is a vote for leaders and one of the runner ups was an alicorn, if they don't get picked they could start an all out revolution and possibly win with how powerful they are. But this is my own theory. Maybe since alicorn play such a big role on how life is like in Equestria, it makes sense for them to stay as leaders. They rely on Twilight or raise and lower the moon, as well as protect them from danger. If she become tyrannical, the other elements and princesses can reform her, as some of your other videos have shown that reforming anyone can be possible.
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Also, it's not like only alicorns can rule over people, there are dragon rulers, yack rulers, and hippogriff rulers as well, just not to the large length that the alicorns do. So it's not like there isn't any representation of other species in positions of power, just in places with more conflict and higher populations tend to have alicorn magic to protect them
0 likesNow that I think,about it saw- *laughs* sawtooth waves sounds- *laughs* sounds allot like a real mlp aka my little pony name 😂
0 likesyou know that ponies only become alicorns because other ponies love them right
0 likesSawtooth Waves: "alicorns don't represent the population anymore."
195 likesMe: May I present my OC. The half-dragon, half yack, half hippogriff, half changing, half alicorn, half sea monster, Half anthro cat, half anthro bird, half anthro everything else in south equestrian and even half wyvern because they are canon too if scootaloo is to be believed.
He can be our leader just look at all those halves, that is 500% leadership material right there.
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Sounds like Discords older or younger brother.
29 likesthats almost 3 times the representation all in a package for the price of ONE! call 555-lead to vote for A package that gets you MORE representation for LESS!
5 likesIf it's that many mixes then it is not a matter of "halves" anymore... 🤣
1 likeYa mean discord
1 likeI Has a OC Creature
0 likes@Bio Livbanon
0 likesAnd that is why he is 500% leadership material.
rolay 7 twilight sparkles is a better leader than your oc
0 likesShe could just become a figure head like the royal family of england.
0 likesIf there’s a princess
0 likesThen where’s the queen
Why the hell am I watching a video discussing the best governmental system for a fictional world of a children’s show? I’m a college student with a paper due tomorrow.
0 likesI vote for sawtoothwaves!!
0 likesUm, Flurry Heart is a LITERAL baby! How do you except her to be competent or in control of anything?!
0 likesMy brain “oh it’s Sabertooth!”
0 likesMe “I...... did you just put together Sawtooth Waves and Saberspark?”
If a main person is elected to be on the throne its still a 50/50 chance they may be evil or turn evil 🤔 but if only alicons can be royals then that lessens the chance in a sence. As we saw some ponys stole magic to be an alicon making it corrupted magic making then unfit to rule and they were dealt with but ponys who proved them selves worthy were fit to do so. In the case with the first true alicon she may or will be different depending on how things progressed in her life
0 likesAnd this is why I chose Celestia, Luna and Cadence over Twilight.
0 likesWhat if everpony was an alicorn?
26 likesHow would they chose a leader if they never came up with voting?
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Yeah but that's the point. Not everypony can be an alicorn
2 likesHey, but even if everypony would be alicorns, that doesn't mean that everypony would be princesses/princes, right?
2 likesEh... They would choose... the tallest one?
1 likeall hail king sawtooth. The changeling heir.
0 likesTechnically alicorns rule Equiatria cause they can protect it.......... you get the point
0 likesI cast my vote for sawtooth waves
0 likesI loved the first part of the video
0 likesTwilight: Says you can't vote a monarch
62 likesMe who read about The Holy Roman Empire: Are you sure about that?
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They didnt vote trough..it was more of a chess play on the power play between the Pope and the King..so you had 2 options either the King or The Pope..religion or Imperialism..not really open choices for votes
4 likesEquestria princeses seem to be BOTH so they escape the faults of the Holy empire as the Citizens believe Alicorns to be Gods thus the ultimate Authority and Wisdom they should respect..
In another words..Equestria is a holy Roman empire ..THAT ACTUALLY WORKS
But isn’t the Pope chosen by a tight-knit electorate?
0 likes@aycc-nbh72 I was referring to the Holy Roman Emperor who would be elected by nobles from across the empire.
0 likes@Scythe Spear The Scholar And how well worked that out for everyone? The HRE was a patchwork of different countries all with their own dustoms duties and the Emperor usually could not get his electors to align behind a common goal.
0 likesAfaik, some members of the HRE even sided with Napoleon when he invaded.
i honestly think people should stop thinking too much and just watch the damn show!
0 likes"Twilight is a DICTATOR"
0 likesBased.
No wonder so many villains are in that show… . Twilight’s as much as awful as the villains too XD
0 likesEdit: yes Equestria should be a democracy. That’s all :D
Twilight is a monarch in a country with absolute monarchy and elective(appointment) succession. She is not a dictator.
1 likePersonally I see more problems in our current democratic system than I do in the monarchical system that the ponies have.
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one of those "you should leave things the way they are" moments. any human influence is going to mess things up.
7 likesYeah the ponies way are fine.
2 likesNot really if a bad leader ever came to power they'd would rules for many years inlets there were a revolution
0 likesEquestria should have Democracy
0 likesIdk why it sounds fair enough
💛 VOTE FOR SAWTOOTH WAVES!! 😉
1 likeIf you ask me, the very existence of the concept of "the state" makes democracy inevitable. However, nothing in the world is ever unopposed, meaning anarchism will arise to oppose the state, and authoritarian regimes will rise up and remove weak democratic systems in times of trouble. The only way to ensure a stable government is to establish strong democracy, creating a strong and stable government while preserving citizen's liberties and human rights.
0 likesCan someone plz tell me how twilight got so tall I’m not that far into the series yet but I have to know
0 likes"Now Equestria is ruled by alicorns, which we all know can never go corrupt."
17 likesShows nightmare moon
Me: Dies laughing
Hmmm...you said “represent equestria “ , but it is mentioned that all the other creatures live beyond equestria?
0 likesI don't want to say this but you do realize that there's a pretty large chance that they would just vote for someone random right like it doesn't even matter the amount of corruption that can easily get into a situation with like 50 different races it's easy so corrupt that liked any Pony could just say we need an Alicorn leader because we've always had an Alicorn leader Everyone We Believe even though that's not true and then another Alicorn elected whether they should be elected or not turn to actual American democracy for example of this.Just a reminder I am not saying anything bad about the political system I'm just pointing out the flaws that you can't deny it exists.
0 likesIs this too bad we're never going to see a continuation series or spin-off series where is Twilight Sparkle is Queen.
0 likesBut what if it’s like
0 likesEach kind of creature has a different place to rule, it’s not like a pony can go over to the dragon kingdom and rule it just because they live there. Or in other words if French people lived in America it doesn’t mean that they can contest in elections and rule. I’m pretty sure the alicorns don’t have any control over the different species that live outside of equestria.
Sawtooth: Twilights is a dictator
50 likesMe: ...
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.....Still, Sawtooth, its a monarchy. They choose who takes over. And indeed, all of the creatures are lucky that it is a benevolent dictatorship.
0 likesI wonder, if ponies had the ability to vote for the next princess, would we still have the same alicorn princess we have now?
0 likesI thought they actually DID have a sort of United Nations thing where the rulers of the old kingdoms still keep their titles and stuff~
0 likesWow
0 likesSawthooth: Alcorns which we all know can never go corrupt
150 likesNightmare moon: I’m I a joke to you
Sawtooth: but at least is there are ponies that are good hearted
Alcorn cozy glow: am I a joke to you
Sawtooth: but at least all Alcorns generally complicated and intelligent
Flurry heart: am I a joke to you
Sawtooth: oh come on
(Sorry if I pronounced it wrong)
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Not even that much.Celestia is idiot and Luna has big brain problems
4 likesObito Senju You're an idiot.
0 likesDaybreaker: Am I a joke to you?
0 likesAlicorn
0 likes@SmokeDrake dang it I was late saying it
0 likes@SmokeDrake But daybreaker only existed in a dream
0 likesKinda disappointing she was never a real villian tho
Not everyone is qualified to do the jobs the alicorns do. I doubt a dragon or griffin could raise the sun or the moon, the current bearers of the elements are with Twilight and her friends and I really don't see anyone actually wanting to rule the crystal empire with sombra always lurking around. Maybe something closer to what Britain has. It has a royal family and a parliament. In truth, I have no idea what the royal family does but I also don't know what Celestia and Luna do outside of raising the sun and the moon. You sort of see them head into meetings but it's not really clear their role in them.
0 likesthis kinda has a connection with the new generation 🤔
0 likes0:58 Twilight banishing Sawtooth cuz he doesn’t shut up
1 likeTwilight created magic of friendship
0 likes"Shut up! "
41 likesWow Twilight I thought you would rather say 'be quiet! ' but I'm out of here before you lose your mind...
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What happened to free speech?? Freedom of press????
0 likesThat intro though-
0 likesOk but I'd like to see how Discord would rule being "reformed" and all
0 likesI love that this video started as Anarchist vs Authoritarian. But this wouldn’t actually make Twilight a dictator. I like to believe that Equestria is more ordered to allow a magically decided meritocracy, but with Gen 5 coming… featuring it’s segregated society… I wouldn’t be surprised if maybe there was a dictator.
0 likesWell twilight has many friends wich if she was coropted they would stop her really fast also she and her friends where the ones who introduced other types of animals like griffin and they made them nice but it was kinda almost only twilight
0 likes"Twilight, my allegiance is to the republic, to DEMOCRACY!"
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Who are you quoting and which episode??
1 like@Kristen Arvoy Quoting Obi-Wan, Revenge of the Sith, replacing the name "Anakin" with "Twilight".
0 likes@cupcakes ohh, of cores I didn’t pick up on it, I really care about star war that much.
1 like@Kristen Arvoy It's treason, then.
2 likesAlso it's Star Wars, not star war lol
well it makes sense that theres a alicorn ruling over equestria. there are different kingdoms in mlp that have rulers that are of that species, and yea there are different species that either live in or visit equestria but its not like the princesses try to overthrow the dragon queen and take it over.
0 likesI'd rather have sawtooth as Equestria's ruler than Twilight.
0 likesI mean a changeling could represent all of equestria
0 likesI don’t think that a democracy will help equestria, considering how much responsibility falls into being its’ leader. Also since a villain could easily hypnotize majority of the citizens into voting them as the leader. There is a reason that it’s a monarchy, and it’s because the leader has to be trained and seemingly right for the throne. Sunset shimmer would’ve been a great candidate, and if it were a democracy I personally think they would vote her, but we all know where that could go so I think Equestria should continue to stay a democracy. (Bruh this is way better than my politics essay for English)
0 likesWell, u also got to keep in mind that Equestria wasn’t ever meant to be ruled in a simularity to Presents, but like Kings and Queens.
14 likesIt would just defeat the whole vision the creators had for their world.
I think this was a bit of a weak arguement because we don't see ponies ruling the dragons, lol.
0 likesI'LL VOTE!!!! U DA BEST!!! Btw did anyone else see the hoof boop Gallas? Omg i loved it! I couldn't stop laughing🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
1 likeTechnically (reformed) Changelings would be the only ones that cud actually represent every living being
0 likesEquestria should stay a monarchy. its bad enough there aren't very many monarchies left IRL, there is no reason to remove monarchies from fiction to, especially when the ruler is benevolent.
0 likesAmazing video. Here's my thought on the whole deal.
25 likesIt's been proven in history that monarchs/dictators are the most efficient form of government. The reason we really don't see them is because corruption, as you said. But Twilight is immortal for all we know, so she could rule forever, and she has good intentions. In this case, a good monarch is better than any democracy.
My concern would be the phrase, "You either die a hero, or live long enough to see yourself become the villain." Would Twilight get tired of her position? Maybe lose her way? Celestia got tired of ruling after a relatively short time (2-3 thousand years isn't long from the point of an immortal alicorn). Maybe after a few thousand years, Twilight will seek more power. Or more control. That's where things get scary.
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GuyInGrey or she could pass the rule onto Luster dawn
0 likesChances are she'll follow in her mentor's footsteps and abdicate for somebody else. Leadership gets ages presidents by eight years, immortal or not you'll get fatigued.
2 likesIr she'll go do what celestia did before her and start grooming a heir to the throne
0 likesThat's all true, but you always have to ask the "what if".
4 likesAlso, democracy is not immune to corruption as this video implies. Bribery and lying become a lot more prevalent in those cases, as we see in the world today.
She does have check and balences and Spike who can live just as long.
1 like@GuyInGrey Did Sawtooth Waves not watch the Star Wars Prequels? Their whole thing was how a democracy can turn into a dictatorship.
0 likesI vote you Sawtooth!!
0 likesAll other creatures have their kingdoms
2 likesBut the different species still have their own kingdoms and leaders it's just that now they're closer together and have like a united nation system.
0 likesI vote for sawtooth waves!
0 likesSawtooth for president! I am casting my vote for him! Sawtooth for Ruler of Equestria 2025! :D
5 likesWhat if A villain Competed and forced everypony to for that person?
0 likesI guess alicorns are in the lead cus they have more magic than all of the creatures that live in the modern wolrd now so if something were to happend and if equestria was attacked alicorns would be there to protect everyone bc of their strong power
0 likesYou rock twilight
1 liketechnically twilight WAS voted in a majority when she was at canterlot high and that twilight and princess twilight are the same. if all citizens were from the human world it might be fair? tbh now im wondering who the supreme ruler in the human world is
0 likesshe puts her friends into powerful government positions.
0 likes0:11 Twilight Seems Pissed
2 likesCelestia and luna gave twilight the crown and the whole series was just a trial for twilight... BUT WHAT IF CELESTIA DID EVERY DISASTOR TO TEST TWILIGHT?!?!?! GASP
0 likesI think alicorns would still rule because there are the dragon lands we’re all dragons are native to like someone who lives in Ireland can move to England but the queen would still be from the English royal blood
0 likesDiscord ruler for Equestria 2020 👌
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Yesss
2 likesI loved the definitely an earth pony
0 likesI think it's better if the ponies vote for their rulers so they can choose who is helping and understanding them
0 likesi think the reason why is because they have wings they can use to travel faster than earth ponies and than some unicorns (not all), and also bc the magic they posses is most times stronger, so why have a pegasus or earth pony as a ruler IF they NEED magic so their kingdom is safer?, why should a unicorn or earth pony rule if they NEED wings in case of emergencies?, also, just imagine for example a buffalo ruling, ik this sounds like excluding but to be fair, they don't have enough to protect equestria, that's why alicorns are more suitable for the job.
0 likesThe monty python reference 👌
0 likes"HELP I"M BEING REPRESSED"
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You know you don’t have to vote bc the leaders of all the different creatures could form a consol
0 likesI vote for Sawtooth Waves
0 likesThing is, just cause they moved into a country formed by ponies and has a majority pony population.
0 likesThis is basically saying "oh there are a minority of white people living in this nation of black people, you should give up your kingship and let make a republic where white people have a chance to rule everything.
Do you know how stupid that sounds? like sure there is nothing wrong with having a different race as a "president" but this isn't a republic, this is a king/Queendom.
and being a king or Queen doesn't make you a dictator, i mean, who said the king or queen can't put out a poll?
Besides, it's not like these republics are any better, 1 vote, maybe 2 is all you get from republics.. and that first vote is only to decide who is to lead the nation. you don't have a say in what they're doing after that... Like they culd say that they'll do one thing and then do a completely different after they've been chosen... And what can the people do about that? nada. why? cause the government has the power.
if now they need to vote...then whats the princess for- arent they for protecting equestria, if they aren't the rulers than who will protect them at all cost
0 likesOk but she is princess of friendship and she would still make sure every creatures will have to be happy and listened to he or she that is a creatures
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her.
0 likesEqeastira should become a democracy
2 likesOr communist state i don't know
But that’s the thing each kingdom has their own separate ruler so you’re saying that it’s only ponies fault
0 likesI think Celestia could create Discord!
0 likesI LOVE This alot 😍 😍 💖
0 likesThe problem with a system like this in Equestria is the highly emotional and often unstable nature of the beings that reside there. As was shown in the season 9 finale, it doesn't take much to push them apart, and even if they came together stronger in the end, it'll only take so long before division is possible again.
7 likesAs most of Equestria's threats are immortal, it's leadership must be as well. It is true that they could organize a group dedicated to protecting Equestria like The Pillars, or The Mane Six, but only an immortal ruler is truly in position to combat the threats properly. If a group like the pillars was formed, eventually the gears of bureaucracy would prove to be an obstacle, and the elected leader could very well be a Cozy Glow.
An immortal leader with absolute authority is capable of making decisions immediately without any politics in the way, and they can inform the defenders of Equestria of the threat's nature if they have encountered it before, if they are not themselves the defender. Equestria still has ordinary creatures in positions of power, and the princesses don't have authority over everything, the EEA being notable here.
People like to joke about Celestia not doing anything, but without her, Equestria would have fallen many times over. You mention how alicorns can become corrupted, but the same is true of any leader who may be elected, and if someone like Cozy Glow were to be elected, Equestria would be in serious trouble, especially seeing as there wouldn't be any legal way to get them out of office without compelling evidence.
The diarchy system of Equestria should be maintained, two immortals should always be able to keep each other in check, and be able to respond to threats without any red tape. Equestria should be mostly run by the elected representatives like Mayor Mare and Chancellor Neighsay, but when push comes to shove, democracy makes even the simplest decision complicated, and that wasted time could lead to Equestria's undoing.
I do agree that the leadership does not necessarily need to be alicorns, just immortals who stay in power. Twilight has taken the place of Celestia, and I feel that Spike has taken the place of Luna, and as unlikely as either one becoming corrupt is, the other will likely be able to talk them down.
Basically, democracy makes things too complicated in a world of immortal villains and easily broken alliances, and there needs to be a constant, an immortal leader who can see the signs and remember the past clearly, who can make decisions without being held back.
Or, that's how I see it, feel free to disagree, a variety of opinions is what makes conversations interesting. Imagine how boring it would be if everyone always agreed.
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1 likeHow sad it wasn't be — it's true
0 likesSo you were saying that we need to get rid of queen Elizabeth just because now, not only british live there. And you want the indigenous people to give up on their land that they had been sacrifice their life with and took care of it for hundreds of years just for others that wanted to live there just because they wanted to.?
1 likeYou have a good point, but the thing is a voting system can be corrupt too. When it comes to voting, there is going to be arguing. And if there is voting for something extremely serious like the ruler of Equestria, then arguing is probably gonna be a HUGE problem. Especially when windigos exist in their universe, the ponies will probably be too busy fighting over who gets to rule Equestria rather than their own safety. And besides it’s not like there are any ponies who’ll take advantage of the votes and manipulate other ponies to vote for them. The whole reason Alicorns are rulers is because they are a representation for royalty. If a pegasi, earth pony, or unicorn rule over Equestria then equestria’s probably going to fail somehow. Even though Equestria has magic, they still need a ruler who doesn’t let power get into their head 🤷🏽♂️, sure, Luna was very depressed whenever she had no one to praise her for raising the moon, but that was when she was a filly, and fillies love the love and affection. Also, wouldn’t that mean you’d have to learn how to raise the sun and moon when you’re the ruler of Equestria? Pegasi and earth ponies can’t raise the sun at all. I’m pretty sure that Alicorns are the rulers because theyre powerful enough to control the sun and moon. What happens if chrysalis attacks? How will a Pegasi or an earth pony defend their ponies? Unicorn’s can’t probably defend theirselves either because, well if a unicorn who’s a weakling gets voted into ruler then Equestria is doomed to fall. The whole thing is, these ponies would have 0 clue who they’re voting in. Which is why Alicorns are rulers. Alicorns are a mix of earth, Pegasi, and unicorn ponies. They are powerful enough to defend their subjects when something goes wrong (if you don’t count chrysalis destroying Celestia). It’s not like Alicorns are common, they’re extremely rare, which is why it would take you ages to prove that you would be a great alicorn leader. Twilight became an alicorn because she was able to prove that she has qualities of becoming a princess. The problem is, is that if we had a voting system to vote who can be the new princess/prince, wouldn’t that mean everything would go imbalance? I think that alicorns are rulers because they represent balance, because they are a mix of all 3 pony species. Ponies like cozy glow can count as alicorns because they are balanced, in chaos. I mean, cozy glow is FILLED with chaos, but that doesn’t mean evil people can become alicorns, Cozy glow only became an alicorn because of the bell, and if you noticed when she used her horn it was red. So that would mean she is a true alicorn, but not a good alicorn. And about flurry heart, lets be real, she only exists for marketing 🤷🏽♂️. And an alicorn being born?? It kinda throws a LOT of stuff out the window doesn’t it? Does that mean that she was born an alicorn because of cadence’s genetics? Well, I guess I’m rambling arent I? The point is, is that a voting system probably wouldn’t be good either, it’s even more corrupt than alicorns being rulers.
0 likesBut hey I’m just guessing
Twilight be like: SHUT UP SHUT UP
0 likesSawtooth waves be like: goofing around XD
*Sawtooth was never seen after twilight threw him off screen, until like a week later*
0 likesIs this just a ploy for you to become the next ruler?
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Sawtooth for president!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
3 likesi think that there should be alicorns and one ruler from each spices
0 likestwilight: SHUT UP!!!
1 likesawtooth waves: BLAH BLAH ~twilight throw out sawtooth waves~
2:03 You can’t use flurry heart because she’s just a baby!
0 likesHave you ever seen Twilight in any episode like that she didn't even want anybody to call princess Twilight
0 likesTitle: "TWILIGHT IS A DICTATOR!"
113 likesMe: It's called a MONARCHY
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What's the difference?
1 like@Suksas It mainly from how they are chosen a monarchy as it based on bloodline while a dictator is some who took power by force.Essentially twilight is apart of house alicorn and took over after celestia and luna abdicated thus there was no force required to become ruler thus its a monarchy which are overall more stable for this reason.
33 likesWell, there are Corrupted Monarchy and so, that means Twilight is a corrupted Monarch type leader!
0 likes@Catherine Bowman it’s only corrupted if she’s doing something like, taxing only the other species or allow only ponies to kill other species
7 likes@Whalepussy yeah. I was about to get to that point but didn't have enough time to finish my reply because I use my phone too often and so, I had a low battery then when I finished that reply comment. But thanks for pointing that out but also, I was mentioning that anyone can be corrupted if they are a leader of a certain government type, but using Monarch as an example.
0 likes@Catherine Bowman How so is she corrupt? She has shown equality towards all species and was the first princess to actually openly implement equality towards all species by opening up a school to all species. Celestia's school is not only for ponies only, it's for unicorns only too. As for Luna, she once quite actually went corrupt. I don't like Twilight that much based off of her personality much but she has shown to be a great leader.
2 likes@William Caputo but in MLP EG, she got corrupted and turned into Midnight Sparkle and became selfish, just so you know.
0 likes@Catherine Bowman that wasn’t in the real Snow 😒
2 likes@Joshua Weldon have you seen MLP EG? even though it is not in MLP FIM, it is still in the MLP show franchises since it is in the My little pony equestria girls show.
0 likes@Catherine Bowman Wasn't that sci twi though? Sci Twi and Princess Twilight arent the same person
1 like@Your pussy Stank oh. Ok. I think you are right.
0 likesPotato potatoe.
1 like@Luis Chavez eh, not really. A monarchy is just a dictatorship that is passed down from generation to generation. People try to pretend there's a difference because there is a lot of romanitization of kings and queens, when in the end they are all just systems of government where all political power is concentrated in one person
0 likes@Alex Hampton That transfer of power between generations is extremely important to the difference such as many leading traits are passed down by being taught to the heirs and when the current monarchy dies it leads to a peace transit most of the time. When it comes to the romanization of king and queens it's more so the words king and queen are rather then the government system itself as many modern day monarchies such as North Korea aren't called monarchies when clearly are.
1 likeThis is literally changeling discrimination in the start
1 likeMy sis said: The first few minutes were soooooooooo funny!
0 likesIm voting for sawtooth waves!
0 likesMe:votes for sawtooth
0 likesI guess it's just simple kings and queens knowledge. The next son or even daughter who is the oldest of the bunch immediantly gets the thrown after a king or queen has fallen to make sure that the family can live on and rule the land.. maybe it's kind of the same for alicorns then. I don't think that it is a form of "dictatur" in that way though. What about the UK for example? Its not a dictatur but the queen/king does have a big last word there too. They have a good rulership and it could be pictured the same as in MLP. So basically what I mean for my example is that it all could be made after this modern way we see kings or queens today like the constitutional monarchy in uk. I just hope I said nothing wrong omg, correct me if needed❤ and I do understand though why she could be something like dictator too. Anything is imaginable for it, it depends on how you see it
5 likesI vote for Sawtooth waves!😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
0 likesThe parody was so funny lol-
0 likesBut you didn't made a Theory about Princess Celestia
1 likeIs Princess Celestia Also a Dictator?
twilight's true self in intro
0 likesTechnically it's not a dictator, but more a divine right monarch since Equestria has a set of nobels which help her govern
4 likesI loved the start of the video, it was EPIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
0 likesYes, we need dragons etc to be the ruler
0 likesNo it would ruin the majesty and Celestia would impeach them(Nightmare moon)
0 likesAlright the into was definitely a try not to laugh challenge.
0 likesEvery one seems happy when alicorns rule the equestria. It is also a pony land, but other creatures like dragons have there own ruler. And if a powerful villain attacks equastria alicorns and the princesses always save the day. So why change that.
5 likesMe: Sees the thumbnail
1 likeAlso me: WHY IS THIS IN MY RECCOMENDED
THE INTRO THO-
0 likesit's obvious that the things goes wrong, by the g4 beggining maybe the alicorn rule ended whit twilight and his absolute monarchy because of a revolution/civil war, not only a democratic one, maybe as well a socialist/comunist one who knows ecuestria at war (hoi4 mod) has that scenario really deep and good good made up
0 likesKing Discord to represent all of eqestria
0 likesSeen Fluttershy to keep Discord in check
If I understand writerly, Equestria has similar system with United Kingdom + Sombra was usurper of Royal power, so changlings are more correct example of bad monarchy. I'm sorry, English isn't my native.
4 likesWhat if one of. the creatures running for ruler made all other creatures agree with them? There could be bad leadership.
0 likesA good idea, but MLP is set in a Roman Empire leadership era. Where the current ruler adopts their successor and when that ruler passes, their successor takes over, no questions asked. Good idea though!
1 likeAt the start I was like: What are you a hater…?
0 likesThe beggining omg XD
1 likeI know this isn't really related to the video but....
26 likesIn the ending of the end pt. 2, when cozy drains the princess's magic, their hair stops flowing and loses the sparkle, which means that their magic keeps it glittery and flowy.
Which means only one option....
LUNA FELT BETRAYED BECAUSE CELESTIA HAD A MAGICAL GLITTER MAKEOVER WITHOUT HER!!!!
no srsly
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Oo interesting now my it my comment just kidding
2 likesHow to represent every species in one ruler
1 likeElect a Changeling, they’re everything while still being one being
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I just had that same thought!
0 likesI vote for you 😂
1 likeWell if she’s worried about not being a princess anymore they could establish a parliamentary constitutional monarchy and then she could stay on the throne.
0 likesTwilight got her wing because she finished Starswirl's spell.
1 likeCelestea: I’m gonna RETIRE
172 likesAlso Celestea: let’s yeet some wings so twilight can be the new ruler
Me: what...? Uhm why her tho
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LOL!!! Makes sense. 🤣🤣🤣
4 likesBesides Cadence, Twilight would have the most experience and knowledge abt the pony kingdom politics wise besides the other 5 who may know a little, but Twilight would probably know most of how to rule the pony kingdom being she shadowed Celestia practically her entire life. Cadence has her own kingdom and a husband and baby, so she already has her plate full. So Twilight at the time was the best option.
39 likes1st. Celestia tested her and made sure she is fit to understand others and protect everyone.
22 likes2nd. She represents one of the elements of harmony well.
3rd. Did you even watch the show?
Because she is a princess of friendship and princess cadence is rolling the Crystal empire and since Luna and Celestia are retiring it would make sense that they're putting Twilight in charge
9 likesPlus she knew the other kingdom had allies and friends there
4 likesI feel like a war is gonna start...
3 likesBecause twilight developed the Qualities of a true princess the moment she moved to Ponyville, also, Celestia didn’t even TURN twilight into an alicorn, if you look closely the magic shown during the transformation is pink not yellow, and it didn’t come out from celestia’s horn, it came from her heart. Twilight went from not caring about friendship, to actually caring about it. She legit save Equestria from discord and saved the Canterlot wedding from chrysalis, and it’s not like she became an alicorn because of that, it’s because she learnt friendships lessons in the episodes of mlp. SHES THE ELEMENT OF MAGIC FOR CELESTIA’S SAKE!! The pony even helped her friends get her cutie marks back.
4 likes@Willamette Anderson do any of these qualify for a political figure?
0 likes@KitKat Breaker In my little pony show, yeah. In real life, no. Look.. it's a fictional story, it's not that deep
1 likeSawtooth Waves for president!
1 likeI do want to clear up that a Monarchy isn't a Dictatorship, even if they're close. Monarchs rise up from some right to rule, usually bloodline or divine right on earth, with the keys of power relying on that order. Dictatorships rise from a power vacuum, where there is no ruler and someone has to seize power and the support of the keys.
0 likesThat aside, I think alicorn Monarchy is what equestia needs rn. Nonstop villains trying to take control, and often by lying, persuasion, and/or mind control, is a common thing. An election is exactly what they need to gain that control in a way the Mane Six can't stop. Best case scenario, Flim and Flam become rulers, worst case is someone like Cosy Glow or the old Discord taking control. Maybe in the far future elections will be good, but not while we have so many good princesses lined up, and especially not while so many people would abuse that system.
Bonus question. Why isn't princess Celestia queen? Who is the queen of Equestria?
I realized recently that the Mean Six are made of wood. And therefore...
0 likesBtw when the bad guy that is a “alicorn” (idk her name) cause she took powers from something (I didn’t watch)
0 likesSo she obviously a unicorn you saw at the end that she went back to an unicorn
I guess you could argue as someone who lives in England, we dont vote for our queen but she is the one who ends up having the final say if a law is passed or not. We vote for an mp or in the show, a mayor or delegate. So it could work something like that??
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I am very much sure that the parlament would win in a political conflict with the queen.
0 likes@Felix Jongleur the queen isnt supposed to have a public political opinion. Parliament vote on the laws that are passed to the queen but yes that has happened in the 1600s
1 likeQueens power is largely ceremonial. She is there to look pretty and do as she is told.
0 likesHer power no longer belongs to her, but to PM to whom she must give royal powers. If she doesn't, what little ceremony there is left will be taken from her.
@Suksas She delegates the queen of england still has all the power she can still pretty much what ever she wants you see it with the military as they pledge their loyalty to the crown and not the country or parliament.
0 likesDespite the music it took me a bit to get the reference at the start
0 likesTwi Twi is a great leading but a bit a of a dicator.
1 likeYou’re implying that just because she has final say in everything and because other rulers and ponies of her species were corrupt or became corrupted by power, that must make her a dictator, while ignoring your own words that she has everyone’s best interests at heart. The fact that it has the potential to become a dictatorship doesn’t make it likely, nor does it mean it currently is one.
0 likes3:21 don’t worry twilight lol
0 likesYou cant be a princess just because some helio hackney throw wings at you.
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Edit: OMG TYSM FOR THE LIKES. EVERYONE WHO LIKES IS AMAZING!! STAY AWESOME.
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I am a princess.
0 likes@Princess Starlaixy Arixes and I can't tell if I'm a princess or not
0 likesAs long as it's not FTTP voting, should be fine. Also, this reminds of a Fic I read once where the masses of equestra had advanced to the point that Monarchy was simply obsolete and unfit for the day's needs. Distributed power not only means more power to the people, but it also means local leaders can act in a crisis without needing approval from the central authority. Equestria at this point had grown so big that a central authority was just not feasible, so they passed a law dismantling the Equestrian monarchy. At first Twilight is all down about it, but then Celestia and Luna welcome her into the realm of retirement basically saying 'good job.'
0 likesCan’t they add an actual vote or something idk. Like what u said, just imagine if anybody corrupt got there, they could obviously vote them out.
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dark lord: Yesss, I am an evil alicorn, and really powerful, I shall conquer Equestria!
2 likesVoting system: We don't like evil people.
Dark Lord: Well sh*t. There goes my evil plan. Sorry evil army of hell, I lost the election, can't do anything about it.
Evil armies of hell: :(
You think voting a corrupted princess out is gonna work?
0 likesOh so Nightmare moon could've easily been defeated if she was voted out as a Princess?
Luna and Celestia are the governesses of equestria, this kingdom being the kingdom of ponies it is normal that it is ruled by ponies. In griffonstone, griffins are the kings and make democracy. In the kingdom of changelings it is the changelings who make the laws. Just because kingdoms are united and more diverse now, doesn't mean the whole democracy of a kingdom has to change. It's not a pony that reigns in the changelings and it is not a changeling that reigns in the ponies, it is that simple.In Equestria the princesses are magically chosen. This is how royal democracy is done in this kingdom. If it's okay for that long I don't see the reason to change this government.
0 likesHim: Nobody voted for her
1 likeMe:at least they don't have trump in MLP what a good life
Alright, so I have studied this video and have come up with an explanation as to why Equestria is not and should not be a democracy. You have to understand not all countries this show is aired on are democracies. This fully impacts viewers and the makers of MLP to not imply a democratic sense into the program. Putting too many political elements into the show lead to the rejection of the entire concept of the message in MLP. This entire program does lie upon a monarchy, but in a way, this land of fantasy was created in a utopia to be almost perfect to the citizens who reside in it. The main reason why Equestria in its established form of Utopia has this form of hierarchy is that ponies, in the beginning, did not have an established formed of government and when a leader presented themselves (The first president of the united states is a great example of this) They will be tried and if the new form of government propers, than the leader, is placed into power. This can explain why Twilight is not a dictator but rather a pony who has proven to have the skills necessary to obtain the right to power and rule over the land.
3 likes(I am sorry I wrote so much, I studied Political science so I am backed up)
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*prospers
0 likesTia newer gave real power to anybo.. anypony. She just, u know, Tia. Huge experience and knowlages, ruling for 50 years makes you a pretty good at this. so she choosed the replasement for herself. Trained and teached. so it probably be fine.
0 likesIts a type of monarchie, no? Plus there is the council of friendship that kind of works as part of the government. But twilight has more power obviously.. yk.. like.. a president perhaps...
0 likesok, I'm a little sad the first few comments never mention the Monty Python references
0 likesI think out of all the governments in Equestria, the Ponies got it the best.
0 likesChangelings: take on Chrysalis I dare you
Dragons: Might makes Right for now
Yaks: I forgot but Chiefs
Gryphons: Loose but Connections
Hippographs: Monarchy
Ponies: Empowered to change what is wrong.
Sure anyone can go bad but I rather have a all powerful person who meets good over cozy glow "appeal and twist" or the other ones were Being Good doesnt equal Winning the seat and still being good.
"Help, help! I'm being repressed." dang you have just about as good acting skill the Willy Wonka
20 likesWhat if Celestia can see future and saw that Twilight will be a good leader and Twilight can see the future and doesn't know it yet????
0 likesChangelings shall rule! THEY WILL!
0 likesAt least equestrias government works better than ours-
1 likeI think it may be a constitutional monarchy. It is obviously a monarchy because they have princesses, but i think it is a constitutional one because of 2 things. There are delegates in my little pony, but they do not have much power over their city/state. This is called a unitary government, and it is present in many democracies in the world. Each of the princesses has core values on how they rule Equestria. This might be called a constitution.
0 likesIt would be funny if Shining Armor became a alicorn when he has a affair with someone else, and then became the alicorn of lust and his wife stayed as the alicorn of true love......
21 likesOk the Monty Python skit gave me a giggle .
0 likesTwilight was Evi in the comic actually king sombra wasn't a Unicron he was a umbcrion also I think Twilight earned rescpct from her Piers
0 likesYou should look into what happened to the other creatures in g5 why aren’t they mentioned? What happened to them ?
0 likesBut how did big mac became an alicorn in dreams?
0 likesMakes sense!
16 likesShe was very demanding even before she was even A PRINCESS
Well you can see what happens if u let ponys decide in gen5
0 likes“I vote for sawtooth”
0 likesActually on the ponyville,Cadence is still the ruler of the crystal embire
0 likesYES THE HOLY GRAIL MUSIC
0 likesSawtooth Waves - “definitely an earth pony”
33 likesseems legit
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Yup
0 likesDemocracy runs the risk of focusing loyalty on a leader rather than a system. When that single person loses the people's confidence he can be voted out of office, but that frequently also entails his claims of fraud and voter misconduct.
0 likesHe'll then rally his allies to attempt to overturn the election and, if that fails, attempt an assault on the Capitol Building to seize the government by force.
Not that I'm thinking of any particular incident that might have happened this January; but I am familiar with several such incidences around the world, which have frequently resulted in civil war followed by a distinctly malevolent dictatorship.
Twilight is a DICTATOR. Good that she is a kind and caring one
0 likes3:00 the boop
3 likesSo what twilight did in the parody was against the 1st amendment
0 likesThe 1500 year old British monarchy would like to have a word with you.
11 likesAlso, I'm hearing a lot of "The american system is the best because..because..because I say so!"
As they say, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" you'll only cause problems.
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Personally, I think an improvement would be a Starship Troopers style democracy as portrayed in the original novel by Robert A. Heinlein, not the travesty of an "adaptation" directed by Paul "couldn't even finish the first two chapters" Verhoeven. Basically in such a system only those who have served a minimum two years of dangerous and/or dirty public service can vote or hold office. Said service would include but would not be limited to military service with the choice of services to enlist in being limited only by your physical and/or mental aptitude.
0 likesThe reason why this would work better than any conventional democratic system is because by voluntarily enduring such hardship and seeing it to the end, that person proves they possesses the necessary sense of personal responsibility to place the needs of the group over his or her own needs and use their voting power responsibly and voting in favor of policies that benefit the greatest number of people instead of voting for policies that only serve their own selfish desires at the cost of hard-working tax payers' money, such as expensive and wasteful welfare programs that only benefit the narrow subset of the population they fit into; the so-called "bread and circuses" of the modern era.
She became a princess of friendship
1 likeIt should be changeling ruler ship because changelings can transform into any creature
0 likesThat parody at the start like 😜 haha
1 likeThe thing is twilight didn't just become princess, she had to earn her position sombra did not
0 likesThe ruler of equestria is choosed by the actual princesses, and they won’t ever choose someone evil, its like a monarchy but there’s not a royal family.
33 likesAutolike for not disappearing :,v
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Technically there is a royal family. Princess platinum and her descendants, and I'd assume Prince Blueblood is a descendant of that family.
1 likeDude here is the problem equestria never has had a puplic vote for this also somewone could easily hacked the system with all that magic going around it would be easy
1 likeSawtooth for Equestrian president!
0 likesI don't think twilight is a dictator
1 likeThe first part:
0 likesMe:BHAHAHAHAHAHAHA I CANT HELP ME
I do think THAT they definitely should have elections or passing down from generations idk and their is also another thing is twillight actually immortal because she is an alicornand Luna and celestia ruled the world for god knows how long the problem I have is that her friends are not immortal and they can die at any time or twillight did put some random spell on them so they won’t die that fast but THAN again they have the chance to die so............. that’s kinda brutal for twilight if she would have to rule a world without her friends in it My finall thought is that she will step down and gain her ability to die again or not idk 🤷♀️ but who knows
0 likesI mean... in the mlp universe, democracy is never an opinion so why not.
0 likesmaybe this was a part of the reason why equestrian became in the state it was in in mlpg5 :O
0 likesFlurry’s kinda smart for a baby
0 likesFOR THE REVOLUTION!!!!!!!
0 likesthe first one was crazy
0 likesHey isn't Sawtooth a changling? So he does not get dictated by twilight aka why he never voted for her! Vote Sawtooth!
0 likesTwilight: THATS NOT HOW IT WORKS!
Sawtooth: Well i cant just go say "oH I GoT SomE FancY WInGs FRom A pony NoW RespECT mE"
Me: He has a point
Um didn't celestia had to send twilight away because she had no other choice.. that seems also like a dictator
0 likesWell uh yo- you got me there, Sawtooth
0 likesPrincess Twilight sparkle looks like Princess Celestia
0 likesand I love sunset shimmer
I vote for sawtooth waves
0 likesTwilight may just be the de jure Princess of Equestria, but she is the de facto hegemonic empress of harmony. At least she earned her crown by saving Equestria/the world multiple times. But your point is still solid, democracy could only be a good thing. One that a smart mare like Twilight would not only cruise to victory in (what's practically a formality of a vote) but also use as a propaganda boost- ah, I mean as proof of her benevolent reign!
1 likeHere's my argument with this topic is it shown that Even if All creatures Live or visit Equastria they still have And own Up to their Own kingdoms Policies It's like a Dual Citizenship when compared irl And it is also shown in the show that Equastria is a country of its own So Other Creatures leaders still Have the same authority like what Twilight has
5 likesDUDE YOUR BLOWING MY MIND!!🤣🤣🤣
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You got Jokes me and rainbow dash have awesome jokes annoying orange
0 likesYes she is 🦄💜
0 likes100% Earth pony, Totally not a changling
1 likeEquestria just need some democracy-oz or maybe some suprise nuke attack *uhum.. I mean patriotic freedom lesson, especially when oil is founded in Equestria
0 likesSeeing how celestia already has twilight picked we can presume that twilight won’t pick someone to take over here.thats where the voting comes in.she sees opportunity in everyone and can’t pick one
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That or maybe in another thousand years Twilight picks out a successor that’s relevant to the kingdom’s needs going forward at the time. It’s quite likely Celestia and Luna decided their time as rulers was reaching its natural conclusion and therefore were looking for a potential successor. At the time of picking Twilight as a potential candidate it was still relevant to go with a pony to rule over Equestria. The other species were invited into the kingdom sure, but it’s Twilight and her friends that helped facilitate and maintain that shift in species present which makes her a natural choice to give a test to see if she’s worthy to become a princess
3 likesCaptain Kirk is a MAD-MIRAL of the Enterprise.
0 likesWHAT A NICE INTRO--
0 likesI see that Monty Python reference
0 likesI will pick princess Twilight
1 likeWhatever starlight had going on would see an end to “bad alicorn rule”.
3 likesI fee I heard that intro before.
0 likes@Sawtoothwaves can you do a theory that im wondering. Ok heres the theory. Can Equestria girls luna also dreamwalk
0 likesEquestria is more like a constitutional monarchy the council gathers ideas and are the Prime Minister of their district and Twilight is the Governer General. The PM's have to get the Queen's permission to pass bills into law and the queen chooses who to represent.
0 likesthe intro tho-
0 likesI would honestly vote for Luna to become princess/queen of equestria, and I'm not talking about the alternate timeline that Starlight made I mean she would rule with Twilight along side her and Spike would still be there too, and Luna would still dreamwalk, raise and lower both sun and moon, and help Twilight with harder tasks that she couldn't do by herself, and I think that they would be a good team and would have been a better ending to the show in my opinion
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Agreed
0 likesWhy do alicorn wings appear so different from peges wings?
0 likesi like it when you try to talk about the alicorn and then night mare moon pic was there then cozy glow then flurry heart is there and you say Oh Come On liked that part :3
0 likesThere was a Big fight and equetria start to fall apart in the ending of the ending
0 likesI think Twilight got voted 🗳
0 likesI just realized I haven’t seen a video of yours since “buy our toys” lol 😂
31 likesTo be honest a changeling could change there form from a pony to different spices
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Agree
0 likesDraconequus should rule!
0 likes"Defenitaly an earth pony" ı- ok
0 likesThere is a difference cozy was not a royal alicorn only alicorns with a good heart are chosen to rule
0 likesHelp
6 likessomeone replaced Twilight with a changeling who spams “shut up”
You got my vote
0 likesDon't we also have spike ruling with Twilight and I think they did not show any other non pony leaders so that we can make the other rulers our selves to represent the species.
0 likesidk, I think sawtooth is right
0 likesBeing a democracy would clearly be better, but twilight only governs equestria, not the whole land. Also, you may say that anyone abe to do so can run for like a president or something, since everyone from dragons to hippogriffs come there, but equestria is more like the Baghdad of the land, you know for like studying friendship, but it would and/or should have its previous monarchy, like at the time of medieval Bagdad, so to say.
0 likesDemocracy, defiantly, my reasoning is that this community has had an impact on your world already and we need to go another step further
6 likesYou have my vote
0 likesCute theory, but you need to research the concept of "Might Makes Right", clearly the Alicorn Oligarchy lives by that moto...
0 likesLove the clip
0 likesI can’t wait for the pinkie revolution
1 likeAWAY WITH THE ALICORN
0:49
10 likesI don't know why I couldn't stop laughing!!!
"They'd put me away!"
😂😂😂😂
let's not forget that chrysalis is an alicorn and was a dictator too :)
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chrysalis is their mother!! she doesn't rule, she parents <3
1 like@Sawtooth Waves ohhh wow i didn't know! thanks for responding<3 i love ur videos!!
0 likesi just thought of something mind blowing WHAT IF QUEEN CRISALIS WAS A NORMAL CHANGE WING BUT USED HER CHANGING MAGIC OR WHATEVER TO LOOK TALLER!!!!!!
0 likesTwilight is a dictator. Kind of true
0 likesIs it just me or would changlings work at least a little?
0 likesWho remember him as “The Brony Notion”?
7 likescome on sawtooth what did you exspect...
0 likesWith a name like Mayor Mare, it’d be selfish to not vote you.
0 likesI think equestra would become bigger like Rohde island and more powerful like Warwick
0 likesomg the beginning lol
0 likesWe really needed a Villain to change this whole princess thing.
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I think that Starlight's Village almost changed the Princess System... It could be a side effect of Starlight plans, at least.
10 likesGeneral Diana Moon Glimmer was more focused on changing the Cutie Marks but her ideas could have overthrown the Alicorns Dictators.
KavinCatastrophe Yeha
1 like@Mlg pro player 291 1.I will rather take Alicorns rather than Fking Communism!
0 likes2.what if a threat appeared? WHAT THEN? No one had special talents so they will all turn to starlighr..so ya..she done Goofed it will never work.
3.The reason Alicorns are not Dictators is because they allow citizens that show great promise to evolve and Grow or even be BETTER than them absolutely EVERYONE is allowed to follow their dreems and Better themselves and thus by that extent Better the Kingdom ..and when they achiev the "You are worthy" Tittle you are ready to be an allicorn princess/prince yourself or just samoane that Can replace alicorns..
So in all honesty..any points on HOW equestria is a Efin Dictadorship?
Equestria not hav democracy. Euestria sistem is SEMI-ABSOLUTED Monarhy with co-regent sisters Celestia and luna. When Celestia and Luna retired and Twlight up on Throne become a Constitutional Monarhy
0 likesSo if you want I can go to anyone else’s dreams my little pony then can she go on her own?
0 likesTwilight: shut up shut up please shut up
0 likesMe: 🤣🤣🤣
Princess celestia had twilight on her eye since the test to get in her school and so if twilight was a bad person princess celestia would not take her to the dimension where she got the wings or for that matter not even continue her studys and training I mean if twilight knew cozy glow was a bad pony she wouldn't keep her in the school and send her to stone sooner but hey dont listen to me ive only been watching the show since I was I don't know 6 (great idea but you just got to think)😌
1 likeI kinda dislike this theory because creatures like cozy glow could exist and what then? It's easy to get power but if times change it's gonna be difficult to strip someone of it.
0 likes<3 ur videos
0 likesreplace one broken system with another...
0 likesSo a democracy?
0 likesTwilight is still the roller because Equestrian still belongs to the ponyes. The other species still have a lider. If a hippograft wants to live in the chanling hive or a griffin moves to Equestria won't matter. At least that what I think.
15 likesSAWTOOTH YOU DON'T EVEN VOTE FOR PRINCESSES,PRINCES,QUEENS OR KINGS IN IRL
0 likesI think that the alicorns are the rulers because they're the ones who raise the sun and moon?
0 likesif someone lapped some feathers at me. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH THAT GOT ME XD
0 likesTHE REASON THE OTHER CREATURES DONT HAVE RULERSHIP IN EQUESTRIA IS EQUESTRIAN MEANS TO DO WITH HORSES AND PONIES OBVIOUSLY AND THEY HAVE THEIR OWN KINGDOMS!!!
0 likesMoral of this video: R e v o l u t i o n
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"you cannot have a revolution without ammunition" - Fidel Castro in bo1 Five
0 likesWait wait wait is twilights cadence older SISTER NOW?!
0 likesBut they have their own kingdom
0 likesThe start is funny Hahaha 😝
0 likesDon’t listen to Sawtooth. Rumors are he is a changling
0 likesyoutube: sawtooth waves- Twilight is a DICTATOR; me: sleep can wait
15 likesHe's got my vote (don't worry on my real channel I'm part changeling to)
0 likesSawtooth: “well, how did you become a princess then?”
6 likesTwilight:.....
“rEd bUlL gIvEs YoU WinGsS”
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This is soo underated it's like almost the best comment on this vid!!
0 likes@_Jaanvi _ OMG! thank you so much 😊
0 likesAnd i don't think it matters to be an alicorn to rule equestria
0 likesHey last time in my dream I said to bring up the list apex was hunting kaiju and jaguars and she teleport it here and I found out it had his old builtin missles launcher in the torso
2 likesBut then again this is a cartoon I'm not much for politics that's why I watch cartoons to escape that kind of bullcrap
0 likesQueen twilight sparkle is beautiful 🤩
0 likesdemocracy ≠ voting
0 likesSawtooth: intro, me:HAHAHAHA!
0 likes"Sawtooth Waves, definitely an earth pony"
5 likes"..."
By this logic twilight is basically hitler minus the evil
1 likeMy teacher: How did you become Soluna and marcom's daughter??
0 likesMe: 0:15
My teacher: 0:31
It's easy to understand. Equestria is under the war. Count number of villains who tried to take control over the land and ponies during few years. Thats why the leader of Equestria is always the most powerfull pony of them all. She can be a bad ruler but she have to be powerfull enough to protect her subjects. Twilight was learning how to protect Equestria for 9 seasons and she was learning how to rule it only for 1 last season, maybe some more (1.5 seasons). So, yes, she is a dictator but it is a need of the land. That's why nobody wants to start elections there. There are not so many unicorns to elect xD
0 likesIt would be chaos doing that plus if there ever was a bad leader it most likely the citizens would fight back especially dragons
0 likesWho clicked really fast??💜💜
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Me
0 likesMe
0 likesMeh :D
0 likesMe
0 likesMe
0 likesRight as I woke up
0 likesXxSkyler_ MidnightxX me
0 likesMe. 😂😂
0 likes1:34 ...But did star swirl know that Luna and calestea where fit to rule and didn't Celestea know twilight was fit to rule... But that don't explain Sombra... So your ok you win :/
0 likesIs sawtooth a Earth pony or a Pegasus or unicorn
0 likesi think that equsria might be to big for votes they dont have any tech eather it wouuld be to hard to count
0 likesDOWN WITH THE GOVERMENT
0 likesChangeling already rule us!
0 likes1:57 - oh
1 like2:02 - oh
2:04 - OH COME ON
WELL NOT ALL ALICORNS CAN BE TRUSTED!
You should make a video about earth pony magic
0 likesWhat's next? Changelings should rule Equestria because they can represent all living things?
0 likesYou left out the “Bloody Peasant!” Line in your opening parody.
16 likes“Bc that’s not guaranteed for the future”
0 likesMe: is that g5 foreshadowing?
‘O’
Twilight Sparkle Should Wear A Swimsuit In The Castle Throne Room
0 likesHow did Celestia and Luna get there wings
0 likesAmagine the heaven discord could rule if he was the leader of equestria
0 likesWell sure the other pony or creature can vote who would be there Princess or Prince but isn't that suppose to be the responsibility of the former ruler (Princess Twilight). Princess Celestia and Luna past the responsibility to Princess Twilight and so on so fort.
0 likesPrincess Celestia and Princess Luna became the Princesses of the Sun and Moon not because they were the chosen one or because of there name relate to the Sun and Moon but "more like they were destine by it" I don't really know why but may point is isn't that the responsibility of the former ruler to past the responsibility to protect there
" Kingdom" .
Hope it make sense
I vote for sawtooth wavs
1 likeR u also saying that in the other parts of equestria for example the dragon land ponies gets to rule too? I think alicorns are more suitable for ruling its like real life the Philippines President is a filipino .. Elections is also a problem just like what happened in canterlot high.. That's just what I think or just make a council
0 likesIf you watch 0:00 - 1:08 in subtitles it makes no sense XD
0 likesHelp, Help I’m being oppressed! That got me 😂
3 likesThis entire video is one big Monty python reference.
0 likesI have been living undercover as a unreformed changeling
0 likesWhat even happened to the rest of the species of mlp from G4 like changelings, sea ponies n all that, like where are they??
0 likesWell it used to be
0 likes4:11
11 likes"Definitely an earth pony"
sawtooth: Nervous sweating
Sounds like the British monarchy. No term limits, no voting, all final say goes to leader.
0 likesIf they had a voting system it could lead to someone who seems nice is actually mean gets elected, and just because cozy glow was a alicorn doesn’t mean she was a ruler. Also there are other kingdoms, am I wrong? The other creatures chose to live where pony’s are. A alicorn ruler is fit if they became a alicorn because they earned it, Twilight has defeated many bad guys with her friends. She was also the element of magic making her powerful, so she was trustworthy, powerful, knew how to defeat bad guys and also where linked to the elements which can take down pretty much any villain. Which is a good candidate for the next ruler, so each ruler chooses a new ruler. Now one day a ruler might choose someone who isn’t a pony.
0 likesI don't like how alicorn's age different. Twilight looks younger than her friends.
0 likesIt’s absolute monarchy
0 likesHis eyes the whole time 👁👅👁
0 likesI remmber that the past ruler of equastria chose twilight as ruler
0 likesA dictatorship is only bad if the dictator is bad,,,cannon Twilight wou;d probably be fine with elections but would YOU want to give Nerosis in a fur coat any reason to worry that she could be replaced? not me.
0 likesshe's the type that would do her job too well if her performance was ever called into question and that may actually be more dangerous than anything an evil ruler would do
4:11 😂
0 likesThe opening is amazing
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I know right
1 likeHey I was gonna say that
0 likesThe unicorn was voted for xD
1 likeDo you guys think the ponies in this show are slightly hairy like real life horses are do you think they're just really smooth like rubber, also do you think Pegasus wings feathery or are they also just really smooth?
0 likesYou should've used A.15
0 likesI’d vote for you. 😋🗳
0 likesME: I knew twilight was a dictator
5 likesME ten seconds later: what's a dictator
sawtooth waves for prince 2022
0 likesI would vote for sawtooth
0 likeswon't ever see my comment but, The other creatures have their own rulers, Changelings have Thorax, Sea ponies/hippogryphs have queen Novo. The dragons have Ember etc. Only the giffens don't have a ruler.
0 likesStarlight the monster unicorn.
1 likeI truly agree like think about it changelings have magic that horn things Plus they can fly so alicorn arent realy special
5 likesI'm going to vote for twilight sparkle
0 likesyour highness king sawtooth of the hive. The changeling ruler.
0 likesThe Monty python and the holy grail parody😭
0 likesWhat’s a dictator?
0 likes“Help! Help! I’m being repressed!”🤣
4 likesI vote for twilight
0 likesHow did YOU DO THAT
0 likesyea..... no every creature has its own leader so i think your wrong like amber or thorax for example
0 likesI will pick Twilight and for the little one spike because Spike is Twilight friends
0 likesWho else doesn’t like how twilight is like 7 feet taller than the other 5 😒😒
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She’s an alicorn
19 likesOh I didn’t know that
2 likesYea me neither , and i dont like the way twilight hair just float like that either
7 likesMe lol
0 likesSHES THE RULER OF EQUESTRIA LOOK AT CELESTIA AGE DOESNT MATTER!!!
1 likeIt's an effect on EVERY alicorn. Shining Armor looks like a regular colt just like the others 5 being regular ponies compared to Twilight and Cadence.
5 likesRandom Wof things all this hatred of twilight having a princess appearance
6 likesDamn guys! She’s a PRINCESS and if she became the successor of Celestia why wouldn’t she have the look of a ruler princess?
I’m not trying to hate or anything but by my point of view is more then legit for her to look more like a grown up, and as a alicorn, not by an already aged look like her friends, but with height and that floaty hair of her
So this is my opinion :^
Kinda creepy tbh
0 likesGlad Penguin Art
0 likesWell we know that fluttershy is a year older than pinkie pie, because she said so in an episode.
@Somnia true i love Twilight but from how the time has passed through their land ,she should be at Luna's height
0 likesArtle and firefrog I don’t think so... I mean, it seems much more time has passed until the time she’s the ruler of equestria than the time that took luna to her height in the “present” seasons... if I got it right the mane 6 are at least 18 in the first season when Luna transforms back from Nightmare moon (already higher than alicorn twilight back then) and to season 9 there are approximately 7 years I believe, while now, from the look of the mane 6 there have been something like 30/40 years so yeah, I think that twilight should be that height.
1 likeBut remember these are all suppositions considering there is nothing confirmed about the mane 6’s ages and the how many years each season corresponds to, and this is all my opinion about the topic. I believe it’s sorta this way, if you don’t, I won’t argue more about it.
Cadance is an alicorn though. She isn’t that tall. Neither is Luna either actually. (Not sure if being banished to the moon caused her not to be that tall or something.) Celestia’s the only princess that tall. I feel like maybe because Twilight was her successor or something like that. But that kinda seems stupid...
0 likesIdk
@Gigi luvs marie actually she is the youngest, at the beginning of the show i think she's 19. the others are older. did you know sunset shimmer was around 10 years older than twilight. and starlight is the oldest, i think she might be older than sunset. but apple jack is the oldest of the mane 6.
0 likes@Gigi luvs marie the only one we know for a fact is older than the rest is Fluttershy.
0 likes@shen Nope. Fluttershy is the oldest of the main 6. If you look in the episode that shows how they got their cutie mark, Fluttershy has the body type of an older kid pony.
0 likes@ᴀʀᴛʟᴇ might be cause shes the only ruler aside from Celestia and Luna before her.
0 likesWhy don't we divide Equestria to different pieces and let one creature rule one piece but leaders and subjects visit pones and others at canterlot once an onehundred moons?
0 likesA title that said sawtooth waves is a dictator
0 likesOh c,mon! I mean I really don’t want to be rude but twilight did So well on her tests-that she became a princess and make friends I did that and I’m not a princess well I kind of don’t wanna be a princess but still I don’t think that’s fair… that’s still a great video😁
0 likesTwilight will never do that
0 likesHey- I'd vote for Discord. A vote for Discord is a vote for Sassyshy.
32 likesThat's reason enough.
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I vote for princess Sunset Shimmer. Ah. No one cares ok.
0 likesI'd also vote for discord
0 likesI'd vote for Dazzle Glider. (Sorry for anyone who didn't get this. I am just going for a different pony.)
0 likesI’d vote Starlight
0 likesFlurry is a baby, she’s doesn’t count
1 likeWhy not just have a constitutional monarchy
0 likesDiscord would be a great ruler, what are you talking about? he has Fluttershy to keep him in check now.
0 likesIf there was a bad Alcorn ruler there are 2 possible options option 1 is that most likely there will not be a Alcorn that was they wouldn't get turned into one option 2 is the ponys could fight if there was bad Alcorn ruler
0 likesI mean if you think about it.A Changling is everyone in one sooo....
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KittyQueen * SAWTOOTH FOR PRESIDENT
7 likessadly his campaign says "totally an earth pony", and if he revealed that he's actually a changling then he would be exposed to the fact that he lied :/
2 likesSooo, Chrysalis should be the ruler? She's already a queen, and she's a changeling.
0 likesFerretzim 86 She’s evil no one would vote for her unless they took over again. (Which would be hard because she’s in a stone prison.)
1 likeThe changelings leadership is more likely "the stronger one is the alpha".
1 like"well at least alicorns cant be corrup-"
0 likesNightmare moon daybreaker and midnight sparkle:You underestimate my power
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Day breaker was in a dream and Midnight is human twilights evil version so just nightmare moon
0 likesI think discord should rule by himself
0 likesInteresting. I could see that as possible.
0 likesEquestria should not become democracy!!! Why you ask? Just look at our world
0 likes"Sawtooth Waves: Definitely an Earth Pony"
4 likesI vote for princess luna, because then and only then will the fun be doubled!
0 likesI choose Twilight Twilight is the best Pony I am passing Thailand is the best permanent she helps others her best friends are always precious white
0 likesWait but there are separate kingdoms and if you don't like the way the alicorn system goes then go elsewhere ig?
0 likesI think she wants you to Order some fast food
0 likesHelp in being Repressed 😂
0 likesMungogerrie? and no Griddlebone to be mentioned?
0 likesFuture: Heil Twilight!
0 likesbest community ever
0 likes0:00 - 1:05
10 likesAnd that my friends, is the result of Sawtooth in Quarantine.
Only ponies can rule may not be the right word. Maybe it should be said: That only ponies can rule Equestria, I mean it was the ponies that founded Equestria from the begining. And if you ask me, Cozy Glow Completely different kind of alicorn than Twilight. Same thing with FlurryHert. But the pony whale thing sounds really good now then I think about it…
0 likesCouldn't flury heart be an exception she is a baby after all
0 likesIdk if that's a good idea, have you seen what happened this last year in America's political system?
0 likesThorax is kinda good they can change forms.
0 likesyeahhh, but all the different species have their own rulers back in their own homes
0 likesI’m sorry but Twilight is of mine favorite characters
0 likesBruh Why do you need to be an earth pony if you’re trying to you know show that all creatures can be leaders
1 likeI HAVE THE CELESTIA TOY FROM THE INTRO WHEN I WAS SMALL！！！！
0 likes"I AM YOUR PRINCESS"
30 likesbut i didn't vote for you?
LMAO
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I mean you don't vote in monarchy XD and even with votes if a person says "I didn't vote for you though" You still rule over them if you won XD
0 likes@Mx. Phoenix Boi you missed the joke
0 likesbut what if they get forced to vote the person ey
0 likesAnd nobody asked the question What if Midnight Sparkle vs Twilight Sparkle?
0 likeshahahahahaha That's so funny
0 likes… this is a universe where government is kinda likeeeeeeee monarchy? Or something. Yeah it is!
0 likesCelestia chose Twilight as the ruler and Celestia’s parents made Celestia the ruler. I think that’s how it worked.
Ofc Ik where you’re coming from but governing in Equestria doesn’t have to be the same as the real world. Plus I don’t think twilight is a dictator as she would let the council decide as they are all rulers of Equestria but Twilight was chosen as the head because she has that leadership role in the group. Even if she did have a different opinion than the rest she’d have a reason.
Hey why can't a pony from each tribe be in charge of ruling
0 likesWell if human beings have a democracy so why not ponies have a democracy I don't see the harm in it just make sure that the person that you are electing isn't a person who is a criminal
0 likesVote sawtooth 😂
0 likeswhy did twilight get crowned
0 likesi aint been here since season 7
Cozy glow actually became an alicorn, because she was a pegasus and she received magic from the bell. So she is no "real" alicorn, which means, that alicorns do have a good heart. And also Twilight is no dictator. She's a queen. That's a difference.
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Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm maybe
0 likesNot in my opinion
0 likesEven tho shes a dictator would she be bad as a ruler? (Didnt see the vid yet
0 likesI think it's stupid to think any specific government is inherently corrupt. Monarchies can be corrupt but democracies can be corrupt, too. Just because democracies have elected leaders, doesn't mean they have good leaders (*cough* U.S.A. *cough*). I'm not trying to defend monarchies, I'm just saying don't act like your so called "freedom of choice" is that much better. Someone much worse than Twilight could end up elected.
1 likeI THINK QUEEN AND KINGS AND ROYALS CAN'T USE VOTES
1 likeso you wanna bring politics into a kids show?
0 likesMonthy Python vibes
1 likeCan I just say one thing, voting for your leaders is not democracy despite popular to belief. Voting for your leaders is what type of government called a republic. Just look up the definitions and I promise you they are different republic is like the child of democracy
0 likesI voted you with a like :)
0 likesOnly unicorns and alicorns can be the Princess because of rising the sun and moon
0 likesLiterally the second this started I thought, "This is gonna be good"
7 likesWith that music, how can it not?
EDIT: I was right
I just want to say that the blast that shent twillte to that place is shaped like her cutie mark
0 likesand the peaple that where by twilltes side at her corinten look like fluttershy alot there is so
Much to to notice now that I look back at all those seasons m l p will always be my forvrite
I love the opportunity to wach win I can and I hope they make a season 10 so we can no more
I hope it never stops it is sad that the seasons stopped because we'll there is more we need to
No but there are other seasons that we can wach and maby we can see more the we did before
Not to Mention she never got a Choice
0 likesIsn’t equestria a monarchy so they don’t get a choice?
0 likesI actually think there should be a voting but a council of creatures each representing each speech sees that is living underneath Equestria because if you think of biswaye Kingdom that's been ruled under monarchs compared to our societies voting system today under presidents and Meyers the kingdom will fall because there will be a riot after a few years but if it was ruled by a queen or princess or Prince or King I think I lost them to a better Kingdom back-on hoof the creature Council there's a friendship Council yes but what about Council full of creatures of Equestria that are sentient enough to represent their species kind of like how Canada did it you know there is eight representative from each province and territory maybe that will help the perspective towards the creatures a little more
0 likesyou: exists
18 likestwilight: ima end this mans whole carreer
For King and Country!
0 likesi mean nobody could represent all species but a changling...
0 likesi agree with you good idea
0 likesCan you do a video of applejack' family members
0 likesI just wanna understand why your brain is so powerful. How do you come up with these genius theories?
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ingenious
0 likesHelp help! I’m being repressed! WITH HOURSE THEORIES
0 likesSawtooth:alicorns can’t be corrupt-
0 likesMeanwhile daybreak and nightmare moon:HELLO YOU…OH OK LETS DO IT YEAH YOU HEARD ME CMON LETS GO heh that’s what I thought
Hoi4 Equestria at war mod: hold my cider
0 likes0:29 your not a princes where is the earth pony magic?
0 likesSawtooth, you still haven’t done the Q+A you promised 4 years ago.
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Lol what video was it
0 likesalex the wolf pup he made a vid: ‘Ask me tings!’ Or something like that: https://youtu.be/aIw_B3oVUqg
0 likesJust like Magpiepony
0 likes😂😂🤣
0 likesTrue
0 likesI just realized MLP supports divine right
0 likesomg the subtitles of this video
1 likewho remembers the broney notion?
0 likesi think that there should be king discord and queen fluttershy.
0 likesThe show: “you need six or more friends”
3 likesMe: “has a group of 3 friends”
Me: welp I’m doomed.
Twilight Is The SENATE
1 likeWe can vote for Equestria Rohde Island and Warwick
0 likeshahaha monty python reference
0 likesUnfortunately with voting there is vote fraud, vote rigging, general mental, physical and emotional violence (apologies if this one applies to you) and other things that make voting just as likely to produce a dictator as one type of species ruling, what there could be however is a council, a specified amount of seats for each species and they can all decide on things a single ruler would. Apologies if I offended anyone, I don't know politics and just know this was not ment to be an attack on anyone.
0 likesMe:*Facepalms*
268 likesShe is the Ruler of EQUESTRIA not the entire world.
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69 likes,,
2 likes@idot 70
2 likesJared Cooper
0 likes80
you don't have to own the world to be a dictator
16 likesWith the puppets on the non pony kingdoms. I would say she controls the world.
1 like@Morgan Pauls Red leader/Tord: You sure about that?
1 like@Jared Cooper 168
0 likesI think the final episode made it clear that equestria is a very diverse nation now. after all, we very clearly saw the shots of all the different species just sort of hanging out. the friendship school was the gateway to cultural intermingling, and for the first time non-ponies lived in equestria. that trend is not gonna change any time soon, and considering how the history of this kind of subject tends to work, the land of equestra is only going to grow more and more diverse.
7 likesif i’m being honest, implying that other creatures can’t have say in equestria because their native land is somewhere else can be comprable to real-life discrimination, like that in the united states. i hope we can all agree that ethnic minorities in america should have fair vote and representation in government; shouldn’t it be the same for equestria?
@durdleduc did u just give us a whole lecture
0 likes@•AnimeWeeb• it’s two paragraphs but ok
1 like@Amber Kantola 232
0 likesYour meeting with twilight Sparkle it’s so funny
0 likesSo are you offending me now
2 likes„Yeah voting for ruler is good idea”
0 likesand now i think about our goverment that says how great it will be, dumb people falling for it and now our state economy is falling apart
Heyy, Monty Python’s Holy Grail (theme?)! Hello possible Holy Grail fan and MLP fan!
0 likesThat is what a monarchy is though. A dictator. Doesn’t have to be a bad thing. The problem with your argument that Celestia passing power onto Twilight doesn’t mean anything is that relies on Celestia not having any authority on picking a leader in her place. Twilight is a princess by Celestia’s authority. And here’s the thing, they may not have voted for Twilight specifically but if the kingdom originally voted for a Monarchy then they voted to be ruled by princesses. This also means anyone joining Equestria is agreeing to be ruled by princesses and all that entails
0 likesYou should look at the My Little pony my dear Luna song it will see there's a black shadow that there will be with Luna in the beginning and the end
0 likesUmm dragon lands aren't a part of equestria?
0 likesI vote sombra. audiable hitting with a frying pan noise
0 likesEvery time I hear "Sawtooth Waves" I'm like "I don't know you anymore"
13 likesXD
what do u mean by twillight is a dictator she has the right to rule equestria.she expand the magic of friendship in whole equestria and has defeated many villian so no one is more capable of rulling equestria than twillight
0 likesNOoooooooo! no votes
0 likesI like just the way it is.
Lol I like the start its funny not going to lie
0 likesMakes sense and funny parody
0 likesHeLp HeLp Im BeInG rEpReSsEd
14 likesthis goes with people too you know have u seen a princess in the human world we have seen tons TONS I TELL YOU!
0 likes4:14 got ma vote😉✌
0 likesGreatest vid ever😍😍😍😍😍😍😍🤗😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍💅👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍💅🖒🖒🖒🖒🖒🖒🖒🖒🖒🖒💘❤❤❤❤❤❤
0 likeswe are in the pony kingdom, like in usa only a person who’s born in america can be the president
0 likes“At least alicorns can’t be cur-“
0 likesNightmare moon: https://youtu.be/3Njvr6-OVao
I read DISTRACTOR
1 likeWhat's wrong with me?
Sawtooth equestria netheir imbrease democratization captilasion socilasion or communism their basically no type of ideology in equestria in the first place (expect the democratic voting in CMC's school but still)I did some analysis of equestria government and realize that equestria dosen't even have a government in the first place
0 likesHear me out hear me out
1 likeYak Alicorn
Love ur vids!!!
3 likesI've done the vote thing at school 🎒
0 likesBut maybe yes please make more videos
0 likesTwilight became a princess because she inspired the peoples , celestial said that a true princess in any world leads not other forcing other to bow before her but by inspiring other to stand with her.
0 likesThat's true but If people ruled equestria by being elected wont some villians just pretend to be good etc use a different form and maby acctuley win, That would not go so well for equestria now would it.
0 likesIn one of you videos " who is the pony of Shadows" well in castle mane-ia
32 likesApplejack: when I was just a filly grany said when night mare moon was banished not every last bit of her was gone and it took the form of the pony of Shadows
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And wasnt the pony of shadows the one who the pillars fought-
3 likesMakes you wonder what corrupted Luna to create a new entity with Stygian.
0 likesThis might just be, me but I think you kind of missed the opportunity by having yourself voice Twilight in that parody, couldn't you have gotten someone else to play her or something? Because I honestly don't think your voice works for her. No offense, I just wish it was better.
0 likesi vote sawthooth all hall prince sawthooth !!!!!!! i want that to be a thing
0 likesi wonder where is the changelings,grifon,yacks,dragons,and discrod in gen 5
0 likesActually twilight is only the kingdom of ponies rulers in a Comic spike and celstia Go on a journey and celstia tell spike he doesn't have to call her a Princess bescude he a dragon and she only a ruler of poines
0 likes“I am your princess”
11 likesMe: that still doesn’t give you a reason to make me not yeet you into a the sun
4:03 every sub to sawtooth is a vote for him thats why i unsubed and resubed
0 likesNo
0 likesBecause then twilight flowing mane will be useless
I don't think herd animals like horses would be very good at elections. Remember when everyone was freaking out and collapsing because of a rabbit stampede? And Starlight Glimmer was easily able to start a cult and get random ponies to give up their cutie marks. I could see a pre-redeemed version of her, or worse, the EEA Chancellor getting elected on promises they knew they couldn't fulfill, only to cause divisions between pony races once elected by blaming the earth ponies or pegasi for their shortcomings.
0 likesAnd when you're siblings will be born they will have wings and that is so bad
0 likesOMG.. IM SUPER EARLY. 43 SECONDS AGO? 5 LIKES? MY LIFE IS COMPLETE- hAHa-
38 likesWhy do I think that the current system is perfect? Because if any body else was to rule equestria somebody like rosy could manipulate the ponys to vote for for them and that would be a problem 😅 and about other creatures have their own kingdom so it is best for a Alicorn to rule because Equestria because it is the land of ponys. Well it still would be a great idea to vote among the Alicorns so they could decide which Alicorn is the best suited to rule Equestria but still Alicorns can go currupt so I guess the main six will have to fix that problem 👐.
0 likesVOTE SAwTOOTH
0 likesMe:*votes*
I dont like twilight from the first season.
0 likesGo the way of Poland Lithuania and have the monarch become elected! By who can be questioned.
0 likesWar? "naah"
12 likesSUPRISE FREEDOM? "heck YEAH"
Yeah well at least she's not an evil dictator Wright?
0 likesI don't mind one bit actully shes my fav of the 6 so i don't care its how it works thare and always will be and thats that
1 likeTHY SHALL ARM THE HOLY HOOF GRENADE...
0 likesBro i think they get to rule because of there power, if their are powerfull then they can protect equestria
0 likesAt least all alicorns aren't stupi-
3 likesoop-
Nevermind
Since it’s already finished in my time
0 likesHeeeey. Isn't it a theoretical king Sombra motivation?
0 likeswhat's a dictator
0 likesOMG XDDDD THE INTRO
0 likesWhat about a Constitutional Monarchy with a Parliamentary Democracy? Royal family as final say in military matters, tiebreakers, and as diplomats. Parliament as law makers and vote on war declarations. House of Lords being the lower royalty and non-elected leaders from the other lands under rule (Crystal Empire, griffon lands, Dragons ect) with a House of Commons being elected reps from the same lands or cities. Basically a system similar to the UK government but with larger voting blocks like the US.
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You should write a story that takes place in a world with a government like that
0 likesA princess is choosen when they protect and show that there ment to be
0 likesnot just cause of the wings and a horn (ง •_•)ง And because you dont vote for princess
0:36 Putin: I don't think so!
0 likesYour great at acting ‘-‘
0 likesThe start is so monty python lol
0 likes“Of course maybe Discord... but you can see why that’s a bad idea”
37 likes#discordfordictator2020 😌
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Its like hitler but with magic powers and caos
0 likesChangelings can rule because they can change to represent the entire population
0 likesHe's a changeling
0 likesVote for sawtooth!!!!!!!
0 likesMonthy Python vibes
0 likes'COME AND SEE THE VIOLENCE INHERENT IN THE SYSYTEM!'
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Sssss okss
0 likesIsn't alicorns becoming rulers just a hand me down queen. Like weren't the royal sisters elected? So it would be a hand me down.
0 likesnever really liked twilight eh my opinion.
0 likesThey should be constitutional monarchy with parliament and a princess so basically some what like UK 🇬🇧 so like it would have a elected creature are prime minister and a princess
1 likeIsn’t it more like Monarchy bc the King of one can decide who rules next but it’s most likely to be the own kids and there is not voting or agreeing from the people who live there, the child of a monarchy king gets crowned and is the leader
0 likesBut I thougt that all kingdoms have there only ruler in there Land, like Thorex or Queen Novu (I mean the leader of the Hipogriffs)
11 likes(sorry my englisch is bad I know😅)
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Yeah the only kingdom that doesn't have some kind of monarchy are the Griffins, and that's because their monarchy collapsed.
1 likeWhats a dictator ???
0 likesSay me if you knew this before when did darlings The dragons had the necklaces but the necklaces was made the magic inside them to make the dragons how is that possible XD?
0 likesI do not think that someone that is not a pony should be able to rule over PONY land.
0 likesUs changelings dont believe in the princesses of equestria
0 likesI think Equestria should become a democratic country. We all know that Equestria is a country in which monarches exist. It is an autocracy. However, there are many benefits if Equestria adopt democracy. First of all, ponies can earn more rights. The basic meaning of democracy is that 'All citizen's rights should be ensured'. And if the princesses decide to make Equestria democratic, from that day on, every pony's rights cannot be disturbed. Second, if the ruler doesn't do a good job, the citizens can vote to take down the current ruler. I won't need any explanation for that. Third, the good rulers can pay more attention to the citizens. If democracy is chosen, the rulers should pay more attention to the citizens since democracy is a national policy for the citizens. Of course democracy has its drawbacks. For instance, the rulers need to give up their authority. Giving up authority is a hard thing to do. Also, the citizens could vote a wrong leader. Let's say that the ponies voted for their new leader. However, the new ruler can be a tyrannical ruler. But still, I think Equestria has possibility to adopt democracy. At least Equestria is 2% democracy, and 98% autocracy. If it was 100% democracy, the CMC's school won't need to vote.
0 likesAnd I have some questions. What about the villains who want to rule Equestria? Will they adopt democracy? Do they care about the citizens? I mean, do they even know what is democracy? What is your opinion? Here are the list of the villains I am talking about.
Nightmare Moon, Unreformed Discord, King Sombra, Queen Chrysalis, Tirek, Cozy Glow, Daybreaker, Grogar, The Dazzlings
And lastly, will Flurry Heart be a good ruler? If yes, why? If not, why not?
They stoped at season 9 we get to look at the comics now mabee there will be somthing similar to how the ponie tribes got along I meen twilit rules all of equestria so all we have to do is well remember when she started her school she made other creachers aloud in so now that she rules all equestria I see no problem with her giving other creachers the crown
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And ponies elect school president because they have to be trusted with the job and be voted out incase same for mare but the ruler of all equestria well we don’t know if we can trust the ponies or other creachers I mean griffins ya they might be a little aggressive
0 likesHere are my thoughts. 🤯
0 likesIn my opinion, Flurry Heart will become the next ruler of Equestria because
7 likessHe hAs a pictUre oF hErseLf aT onE oF thE gLass winDows whicH MeanS shE did somEthiNg iMportAnT or something
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Actually, I think that the stain glass window picture of Flurry Heart is to predict the future of Flurry Heart because she is currently a baby.
1 likeI don’t like where the title is going...
52 likesU do know royals don’t get voted lol 😂
0 likesI have a better idea people could vote who they want but instead of just one ruler there would be a council of each different creatures so that every creature got a say in it
0 likesAnd twilights friends and twighlight rule together but twighlights friend weren't alicorns
0 likes1:08 and the before is funny🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
0 likesHey sawtooth waves I have a 2 theory's that the sonic rainboom was created when nightmare moon was banished because a rainbow beam like the sonic rainboom came second can a cutie mark be gone for not doing the thing they were supposed to do.
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But it was thousand years before rainboom and also when celestia banished luna it was night
0 likesIf this was true, why didn’t Sunset lose her cutie mark in the human world? She can’t..couldn’t use magic in the human world but whenever she travelled back to Equestria, he cutie mark was still intacted
1 like@Esencja Sarkazmu you have a good point but you know that story about the pony of shadows Granny Smith said she must have been up you know she does say timber wolves in the middle of the night LOL
0 likesThis is so true 😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀
0 likesYou mean, Detective
1 likeHaha the benguining you and twilight fighting
0 likesThere are Pegasus’s who ruled Equestria in g5 not just alicorms
0 likesthe Brony nation uploaded call the cops
6 likesWait...
King Sombra took over the crystal empire, he wasn’t the monarch at least not that we know of, I could be wrong
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Yeah but I agree altho they all have different kingdoms like dragon lands, griffonstone, etc so for Equestria, the ruler should be a pony
1 likeIt’s the land of pony’s tho-
0 likesOkay so my personal opinion is that Alicorns should be in charge of the PONIES of equestria while other kingdoms that are different species are ruled by their leaders. Idk much about politics so I honestly hate that this becomes a problem with the world.
0 likesQueens, kings and prinsesses usually dont get chosen by popular vote
0 likesOH MY GOD
6 likesBut true
Edit: i luv the start
Chrysalis should be queen of equestria i think
1 likeBut like, Equestria is the pOnY place and other creatures have their own lands and leaders, I think
0 likeswhat does dictator mean?
0 likesTwilight doesn't rule alone her friends are her council from what was explained in the series finale.
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Janelle Northcut how long will it last ? 80 years, but after that, there will be no council left
0 likesher friends will die
0 likesyou could try making my little pony animations
0 likesSawtooth waves you’re a post to be a changeling?
0 likesAlicorns are from the royal family like Celestia and Luna and twilight was geneas in freindship majice and perfect for the pincess of freindship and Celestia and Luna were retired so she is the only dictator of equestria Silly
0 likesU are a great Mentor.
0 likes3:29 - "No tyran can stay in charge if the people have power to votew them out"
5 likeslaughs in russian
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Belarusian*
0 likeslaughs in polish (we even had a chance to get better president but people chose him again)
0 likes@Strange Girl Я,которая хотела как нибудь переехать в Польшу * не понял🗿*
0 likesI disagree with you ok this is a ridiculous theory
0 likesi dont want democracy
0 likesHmmmm if we vote governments we should vote who gets to be the ruler of England and not have the the oldest son (or daughter if the family has no sons)
0 likesNo she's not, she's a monarch. Those are different things. The line between the two gets a little blured when it comes to absolute monarchies, but Equestria isn't an absolute monarchy. It's just not, the crown doesn't have absolute unchecked authority, this is evident by Celstia saying she can't overrule the EEA. Furthermore, in A Royal Problem they say Celstia and Luna had to meet with some delegates, giving the implication that there is some kind of elected federal government in Equestria.
0 likesWith what little glimpses we got into the political system of Equestria it's clear that they're constitutional monarchy like the UK. If you wouldn't call the King of England a dictator, you shouldn't call Twilight one either.
I’m disappointed that nobody in the comments is mentioning the Monty Python reference at the beginning.
5 likesI just had a thought that is terrible but i kinda of want to see I know popular vote isn't the same as best pony but can you imagine how crazy and chaotic that would get if best pony poles=the leader.
0 likesThe only reason twilight became Princess is bc luna and her sis told her she was gonna be no matter what they didnt need to vote
0 likes2:53 : Racist Barn! Racist Barn! 1! 2! 3! 4!
0 likesNah more fun this way
1 likeI’m gonna pretend I’m early
12 likesThis would be very beneficial but… it could be bad some people might not be up to this therefore a riot might start and other types of problems
0 likeswhat the hell is going on here 🤣🤣🤣
0 likes1:32 I'm you said great job and then put good job on the screen.
0 likesI mean.... Hitler was voted in. Need I say more?
0 likesFirstly, the other creatures have other kingdoms, equestria is the land/kingdom for ponys, right? There is Dragon Lord Ember and Celestia is still ruling
7 likesedit: just my oppinion, and sorry if my english is not the best
You really don't vote for princesses.
0 likes𝙸𝚝𝚜 𝚊 𝚔𝚒𝚍 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚠 ❤︎😹😭😂
0 likesMy little pony:
0 likesNobody:
New Episodes:
Translated Start in A translator:
the one fly in my ear when I try to sleep:
AA AAA AAA AAAA AAAAA AA A A A AA AAAAAA A. AAAAA AAAAA AAAAAAA AAAAAA AAAA
Rip sawtooth lul
0 likesThen this would not be a kids show anymore
3 likesi mean if discord reproduced and had a good child.........
0 likes......your lucky discord didn't hear you saying he'd make a bad leader.....
0 likeslol I fell off my chair :P
0 likesBut i Twilight isn't ruling all of equestria she is only ruling the ponies the other creatures are ruled by their respective leaders like the dragons having there own ruler and the changeling having there own leader and etc
0 likesWait....hmm...what happens if alicorns go extinct
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Um. THE BRONIES/PEGASISTERS BECOME THE RULERS! Jk. 😁
2 likesNo pony should be in charge, because no one be all creatures, except for Discord. So, he should in charge.
0 likesI am NOT a dictator!!!
0 likesYeah, it should, and I'm Lani Tucker's daughter, Rosalind.
0 likesWas that a monty python joke?
0 likesHOW DARE YOU >:(
0 likesI always knew she was a dictator 😤😤😤😤
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Because She is a Authoritarian! And I have the proof!!!!! :)
1 like1. https://youtu.be/u8sNt10Zs-s
2. https://youtu.be/cu95VByJoGg
3. https://youtu.be/q079rIJVwgY
4. https://youtu.be/FzpO41GWR6g
5. https://youtu.be/yKOQNEGw9qU
6. https://youtu.be/VgBKPs54LPs
😂
1 likeI personally prefer monarchy over voting.
0 likes"yeah, let's all vote for our next ruler"
5 likes"oh no, our candidate is trump"
yeah, sounds like a deal
besides, don't forget that each nation has their OWN ruler (changelings, griffins, dragons, etc) that work together with the ruler of the ponies, which happens to be an alicorn
Twilight sparkle is supposed to be the princess
0 likesTwilight + hilter = Twiter
0 likesWhy do you keep making every pony look bad and be bad I swear no hate And twilite created almost a full spell and she saved equestria a million times
0 likesThe Thing is This is a Monarchy, Not a Democracy, Twilight Inherited the Wings because She was The Most Trusted Student, Kinda Like the United Kingdom where The Heir must be Trusted by The Previous Monarch, That's How Monarchies Work, Sawtooth, Hope You Learned Something Today
0 likesVote for Sawtooth
0 likesTurns on captions
0 likesCaptions: were prince prince sprint Married when you--
Turns off captions
Me: YouTube WHY-
HELP HELP IM BEING REPRESSED
0 likesNo she isn’t. The Last Problem and most of Season 9 wasn’t canon.
0 likesCould You tell us,we’re is Luna and Celestia Are Going In season 9???
5 likesTwilight always has been my less favorite of everyone basically, literally i preffer the Royal Sisters, Shining Armor, The Mane 5(im saying 5 bc Twilight its excluded this time), The Pillars, Zecora, The CMC, Big Macintosh, Starlight, Candace, literally i think almost the half of the characters in the series are more interesting and easier to sympathize than Twilight she is just boring and lame.
0 likesthey should not be democracy there will be a lot of fight who will rule
0 likes....Alicorn has all strength of all ponys pegasous and also all Exept for other creatures actully it is true but only an Alicorn who has an good heart always win! What do you think all u see is good always win But what abt u Good or evil?
0 likesThe problem with voting for a ruler is how do I explain this: Trump, and other bad presidents. But I agree with u.
0 likes1:03 ah yes,
3 likesM E M E S
ONLY WATCH THIS PART 0:00
0 likeswhats the name of the painting at 1:27?
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Idk
0 likesmy vote goes to rain bow dash
0 likesIs nobody gunna talk about the Monty python music in the back
0 likes2:36 wait wait waaaaaaait are you saying that discord should rule? 3:02 called it?
0 likesMy little pony is dangerous it makes turn in to a unicorn 🦄
0 likesPrincess twlite is a very good and very great
0 likesMeh I don't agree but I respect your opinion.
1 likeSawtooth fluttershy and discord are together it in it at the end of the friendship pony’s they are together so you know how long me and my sister have bin shipping them for years
12 likesvery good
0 likesNightmare Moon: Umm hello
0 likesWho rises the sun and moon now
0 likesAnyone wanna tell me what dictator mean?👁👄👁
0 likesYoutube, why is there 30 views, 105 like, and 1 dislike? (Also whose the person who disliked the video?)
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now its 114
0 likeswhat does your cutie mark mean?
0 likesVote for sawtooth
0 likesim sorry but "you dont vote for princess's!"
0 likesBut wat if we all know there's a lot of villian's in mlp and I'm sure in the future there's a lot to be viilians too and we all know villian's cheat and unloyal so maybe they will force other lots of pony to force fully vote for them that gotta be a points for villians also cuz like the-its only the school for filly's and mayor so not really villian's are interested but we're talking about the RULER OF AQUESTRIA it's in the sake of AQUESTRIA so lots of villian's will be a attracted or some will spread romurs about that nice competitive yea and the bad ones will win and sad sad sad for aquestria,so for me I disagree
0 likesI was thinging this the whole time i was watching
5 likesDO yOu Get doUbLe winGs iF yoU sTartEd ouT wiTh winGs
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Cadence was a pegasus according to the books and gained a horn
0 likesShe is not dictator because she is not republic she is principality or kingdom
0 likesThr best intro
0 likesTwilight = big Cozy Glow
0 likesThis message is sponsored by alicorns all over: dont do dis
0 likesTwilight: shut up won’t you shut up
5 likesThe brony notion: VIolENt
about the current rulership the coruption problem gets fixed if you think that the current alicprn whoud statue the corapt one
0 likeswhy were you not a alicorn
0 likesand Queen chrysalis was defeated so you can also become a beautiful changeling
what does corrupt mean?
0 likesWhen u said that twilight is a FAKE princess 👸 then why is her mane flying???
0 likesOMG IM EARLY I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS TOO
4 likesFLURRY HART IS INTELLIGENT IF YOU HERED CELESTIA
0 likesWell, this would explain g5.
0 likesbut this is f i c t o n
0 likesHow about king Sombra
0 likesWAHAHAHAH MEEE WHEN HE POSTSSSSS
3 likesI see what your talking about but the current ruler or rulers diside who is next in line so the way I see it there won't be a bad ruler
0 likesI vote for you
0 likesOh, boi! It's actually explain the g5!
0 likesI will vote for you
0 likes:D
7 likesSaw toot stop angering twi twi.
1 likeI vote for you
0 likesIt should be a democracy so I can take over
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Hahahahaha i will realest my queen ( and the rest do I have to chrysalis )
0 likesWell…Simple fix. Eldrich horror as king.
0 likesYeah that’s good and all but I don’t think they have any rights.
0 likesMy Britain 🇬🇧side Me:What Royal trouble did ye Master Sawtooth waves get him into now,Precisely? I saw ye Master's Whole Argument with ye Princess of Teamwork. But ye cannot Protest Against this Hypothesis of ye thought. But what did ye get to get thrown off what sort of Deck.
1 likeYe Master Sawtooth waves:A vote for ye Master Sawtooth waves is a Vote for ye Progress.
Me Britain Part 🇬🇧 Me:A Vote for ye Master Bullet Impostor is a change of Equality in Among us
Read ye Master's Re-Languaged theories In me replies and No other Master Reply or that sort of progress is done for it
Because I like your question as it is
0 likesBadshah I will put the volume for Twilight sparkle
0 likesSawtooth Waves: "now equestria is ruled by alicorns which we all know can never go corrupt.oh"
3 likesMlp Fans: Everyone knows that any creature in Mlp can go corrupt. What you talking 'bout "they can't go corrupt?
Sorry just thought I should say that so this does not happen again.
Based sawtooth
0 likesMonty Python reference MONTY PYTHON REFRENCE
0 likesSomeone plz tell me wut a dictator is
0 likesPlz
You know what king Discord
0 likes5th like. I’ve never been this early before. Also amazing video
10 likesWhat about cozy glow? she if she keeps up the act she would have been voted and then you know what will happen
0 likesNo I'm not a ditector
0 likesPlot twists: cadence is dead
0 likesi love luna
0 likes😐
4 likesQueen twilight done
0 likesFlash warning
0 likesbehind the stachu was twilte so it's not the real twilte intresting
1 likeSoo what if twilight became teivine or all Princesss turn evil thenn???
0 likesW.......wh......what
3 likesOk, but who is pony hit*er?
0 likes#COZYGLOWDIDNOTHINGWRONG
0 likesKing Dashie Queen Fluttershy
0 likesIntro lol
0 likesWho is the pony at 2:02
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Cozy Glow
1 likeI vote saw for equestrian President.
0 likesare they monarch or democracy thats the only it could be Monarch cause kings queens princesses yeah yeah
0 likesI know you like the earth pony life but... you need to embrace yourself! show your true form!
0 likesPlz
The subtitles are extremely wacky and have bothing to do with what he's saying 🤔
0 likesI'm early :0
4 likesMONTY PYTHON yay!
0 likesSawtooth IS A DICTATOR;-;
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See how harsh that was? ;-;
0 likesI can say I do not like that video. Actually, I like it it’s OK it’s just a listen. Flurry heart is a baby why are you are smart as a baby is and the evil pony cannot be bothered to remember her name euros evil magic to make yourself an à la corn, and Luna do not choose to become evil. She was possessed most likely yeah I’m pretty sure she was possessed. They all had no saying this this
0 likes☺️👍
0 likesAdolf Twitler
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Me : hail LORD twitler.
0 likeswait how can we become thta pony thing
0 likesY we gonna believe a changeling
0 likesI thought you were a changiling sorry cat spell
0 likesI’m sorry for you
0 likesWho also comment before watching the whole vid?
6 likesThat was different
0 likesTwilight Hitler, Haa haa. Nice to meet you...
0 likesTwilight Sparkles:
WOW
0 likesnot every thing has to be the same like- canterlot may not have the same voting but yea-
0 likes4 views...
24 likes24 likes...
5 comments?
MA! YOUTUBE’S DRUNK AGAIN
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Mine said it had no veiws 1 comment and 4 likes so I think YouTube is not only drunk but plastered
2 likes"No, thats wrong!"
2 likesOk now that I said the line from danganronpa, thats wrong because someone might have not seen the video till the end yet so it doesnt count as a view but they have liked/commented/done both.
1 likeSparkBow that’s true though.
1 like?
0 likesUGH TOUTUBE IS NOT DRUNK! I KNOW THERE IS 24 LIKES AND A LITTLE BIT OF COMMENTS, BUT THAT DOESEN'T MEAN YOUTUBE IS DRUNK BECAUSE SOMEONE PEOPLE DONT EVEN COMMENT AND JUST WATCH!!!!!!!!! NOT EVERYONE COMMENTS AND LIKES!!!! SONT BE DUMB AND STUPID!!!! ALSO SOME PEOPLE JUST DONT WATCH AND JUST LIKE THE VIDEO!!!
0 likesNo because maybe it's just going to get a bad photo
0 likes😆LOL 😂
0 likesum no they shouldn't do votes I think this is fine .
0 likesJust saying...not every dictator is bad
0 likesY'all can't be first 😂💁
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EXACTLY, the one who posts this is always first. UwU
3 likesTwi=Queen Elizabeth the 2
0 likesThis video is good it got me thinking🤔 but...who said I was thinking about how your right.Your thinking of this the wrong way.You think of it as:When you become an Alicorn you become a princess 👸 but we know this isn't true because when twilight became an Alicorn.Fluttershy said this quote."Twilight you look like a princess.👸 😸"You took this as "becoming an Alicorn means you are a princess".When actually Alicorn doesn't mean princess Princess means Alicorn.After Fluttershy said that, Princess Celestia said quote again along of quotes in this well anyways quote"Thats because she is."proving you do not need to be a princess to be an Alicorn".Princess Celestia had to tell them she would be a princess because that day Twilight fulfilled her dream but Twilight never dreamed of becoming a princess you might say you're right butt...she did dream of being just like Celestia and she knew becoming an Alicorn would be a huge part do she dream of doing just that she strived for it and trained for it and...fulfilled it.Did you ever call her Princess Cozy Glow when she absorbed a third of Grogar's magic and became an Alicorn.Then there's your second point that Alicorns arn't fit to represent all creatures as their ruler and your right but they are fit to represent the Equestrian inhabitants which are the only creatures they rule over.When they talk about creatures other than pony's they always say quote"Dragon lands",The Hive"or "Yakyakistan.Never Equestria.CASE CLOSED
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@Sawtooth Waves
1 like@Sawtooth Waves I don't want to seem cocky but I believe I bring up a good point in this comment
1 likeLol why u make twilighte evil XD
0 likesYES
0 likesNo views
35 likes10 likes
3 comments
Ok YouTube is drunk
P.S ♡I AM FIRST♡
ツ
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Funny story, none of you two are. And im not neither.
2 likes@vibrant_lights was the first
1 likeNo ur not I saw I comment 20 mins ago ur is 17 mins ago
0 likesNone cares if your early or not, just enjoy the video. (Not being rude, I just don’t like seeing people arguing over silly things).
1 likeWell I came when it was 15 seconds
0 likesThis is theocracy .. Dear Mr. pony. Not a dictatorship !
0 likesYou don't need to vote to be a don't need to vote to be a princess
0 likesMe:nvmmmmm my mistake-
0 likesYOU JUST DICTATED ME!!!
0 likesYOU HATE EQUESTRIA!!!!!!
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YOU HATE EQUESTRIA!!!!!!!
0 likesYOU LIKE THE VILLAINS!!!!!
Hello :D
7 likesBruh, the system is corrupt. If you are saying it isn’t, you’re darn wrong
0 likesDiscord is always little green
0 likesWhat about canglings can repersent all of them
0 likesVotes for Sawtoothwaves
2 likes👇
not first haha
5 likesWhy did you say that to her
0 likesDictate me mommy
0 likesThat is not a democracy, is a representative government. Like countries in América and Europe, and we know how awful is the sistem
0 likesI think this YouTuber forgot something flurry heart it starts again the princess of light don't forget the baby that was born as a alicorn you can get it
0 likesfirst
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Good job 👍
6 likesintro is funny
0 likesmonarchy, not dictatorship.
0 likesshe get to be alicorn
0 likesGOOD
0 likesfirst!!
5 likesHOW DARE YOU!
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Bro be quiet this is just a theory and was 2 years ago💀
0 likesWait wait wait every human that's has a pony Channel is an earth pony no pegasi no unicorn🤡😾😾😾😾😾😾😾
0 likestto be fair cozy and flurry are children
0 likesYeah right
0 likesone of the first
13 likes3:04 ha,discord can't rule
0 likesThey were all like that
0 likesNo idea why they can't vote for ruler
0 likesYou mean a prime minister?
0 likesTwilight's voice is very ummmm like a boy?
0 likesIts not like celestia and luna twilight cant live for 1000 years so no one well doubt there rulership but your right of course
0 likesDemocracy can also have it's downsides, as we can tell in America.
0 likesPresidents don't always turn out the best. From what I know, Obama was pretty damn good at his job, but Trump is one of the most modern controversial presidents, aside from actual dictators and such.
A runner for president could very easily just appeal and manipulate the people of Equestria, making them all think that they were the good pick, but when they get in charge, they don't need to care as much as before.
besides equestra doesn't work like earth
0 likesHe gotz brainz
0 likes💗💗💗💗
0 likesWhere are the queens
0 likesFUNNY!!!!!
0 likesnot the monty python reference
0 likesmaybe discord can rule he is everthing
0 likesWhy are videos short ?
0 likesthumps coconuts together DISMOUNT!
0 likesWar death suffering I’m jj playz and I approve this message
0 likesWell, Twilight did not become a princess because she wanted to, Celestia and Luna had that planned for her, and when she did become one, she was confused about what her role was meant to be, she acted like she didn't want it. The government doesn't really exist in my little pony because it's a kid's show I wouldn't make it go that deep with politics- and to be honest, trying to throw in that system like what humans have is kinda dumb. And like another comment said, each kingdom with other creatures has its rulers. Thorax, Ember, Novo, Chrysalis once upon a time. Im sure even when Twilight becomes ruler of Equestria, these kingdoms don't just merge, that then is another problem. Plus Flurry heart was born an alicorn, and because she is a baby, course she is incompetent, she is not ruling yet :/
0 likesWhat is a didtator
0 likes#CrazyGlue
0 likesTechnically yeah.
1 likeBut every creature ultimately accepted her as the ruler, they even came to the coronation as allies.
Those who came to live under her, accepts her a leader otherwise they'd stay in their own land, after all equestria is one part of the entire world if you know what I mean.
But to be sure she would listen to her friends and Spike on how to rule.
I've played enough Equestria at War to know how well this is gonna end.
0 likesThat intro literally killed me.
2 likesThat is something only Equestrians can answer. Do they want to be rulled by a powerfull, sometimes benevolent entities or would they prefer democracy. Benevolent dictator is still dictator, and not everyone wants to be ruled by one, but are there enough citizens wanting that?
0 likesCreate a council and put someone from each race in it so they will have equal representation
0 likesI see what you mean about how there are now many creatures in Equestria, but it is still fundamentally pony lands. Just because ponies are living in Yak Yakistan does that mean that there should be a pony ruler in Yak Yakistan? No. Each other creature has their lands and their representatives.
1 likeYou know how in Legend of Korra they have that council with someone from each element nation and the president of republic city? What if they had that where Twilight was the head and there was a representative from each walk of life (with the right of impeachment of course)
0 likesMay I remind you, that Twilight is the ruler of PONYS! She can't command anyone she wants.
0 likesAmber rules dragons. Thorax rules changeling. And other tribes has other rulers.
Equestria is open for everybody, but from the first - it's ponys' land. That's why a PONY should rule it.
Moreover, alicorns are more powerful than a regular citizent, and, as fact, they live much longer. We already know, that ponys don't like changing rules, so...
Why not?
If the ruler is bad - other tribes with the magic of friendship are ready to help! 👌
Well technically what twilight went through is sorta a vote. She got a yes on every "test/mission". This proves she would be great as a princess/ruler
0 likesthe way I see it is that there are other creatures in Equestria, but those creatures have their own leaders, there just staying in the place that ponies are in charge. So if they want to stay in a place they aren't from, shouldn't they accept that the creatures that rule that land?
0 likesIdk that's my view on it
if you want to give me feedback feel free, I'd like to see your views incase mine is inherently wrong :)
I want the creator of MLP to make one pony break the 4th wall and ask the forbidden question-
0 likesidk, I'd love to see a pony version of the French Revolution
1 likepopular vote would ruin even more the situation. At the moment Twilight has Spike as a face for non pony ship but if it would be popular vote, it would get polarized, and it would be completely problematic partisanship. So ponies would want only pony elect and then start having un censored racism toward other beings which under current system is less likely to even get the same results. Sure, no non pony yet, but later there will be councils and helpers which WILL be the face of non pony beings. but democracy, how exactly do you want that democracy built however, since popular vote would lead to corruption when elections would be large scale. and so on
0 likesI watched my little pony too many times to believe this is true
0 likesMaybe Eqestra already has a voting system it sounds like Twilight to organize something like that we might of just never have gotten a chance to see it because Twilight was hair to the throne and the show ended after that.
0 likesSawtooth: these people dont get elected for monarch
1 likeMe:I'm moving to equestria
What about a council of all leaders from every species? it's been clear each species has their own leader so why not a council member of each representative of each species?
0 likesEquestria ruler isnt technically the ruler of the whole Equestria tho, if the whole planet is called Equestria. Because dragons have their own land, and ruler. So do changelings. Hyppogryphs as well. If the other creatures come into ponies territory to live its kinda like how when we move go to another country and accept their rules and government and leader.
0 likesА можно пожалуйста перевод видео? Я тоже более чем уверен в том, что Твайлайт жестокий диктатор.
0 likesI think the mayor in little towns is elected by the locals of each town and is decided with a majority vote. Each Mayor gather around himself or herself a cliquè of people who supported him/her during their election campaign and they decide how to resolve the town problems on their own but always applying the laws and rules decided by The "Princess" and if they find to have a huge problem to resolve, they sent someone of the mayor group (an emissary) that know the issue and so could talk and explain the problem at court (pratically they recognize the authority of the ruler over them and ask for help).
0 likesThis way political parties in a way exists but are limited on a little town level
While The Capital in the kingdom is ruled by a Princess with her court. (The court is made up of ponies who either got the sharp minds and talent to have put their hoofs in different industries or ponies who inherited their "economy" empires by their smarter parents) as the Princess recieve complains and problems to resolve ( from delegates of different towns coming for asking things ) she also recieve suggestions mostly put as "this should be the smart thing to do here" but the Final decision is left to the Ruler. (And also the problem of a bad outcome of her decision )
The court attract ponies who want to give suggestions to the Ruler on how to resolve some problems expecially on many of the matters they care about, also gather the simpathy of the Ruler by helping resolve problems allow them to acquire influential power. However there could be Ponies who try to reach an advantage on the same matter (We seen it happened on small farm level with the Story of the Pears and The Apples so it could happen on a bigger scale ). The Decision the ruler make can influence the Economy and could boost and industry over another. This interactions make the Princess self aware that's why she could either answer with diplomacy, find the middle ground, or as the Ruler (that seems to be also the Highest rank in the Military and the Supreme Judge) can demand them to do what she says.
Is clear that aside who is part of the Court of a Princess, for the common mass of pony that is the highest rank they could hope to reach in life: "Nobles" . The Ruler role remain off-limits or better is limited to this little circle of Alicorns. Twilight just was a special case she was even made into an alicorn to fit the role (and her rise to power favored all members of her own family who automatically become part of The Royal Class).
Democracy isn't contemplated by this system because then anything Twilight says could be put in discussion. While the decisions she make are more direct and don't contemplate revisions of the laws and further approvation. Like Celestia. Twilight made her own circle of counselors or in her case Friends (Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Rarity & Pinkie Pie + Spike and Starlight) and follow the policy of "I decide who to listen to". The difference with Celestia is Twilight act as a "progressive" dictator and included friendship as a system to resolve border dispute with the other races and accept the differences. By making the other races accept the Ponies as friends she extended her influence over borders that before were limited or impossible to reach. Oh Is clear by the dialogues that for the Ponies they are the Supreme race (Twilight could easily come to another race ruler and say "your evil reign is over because I say so")
Well she was princess of friendship because no one had a stronger friendship than her friends. She was also just as powerful as Celestia with her friends by her side, and with her friends they could defeat anyone. And everyone kind of did "vote" because everyone was obsessed with her. If no one liked her they wouldn't go near her. But this probably makes no sense XD
0 likes"But now they're ruled by alicorns, which we know can NEVER go corrupt"
0 likes*Pulls up Nightmare Moon
"Oh"
"But at least becoming an alicorn only happens to ponies with a good heart!"
*Pulls up Cozy Glow
"Oh"
"But at least all alicorns are generally competent and intellige-- OH COME ON"
*Pull up Flurry Heart
this all sounds nice and all. But given how easy it is to convince ponies what's stopping say pony Hitler from rising to power. Ponies are still the vast majority and in most nations, the majority usually represses the minority with extreme cases of Genocide.
0 likesI love the nod to Monty Python!
0 likesVotes For Sawtooth* "I know you're no ordinary earth pony- CHANGELING!" :)
0 likesTwilight was raised practically by Celestia for the role, and think how Celestia ruled Equestria with her sister Luna. It's apparent that with good intentions, the monarchy was placed in good hooves, and while it is a dictatorship Twilight Sparkle isn't going to do anything rash or cruel.
0 likesPlus the Alicorn species are Gods of the pony Equestrian world, not just princes and princesses of a monarchy, so it's not like you can just say they're not deities and count them out. Because of earning the state they become, as Alicorn species only produce by special testing for their titles typically, in an ancient magic that involves those tests to make an Alicorn... These titles don't come without reason.
I loved the intro
0 likesThe only pony that should be put in charge is Starlight Glimmer. The episode Shadow Play is evidence enough as Twilight is clearly prone to being biased which clouds her judgement.
0 likesStarlight on the other hand can see clearly and I hate the fact that StarSwirl gave Twilight the credit in the end when it was Starlight that taught the meaning of friendship. As she was the only one to recognize the maps purpose of only summoning ponies for a friendship problem.
Starlight, having been both villain and savior of Equestria (more than once) is the only one who has truly earned the right to rule.
Twilight was put in charge due to nepotism!
okay, so when this discord almost died, all of the ponies were sad and scared of discord being dead, or hurt, but twilight was only saying things like “we need you!” “you’re the only one strong enough to defeat Sombra!” it’s almost as if she only cared about Equestria being safe, and I get that’s important, but still. he was hurt.
0 likescreatures already rule at their home, and the death pegusus and unicorn thing stays by bc its kind of like an ongoing religion or prophercy
1 likeI was watching this while I was supported to be doing my homework lol
1 likei love the intro so much
0 likesHow would let's say a Griffin raise and power the sun?
1 likeThe opening scene is just Gen-Z😂
1 likeI disagree on the concept of other species as ruler. One big reason. THEY HAVE THERE OWN LEADERSHIP!!! What you suggest would be to not only force the nation of equestria into change but it's sister nations as well. Yes they are considered separate from Equestria as they each have there our laws and leader. They ARE represented by the leaders and the leaders (representative) do visit equestria often. To replace Twilight would be the same as saying "the ruler is a unicorn. So they are better." Or "pegasus is master race again." Or worse "ponies mean nothing to our rule" Just like in the hearts warming tale. Twilight represent the races as dose her council. Because she's been there. So has her friends. "Will she become corrupted?" Doubtful... till her friends die, the schools(yes both of them) blow up/burn down, killing everyone inside. And the ponies blame her and turn on her. But what are the chances of that happening?
0 likesI think alicorns are rulers because they have "power" and by that i dont mean political influence or wealth. They have the most magic. When a serious threat arrives it is the princesses that zap them with their rainbow sparkle beam. So natrually the ponys trust them to rule over them.
0 likesequestria should be a constitutional monarchy
1 likeI love that parody lol
0 likesI for one welcome our new pony overlord.
0 likesI love the Monty python parody
0 likesDid you notice Twilight's cutie mark it represents the mane 6 and magic so friendship is magic
0 likesTwigh light: rules the town
0 likesMe: try’s to not cut my finger well cutting tomatoes
Plot Twist: Sawtooth Waves is more powerful than the Alicorn Amulet
0 likesSince ponys are currently a majority u think the leader would be a pony 99% of the time because some don't trust other species like that, so maybe it would be kinda like "vote 5 different 'persons' and everyone has to be a different species" the 3 or 5 most popular options would lead equestria
0 likesI think that they should do the voting system because now if it’s only Alcorn ruler ship then other species could be threatened with the griffins in the hippogriff and a bunch more
0 likesa changeling can be every creature lol
1 likeWell technically Twilight is not the only ruler; her friends are the council and help her with her decisions. And yes she does only rule Equestria, not the whole world because there are other kingdoms with different creatures. HOWEVER, she has a lot of authority because SHE raises the sun and the moon for everyone. This means that although she only rules Equestria, she also has control over other creatures because she is the one who keeps the balance in the world by raising the sun and moon. But this brings forth another question - can other creatures raise the sun and/or moon? Maybe they can... 🤔
0 likesdictator = king/queen/princess. Then I agree that they have been lucky that Celestia never haven´t been corrupted
0 likescan you just make a 2 hour long thing of what you did in the beggining
0 likesWow! This came out on my Birthday! The first part was so funny! Lol! XD
0 likesBut monarchy and dictatorship aren't the same🤔. I think you're substituting two different concepts
0 likesWe need a leader who can represent all species.
0 likes#DiscordForEquestrianPresident. Just ignore the warcrimes, and the rain of chocolate milk, and that time he turned the world into chaos, and...
Theres a thing called vote buy so corrupt ponies can easily get the throne
0 likesAlthough it might be a good idea, it might not be good for the show, some little kids don’t even understand what dictator or mayor, elections, etc even means. My Little Pony is something for kids of all ages, but these, how do you say for kids to understand, big words are very complicated, I mean hard for kids so maybe keep My Little Pony how it is. But I agree, ponies should vote for who gets to be ruler of Equestria.
0 likesNow if you think about it twilight is a dictator WE NEED A DEMOCRACY
0 likesI vote for Sawtooth Waves
0 likesSure it’s a good idea but do all of the others need that too? Like the dragons who have a contest like selection? I mean that it’s a good idea but why only exestria, it’s like saying that me a swed can vote for presidente in the united stats?
0 likesMost alicorns are leadership because they have magic and they have more power if there's a battle they would defeat them but they could only be a leader if they CAN do strong magic and a magic that is more confident.
0 likesgood job with twilight.
0 likesMind control magic
1 likethe intro thooo 👌👌👌
0 likesThe problem with this is that Equestria is just a small kingdom where ponies come from the dragonlands are ruled by the dragon lord and the yakyakistan is ruled by prince what’s his name. Each group has their own rulers.
0 likesSo have you chose your representatives from all the Kingdoms
0 likesHAHHA I LOVE THE PARADOY😂😂😂😂
0 likesHELP, HELP! I’M BEING REPRESSED! 😂
0 likesWell more probably an advisor position than ruler.
0 likesBrooooo!!!! Love the reference! 😂😂
0 likesPls make a vid about the representatives of each kingdom for the equestrian rulership
0 likesNo not really. Yes I feel like every type of creature should be able to but alicorns when coronated are given some sort of power to rule a long time. I feel if like they could have different types of creatures on a council together and have a alicorn rule that'd be ok. Like the young 6 all diverse. I feel as though if anyone other than a pony would come into rule over all equestria they couldn't raise the moon or the sun bc they wouldn't have magic like a unicorn, or be able to change the weather like a Pegasus. bc at a young age unicorn and Pegasus are taught these things. So i think the best bet is a Alicorn ruler with a diverse species council that over looks the group they represent.
0 likesBut all the creatures have their own kingdoms, and their own rulers so the notion of only pony leaders in Equestria makes sense, because its a pony country. The other countries have their own leaders.
0 likesOK bringing Flurry up at 2:06 wasn't fair, she is literally a baby
0 likesBut they all have their own kingdoms. Like how throax is the king of the changling kingdom and pince brotherhoof for the yacks. It’s just the respected kingdoms
0 likesThey don't all really belong in equestria they have their own respective kingdoms ruled by their own kind it just makes sense since equestria is the ponies homeland it mames sense for the ruler to be alicorn
0 likeswho would raise sun and moon but if they had someone else do it i'm gonna vote pinkie pie
0 likesWhy should twilight give up her crown to rule her pony lands if the yaks, dragons,changlings,griffins etc have their own ruler ruling their lands the creature that best represents their lands...
1 likedragons have embra a dragon
Yaks have prince rustworth a yak
Changlings have king thorak a changling
Hypogrifs have queen novo a hypogrif
Giffins have grandpa gruff a Griffin...
Ponies have twilight an alicorn eg a earth unicorn pegisi pony
Thats just how it works sure creatures can live in other places now but the main ruler of that kingdom is the one who best represents them.. Like our world in the past... And now
England had English rulers and we still do where as other countries have elections for there leader instead.
The mpathg reference was a nice touch
0 likes@Sawtooth waves I don’t think your going to get a vote from twilight lol 😂 (This is meant as a joke ) :)
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Anyway hope you have a nice day everyone
0 likesThere was the idea of voting but there must be a large unspoken agreement amongst the populace that alicorn rulership is a desirable thing. They have so much power without their titles they are basically in charge anyway. There appears to be no racial or religious tensions in equestrian politics, but there are obvious social hierarchy's. Despite this, it is simply possible that the populace is very well off and simply lacks unrest and disillusionment. I also believe that the pony society is a matriarchy with a natural tendency to defer power to females rather than males(just like real horses), despite the egalitarian nature of equestria.
0 likesLol, that Monty Python parody tho
0 likes"except maybe Discord but i dont think i need to explain why thats a bad idea"
0 likesMe: Discord? u mean the one who can change all of Equestria in a snap and is known as the lord of chaos or something like that?
Literally Everyone Who Watches My Little Pony: yes...that Discord...thats the only Discord...
Anyone Else: erm who?
The book, Journal of the Two Sisters, states that was born as an Alicorn. She and her sister would be asked by the Unicorn Starswirl the Bearded to rule the newly formed kingdom of Equestria, as Alicorns had traits of all three kinds of ponies.
0 likesIt's like the real world
0 likesCOME AND SEE THE VIOLENCE INHERITING THE SYSTEM!!!!! 😂
0 likesOnly og’s remember the brony notion
0 likesElectoral college for Equestria
0 likesWhats a DIctATor ?
1 likeI’m my own dictator
0 likesHe got my vote
1 like😃😃😃😃
The next rulers will probably be the six kids of each species from the school of magic
0 likesha! i got the monty python and the holy grail joke
0 likesI think Throx should be the ruler
0 likesYea I thought about that like why no democracy?
0 likesIt's Twilight, not Princess Luna after her Return to Ponyvile.
0 likesTwilight is the Princess of Friendship, the only Time she has act as an Empress/Dictator, was in the Comic after they had Contact with the Dark Water.
Dictator would be the complete Opposide of Twilights Character.
The Way you show Twilight at the Begin of the Video would maybe fit to Diamond Tiara or Silver Spoon but not on Twilight.
A ruling Princess like Twilight and the Sisters before, are Ruler in a Kingdom, not an Democraty like in the real World.
So there will be no Elections, because a Democraty would not fit this fantasy World.
The actual Ruler will be choosen by earning it, thats called Meritocracy.
Some get it because it's the Daughter of the actual Ruler (Flurry Heart) or by proving their Worth by their Actions (Twilight).
I think, not every Princess will be an Ruler.
Under the Sisters it was an Diarchy, now its an Matriarchy.
A Princess can loose her Position, if the People not accept her (I have read somewhere, a Princess need to be accepted in her Role every 2 Years).
Other Races could Rule too, but this is the Kingdom of the Ponys.
I'm sure the Dragons don't want to be ruled by a Pony too.
Sometimes a Meritocracy are much better then an Democraty.
Why that?
A Democraty is good because Everyone can be an Part of Ruling the country.
Are you sure?
After giving your Vote, theres a Ruler, in modern Times a President and a Parliament.
Usual this Parliament dessice what the Peope want, so they are a sort of Group of Rulers.
They represent the People of the country, but you can't change anything they want, even if many don't want it (see Brexit).
Another Problem are the Parliament itself.
There are 2 or more Groups withown Ideas and Ways to do something.
Often this Groups are opposite in their Ways.
This made Desisions difficult, sometimes impossible or it need much Time.
If there are hungy People and the one Side say "Give them Food" and the other "We need the Food for yourself", then the hungry People will suffer under this, some maybe starve, because like we call it here in Germany "Too many Cooks spoil the Broth".
An Monarch/Princess can choose much faster, because an Monarchy work like a Company, where the Boss give the Orders and the Employees do the Jobs.
The Employees in Equestria are the Guards, Mayors, Ambassadors and other Ponys who are working in Canterlot.
There are some Monarchys who are working fine, complete without Elections.
Please explain why discord cannot be ruler? Like why can he not be?
0 likesI guess you are right but the alicorn wings, horn have to be earned and flurry heart didn't earn those but in the video you also explained that she already knew what she was going to do and we'll if something wrong happens kingdom's already stronger with friendship Twilight sparkle became the leader of equestria and she was also the process of friendship so whatever she does in the past like the kingdoms get along we have all seen that more than million times
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Even if something is wrong the kingdoms will work it out together
0 likesnightmare moon eternal ruler Change my mind
0 likesparliament could be a little tiny problem cuz go back to the 1700s. england's parliament went haywire making laws for the colonists.... so...
0 likesThat’s so funny
0 likesI don’t think that should happen because think about it just like in the human realm there are liars and people turning on each other to get office so if that happens in ponyville so will the lying and turning on each other and then that will be the end of peace and friendship
0 likesYour sooo funny!
0 likesI don’t think twilight is a dictator
0 likes0:04 LOL😂😂🤣🤣😂😂😂🤣🤣
1 likeTwilight is the princess of pony lands.
0 likesThorax is the leader of changeling lands.
Ember is the princess of dragon lands.
Rutherford is the prince of yak lands.
[type] is the king of griff lands.
[type] is the king of cat lands.
Novo is the queen of hippogriff lands.
Abraxis is the prince of zebra lands.
We still doesn't know the rulers of dogs and parrots but the comics will soon tell it.
I know that I would
0 likesTwilight made these changes remember
0 likesprincess luna-nightmare moon princess celestia-day breaker for flurry heart twigh light and kaidans i'll just make it up XD princess kaidans-kalight princess twighlight-magic indigo princess baby flurry heart-flurry to devil i hope that works XD
0 likesfirst of all princess celestia is good and kind ruler and she knows who to make ruler yes every creature must get chance but they should be alicorn if dragons rule so all ponies will suffer and etc but celestia has power to rise sun and luna rise the moon, but when they will vote so who rise the sun or moon please tell and they can't get magic of alicorn by voting
0 likesHAH I KNEW IT!
0 likesMy little brother loves your videos
0 likesremember when you said that chrysalist could be reformed? shes a changeling right? HUHHHHHHHHHHHHH
0 likesI think she is just the princess of the ponies, the other creatures have their own rulers like states
0 likesI wonder where you would look like as a human?
0 likesI mean.... are we AT that world...
0 likesElected? I... I rather not say more..
Is Twilight still the princess of friendship or ruler of Equestria or both.
0 likesR.i.p sawtooth he got taken to the gulag
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1 likeIt’s the rule Alcorns have to rule Equestria or any type of please it’s because that’s what Alcorns have to do
0 likesif princess celestia retires i can only see why twilight becomes ruler she is most responsible and the gang
0 likesHoly sh*t twilight sparkle is a dictator!!!!
0 likesAh yes mat pat as a brony.
0 likesBecause elected leaders never become corrupt.......oh wait. Lol
0 likesOh my gosh discord should totally become ruler
0 likesIt's semple, play Equestria at war
0 likesI have a question..
0 likesi never saw it as to the looks of it you have infinite videos
i couldnt find what KIND of changeling you are.
I mean .. queen chrisalis and her tribes are black changelings
And the others rainbows whit wings (i dont mean rainbow dash whit that)
What kind are you?
Rainbow or Black changeling..?
Who are the representatives you choose
0 likesYes and no... It would still be a corruptible system, shall I mention trump, who was elected, or Hitler who was also an elected leader. There is no such thing as a perfect government. You can come close but never reach that goal. This is mostly due to the fact that things change over time but government tends to not change as quickly. This causes things to get complicated. In other words at some point they probably will change to elections, and that will most likely end up changing as well.
0 likesNo she eats chairs
0 likesaka. post-great war equestria in equestria at war mod.
0 likes"Di-ck-tator"
0 likesMe:Uhhhhhhhhh
Can sawtooth waves become a allacorn
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You ar special
0 likesQueen nova, dragonlord, yak prince, king thorax, the kirin queen and the other race leaders. Twilight dosnt own all the kingdoms really, they all have their own govern laws and ways. Twight is the princess of her subjects, but the other races already pick their own leaders so this video dosnt make sence sorry.
0 likesHey dude I don't know how did you became an alicorn
0 likesI will vote for Sawtooth Waves like if you agree
0 likeshow does only twighlight grow
0 likesDefinitely democracy because then everyone has a chance in life for anything they or anyone wants to di
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Sorry for the end it's do
0 likesdemocracy prevent corruption? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHJASHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
0 likesI vote for you
0 likesWait
0 likesDiscord is imortal
Fluttershy is not
Oh
Oh
No
Haha
0 likesAnd it can never be coroped
Nightmare moon
Oh
At least they can only be a alicorn with a good heart
Cozy glow
…
Good thing they are intelligent Flurry heart
Oh come on
Hehe
😑
tbh only the princesses are tall like twilight was short now look at her she's 900 feet tall like -_-
0 likessaw tooth 2020
0 likestwilight is the best LEDER I THINK U ARE WORNG ALICORN CAN ONLY BE A LEDER AND HAVE A GOOD HEART AND THATS TWILIGHT
1 likesees everybody's comments so basically his the wrongest person/pony in the world. And my blood when I listened to him his funny but HIS WRONG edit: I said blood boiled
0 likesdictatorship rules
0 likesMaybe yes
0 likesisn't it obvious that they're monarch? Monarchy, whatevs... Its obvious since they call their leaders king, princess, all those creepy names they call their leaders... soooooo Celestia had to choose an heir to the throne since she didn't have... KIDS... when I thought Celestia had a bunch of guys, but i think she's too tall for them... well she chose twilight anyway, right?
0 likesI vote for u!
0 likes#AllHailKingDiscord
0 likeswait a minute why do i feal like my pinky tingling i mean what if some people accidently vote the wrong person or some people vote the bad ones so picking or seeing the ones that u think are perfect test them first until u pick them so theres no reason to vote thats kinda my theory sorry if u dont agree
0 likesWhat means ditactor?.....
0 likesYour ruinnging my world bruh
0 likesIt's a kid show and shut up how dare you make fun of twilight
0 likesWow you don't need to vote, plus who ever created mlp must be offended that a CHANGELING IS BEING rude and giving suggestions HOW IT SHOULD BE well it does not work like that.
0 likesOr mabey if they have to vote then think if only alicorns could be only voted like i mean that the princess that its the roler and pick out 3 ader alicorns and the ander ponys well vote who the next princess its
0 likesMonty PYTHONNNN!!!!!!!
0 likesHmm twilight is dictator sound like I know someone that is dictator too but I can't put a name on it and he fail art school hmmm who could be that fail art school
0 likesLOL
0 likesIt's a nice idea but what if they fight and ummm neaver mind
0 likesHey!
0 likesDon't talk bout me like that UnU
It's pony not human
0 likesSpeciesism species said something about this speciesism crossbreed detected
0 likesI say no, look what is happening to America. Or other countries for that matter.
0 likesvote oooooorrrr discord I mean he represents all and how bad can he be
1 likePrincess dont vote :()
1 likeWhy do you always say Yoshi dark lord like it's like someone that you don't like or like something
0 likesDON'T BULLY TWILIGHT SPARKLE
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Bro this was 2 years ago LOL
0 likesTwilight
1 likeSeriously the pony world and human world are different 😠😡
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0 likestwilight is not like that ya know...
0 likesSawtooth are you crazy you are so mad
0 likesWho even cares about it? 🙄😡
0 likesIf you count MLB Equestria girls Twilight was indeed corrupted
0 likesYour reasoning is basically its racist to only let ponies rule equestria, but I don't see the problem with that. In the US, you can only run for president if you were born in the US. I see equestria as the "pony nation", ponies live there and rule there. There may be other creatures living there now but its not their homeland. You don't see ponies trying to rule the dragon lands or griffins ruling the changing hive. As I was typing this I thought of a few problems with it, but I think my point is, the other nations do the same thing, so there isn't really a problem. The matter of election is still valid, but there are normally restrictions on who can run in any government.
0 likesHelp help I am being represd I am changiling my alphabet fault ahhhhhh help alicorn
0 likesnvm i have been corrupted several times
0 likesTwilight is not a dictator
0 likesi will vote fore you
0 likesIf u did run I would pick me CD
0 likesROTFL yeah
0 likes🙄 Your view on it is corrupt.
0 likesI will vote you
0 likesWTF? You need to stop with this naysayer shit I’m getting pissed.
1 likeOkay, G5 think about your ideas
0 likesTwilight was my childhood plz stop ranting about her fate and stuff no hate
0 likesTwilight is not a dictator
0 likes😆😘
0 likesI don't want equestria to be 0an democracy world it would be not good usually princess celestia and princess luna could represent all the three tribes usally only ponies live in equestria all that other creatures were visitors from other lands
1 likeMlp is a cartoon so there is no name of logic its a cartoon for kids
0 likesDitactor
0 likes😍😍😍😍😍😍
0 likesyeah monty pythonnnnn
0 likesEquestria is pony kingdom like only people who born in each country can be president in those countrys
0 likesThe other people have theyre own kingdoms, they come to this one cuz they want to
Stop making fun of twilght
0 likesPony politics
0 likesPony politics
Twihlit sparkle
1 likeAt least no one can take her place *insert qeen chrisalis picture*(idk how to spell it) oh come on
0 likescough cough this is Pony world cough not human world
0 likesI’ve never really liked twilight sparkle mostly cause we are opposites. I just don’t think she should’ve been an allicorn mostly because I think the main 6 should’ve all been allicorns, mostly because they also have magic like twilight, it may not show through actual magic like horns or whatever. Through the accomplishments that they went through, discord, chrysalis, and other enemies. Without the 5 twilight would have not been able to defeat or reform the enemies that they had face, that’s why I believe the main 6 should all be allicorns
1 likejust do it the wings of fire way. challenger fights current ruler to the death, whoever lives rules tribe.
2 likesOR if you REALLY want to make sure the BEST ruler rules, you can have a magical item like the eye of onyx present at the royal challenge.
I legit loved the beginning, it was so funny XD
1 likeI think it is stil fair for an Alicorn to rule over pony lands, in dragon lands a dragon is still the one to lead, same with changelings, griffins, hippogriffs and jaks. Although now there's more diversity in all lands, each 'country, tribe, whatever' is still lead by their species of origin if that makes sense
1 likeIn general I find most videos in this channel entertaining. This felt just dumb. The feel I get from this vid in general is that someone has a big issue with monarchy. I recognize the validity of the points stated, but lets be fair, democracy is just a vulnerable and there has been multiple cases of uprisings against both monarchic and democratic governments through history same as there have been plenty of tyranic both democratic and monarchic governments through history and even in present day (Korea and Venezuela anyone?)
0 likesAlso, it is true there may be representative of other races living in equestria, but equestria is a pony nation. The other races do have their own nations with rulers of those respective races.
It's true that every creature has to have the chance to rule, but following that logic, a hipogrif could also be leader of the dragons, or a pony could rule the jacks. Equestria is pony land so it kind of makes sence to have an alicorn princess
0 likesI’d be a dictator too if I was allowed to rule a massive landmass like that
0 likesI think you're forgetting that while democracy does have it's flaws, and just look at Donald Trump; he's an elected ruler, but he acts like a monarch.
1 likeI see alicorns as the warrior cats mentors (if you don’t know what that is think of someone who trains you, like a teacher or work partner).
0 likesThis is because twilight was taken under the guidance of princess celestia. She taught her to do good things and do better with magic. I don’t know of any other alicorn that was taught (hopefully there are a few more alicorn apprentices in the future). But how they act may depend on how they were taught. This still doesn’t explain why they are rulers on the equestrian hierarchy. But maybe it might have something to do with Luna and Celestias origins.
Sawtooth Waves: Definitely an Earth Pony from Ponyville and NOT a changeling.
1 likeAs the show progressed it seems more like any female character can become an alicorn. Becoming alicorn was like a graduation for Celestia's protege. I'd guess, with the exception of Flurry Heart, anyone who works hard enough can become one. Maybe its a system similar to religious orders in some way. Exceptional ponies get chosen and they spend years studying until they attain some type of self enlightenment in their field. Then they become alicorns. I don't know.
0 likesI love the Monty Python reference 😁
1 likeBut who else can raise the sun and moon without magic? That leaves out pegasi, earth ponies, griffins, and dragons. And it has to be a powerful magic user as well, we see that six ponies could raise the sun and moon but Celestia did it herself because she was that powerful. The only powerful magic users are alicorns and potentially some other unicorns but without becoming an alicorn pegasi and earth ponies wouldn't be able to rule.
0 likesor it could be like this: alicorn would be the queen/king but there would be a council made up of different magical creatures ( 1 changeling 1 dragon 1 earth pony 1 pegasus 1 unicorn 1 griffin) you get the idea and they would also be from different social classes so even if you aren't a noble or rich you can still be part of the council and let's say that every 4 years there will be an election so new people can be part of the council because in my opinion it make sense that if you live in equestria then it is ruled by ponies but since more magical creatures are moving there then they would have a chance to be represented in the council. also the alicorn wouldn't technically be an absolute monarch yes they have the final say but they can only choose which law to approve after it has gone through the council and if the alicorn wants to implement a new law they have to present it to the council and the council can vote whether or not it should become a law
1 likeAh Monty Python and the quest for the holy Grail I love it
0 likesI think twilight is Equestria's ruler. But we must consider that Equestria, from what we saw, doesn't include Yakyakistan, Griffinstone, Mount Aris etc. I just assume that every leader has total authority over their own territory/country/ kingdom but, at the same time, they comunicate with each other in order to take decisions regarding their peoples, seeing how they interact with each other and how to create a bond of friendship/trust between the kingdoms. Equestria is like a hub, a place where everyone can come, live and get a job like Gallus. Sure, technically, Twilight is Equestria's "dictator" but she shown to care about the leaders of the other kingdoms, and there's no reason to think that her care just faded away since she took Celestia's place. Long story short, I think there's a council where all the leaders discuss about economy, laws, cultures and everything that could help creating stronger bonds
0 likesNo no, lets let equestria stay the way it is, if we enforce democracy into a system that is already working well enough it will be then that corruption will rise
0 likesThat parody was hilarious 😂😂😂😂
0 likesOK this is the best episode I’ve ever watched the Monty Python quoteis comedy gold
0 likesto be fair the alicorns are the rulers of equestria. equestria is a pony based land.
0 likeseach of the of the other species have their own kingdoms with their own rulers.
the changelings have thorax
the hypogriffs have queen novo
the yaks have prince rutherford
the dragons have dragon lord ember
the griffins just kinda do their own thing without a paticular ruler
same with diamond dogs
so having alicorns represent equestria still isn't a bad thing.
There's a difference between a monarch and a dictator.
0 likesMaybe if an alicorn ruler was corrupted, then creatures would have the power to vote them out and elect a new ruler, but only if that new ruler had met a few requirements first, like maybe a test they have to take on complete honesty.
0 likesI think that changelings would be good rulers cause they technically do represent the whole population
0 likesIf I’m being 100% honest I like the show in earlier seasons Because it was way simpler back then don’t get me wrong I love the show but I just hate all the new characters and the new parts and stuff it’s like they didn’t even try to keep it to the original plot-
0 likesSo, the trouble is that there's no reason to change government styles unless there becomes a reason for it. No one would oust a good leader if they are in fact a good leader. It's only when that leader starts to oppress people that a call for more representation becomes vocal. The British monarch was completely unchallenged for leadership for centuries before they implemented a Parliamentary system, which still put the Monarch above them. People needed a taste of power before they realized they needed more of it. It took until the Protestant Reformation before people really had any ideas of self government. That government could be used for good, rather than just oppression.
0 likesAnd then world war 1 happened, and the crowns around Europe fell. That's what it took. A war that was so brutal it caused everyone to lose faith in everything. Also, the Soviets happened.
I think the ponies choose not to use democracy for the highest position because of one fatal flaw in the whole democratic system: it's ridiculously slow, and in terms of equestria, dangerously polarizing.
0 likesThink about the second point first. Democracy requires voting, which on a mass scale leads to having specific political parties. These parties are often extremely polarized, and depending on how stubborn individual party members are, these political groups have massive trouble cooperating. Some can't even consider the other side's ideas. This runs completely counter to harmony, which equestria needs to survive and not be attacked by wendigos.
And for the first one... do I even need to list examples? It takes our "leaders" years to react to situations, or make important decisions. Our school system hasn't been updated in over 100 years. Government shutdowns are so common we treat them like storms; we say "well that's inconvenient". And in equestria, ponies don't have time for their leaders to jump through a million legal loops and mince words. They need the leaders to get shit done. They need timely decisions. They need someone who doesn't have to make a big song and dance before handling a situation like villains or natural disasters.
In conclusion, ponies basically don't use democracy because it would probably attract wendigos, and because it's slower than tar in terms of getting things done.
That was so funny when you brung up nightmare moon,cozy glow,and flurry heart😂😂😂😂
1 likeImagine being an Earth Pony. Weak
2 likesI love this intro xD
0 likes"THE MOST IMPORTANT MAGIC IS THE MAGIC OF FReNDshiP" we all heard that soo many times and the MOST important magic of all is LOVE.
1 likeLOVE brings us thogether!
-love for friends
-romantic love
-sibling love
And - love for parents
Love brings peace and harmony love makes us work thogether and learn how to become a better person if princess twylight was gone i think flurry heart would be the perfect leader and for the crystal empire cadance and shining armor should rule it and nothing bad would happen and we dont whant twylight saying the same words again and again "THE MAGIC OF FRIENDSHIP IS THE MOST IMPORTANT MAGIC OF ALL" dose she even know that love for friends brang her and the five thogether?
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Well you can't have love without friendship. Friendship comes before love 😌
1 like@bewilderedberner you have a point but love comes first cuz thats what friendship is made out of like he mentiond "love for friends, love for sibllibg hood, romantic love and love for ones parrents" thats what harmony IS obout. Its about love for everyone but some cant understand it but some can and thats the beatuy of harmony. So we can learn other ppl obout it to spreed love and Joy thats why were here and thats why this show is made for to learn little children not to hate others but to help them see and give them a nother chance and thats why my childreen and me are waching allmost everysingle MLP to learn and to apriciate that were well and alive and to learn to give ones a second chance 😌
1 likeActully I think every speices that live in equestria that can talk should vote for a ruler of their kind and some how make a government out of it like twilight and the pony’s and maybe like amber for dragons and like student six should also add someone in there lol
0 likesWow... that got political! But in a very good and understandable way XD
0 likesAlso kind of a bad idea because of characters like cozy glow. Everyone loved her until she showed her true self..
0 likesBest intro ever!
0 likesHuh b/c it would be to much work to have every creature come together to vote for a single ruler 😂
0 likesthe thing is if in alicorn were to go corrupt who would be powerful enough to stop them. earth ponies? no pegasus? no unicorns? maybe but they would have to be very powerful in terms of magic power. see normal citizens don't have the power to overthrow a being that is basically seen as a divine entity. i guess if discord is still around he could like help stop them but realistically speaking only alicorns can stop each other. but you might say "well apple jack and the crew helped twilight stop luna and none of them were alicorns, but technically speaking it was the elements that stopped her not their raw power. i guess dragons and the other magical creatures could join forces but would it still be enough to stop an alicorn?. i guess it also depends what power the alicorn has like if celestia were to become evil she could potentially create an eternal winter by bringing down the sun or twilight since she's like the alicorn of magic her magic power should be pretty high what i'm getting at is it would be nearly impossible to stop a fully matured alicorn who has had years of experience and already know how to put up a good fight
0 likesThey should make a government then. And all species will have to elect their own member of it...
0 likesBut why tho? I mean if ponies started to live in Dragonlands it still wouldn't be so fitting to select a pony as their leader so...
At least they all have good heart- oh (a few moments later) oh come on!
1 likeSoo... if she had fillies is she gonna..be a queen?
1 likeYou can’t expect to weld supreme power just cause some hackney threw some wings at you😂😂😂😂😂😂
0 likesI feel like it's less dictatorship more monarchy. She is a princess, chosen for her role by the previous ruler and doesnt rule alone, with help from her friends, spike, and close ties to other nations and species through them, I feel that this is more fair of a monarchy than victorian england was.
0 likesOh? And I assume that you are one of those people who feel that Democracy is an infallible system, despite the many flaws inherent in it?
0 likesThe skit in beginning was bootiful
0 likesI only realized halfway through the intro you were parodying Monty Python. That was a very confusing 50 seconds
0 likeswell actually, i don’t believe the system will be corrupt. celestial and luna retired and gave the power to twilight. they could’ve put twilight in charge of the crystal empire and cadence, equestria. i believe whoever’s in charge has the power to choose their heir/successor seeing as celestia and twilight were not related (other than by law via cadence). obviously twilight was a good choice and if the leader has a good intention, i don’t think the system will ever fall into a corrupt one. i mean never say never but...
0 likesyou know what I think, I think that this is a kids show, and we're talking about democracy
0 likesDictatorship? More like Monarchy :'D
0 likesTechnically all princesses are ... :0
1 likeWell if you only Talking about
- « no élection » point
-« and if you are no alicorn you can’t »
i don't like the fact that cadence is so short but twilight rules for a short amount of time and is as tall as celestia. like why isn't luna that tall what- please dont come at me with celestia is the ruler of equestria cus technically, theyre ruled by the royal sisters, they have equal power. it jus seems unfair how cadence and luna are so short.
0 likesIf it was election, wouldn’t there have to be a psychological test? because bad popular opinions can end up in bad elections, so giving a test to the winner of the election would also be crucial. Plus one person wouldn’t be enough to represnet and entire range of races, there would probably have to be a council, one each for each race.
0 likesWelcome back to another episode of MLP todays lesson is: Politics
She got her wings by completing one of starswirls spells get over it big deal , shes saved the who of equestria mutiple times , with her freinds so she earned the wings .
0 likesI vote sawtooth he would be a great stallicorn XD
0 likesIf they had to vote for a monarch then they must change there name to the Holy Equestrian Empire LOL😆😆😆
0 likesThat makes so much sense
0 likesdidnt you say they become the rulers bc of there magic
0 likesWe just have to hope that the ponies of equestria won't be like the American government.
0 likesSo, I was thinking and twilight didn’t elect herself into office, Princess celestia did
0 likesWait since Celestia rules Equestria shouldn't she be queen Celestia hmm
1 likeMe:opens portal to my little pony world votes for sawtooth :3
0 likesBy definition Twilight isn't even a princess she's a queen
0 likesI vote for you buddy ✅
0 likesi really wish all of the mane six became princesses of Equestria because the rest of them just get to die and be forgotten?! they're literally the elements of harmony hasbro
0 likesThat monty python reference alone gets a like
0 likesi love this video it was funny but there is something i want to know what did cadance look like when twilight and her friends w'er rulers of equestria so canyou please make a video about that please
0 likesThe problem with Equestria becoming just popular vote is the voter may be mislead with lies and may not see it they may wanna vote or will vote for a wrong leader like let's say a villian disguises themself as a regular pony later they will reveal there true colors and theyll be no one there to stop it another problem with this is that other creatures other than ponys have not been seen to have more power than an alicorn and when a battle comes there will be less alicorn magic to fight the battle and Equestria will fall
1 likeI thought princesses were given the crown by the old ruler
0 likesDark mlp theories?
0 likesY E S
Twilight can pass it to someone else
0 likesThe creatures lived in ponyville be like : Liberate equestria(Hk) revolution of our timeXDXDXD
0 likesVOTE FOR SAWTOOTH WAVES
1 likeI watched a video of mlp and there is nightmare moon in the moon but there was Luna and celestia used her magic and she did a beam from the moon
0 likes4:11:laughing because of the Barney theme song
0 likesplot twist Equestria becomes Britain and has a constitutional monarchy with prime minister and stuff
1 likenvm that'll collapse
PLOT TWIST: Celestia stole those wings from a pegasus with purple skin and huge wings
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0 likesLOL😂
Allicrons make sense for all species. Just wanted to say that all animals either have wings, or no wings. Horn with magic or no horn. Meaning the Alicorns represents the basis of all creatures.
0 likesOkay I want a vote for you to be the mayor of Ponyville precisely because you have a poster of yourself saying vote😂
0 likesShes not a dictator, shes a good ruller and cadence wasnt voted to be a ruller for you to say that twi is a dictator because no one voted for her
0 likesIm not saying this in a mad tune so please dont think im trying to be rude and bye
Here’s a reason why it may not be such a good idea, they could get a Tromp like pony as a president
0 likesMe: votes discord
0 likesDiscord wins
Me: what have I done
This is a show with talking unicorns and Pegasus there wouldn't be a vote but still love this show
0 likeshave u even see mlp properly twillight and her friends are rulers of equestria because they have saved whole of equestria ok now
0 likesno judgements for twillight and her friends
Haha 🤣
1 likeThat first part whenl u and twilight
She’s not a dictator!
0 likesShe’s not a dictator!
0 likesShe's not a dictator, She's a monarch.
1 likeHow do u get ur pony like that, do u just draw it????
0 likes00:48 ahh the old smosh intro
0 likesVote for sawtooth waves
1 likeThe next person who makes fun of twilight is going to have some fun with my fist
0 likesdont fix something that isnt broken
0 likesExcuse me sir nobody voted for Kayden’s or any of them but we still all except them😑😑
1 likeWoman this times:I'm being repressed
0 likesWow such a cool parody
0 likesTwilight be pretty
0 likesNot a dictator
She preeetttyyyyyyy
Twilight is sometimes mean but not a bad guy
0 likesWhat's a dictator-
0 likeswell i think that 2020 equestria is now called "ALL-STRIA" and i think that the whole planet is one giant nation so da tree of harmony did it all well done FRIKIN ASTRAL TWILLIGHT
0 likesAsk Poland about elected monarchy
1 likeyou have my votes
0 likesI vote for sawtooth
0 likesponies dont need to be elected
0 likesBlah blah blah democracy. Celestia has been supreme ruler for millenia Twilight can do the same thing.
0 likesTL;DR Find out for yourself who the candidates really are, and vote accordingly!
0 likesLet's remember that voting only protects from KNOWN dangers! When we don't understand which candidate is actually and overall better or worse for our selves, our families, our groups [eg religious affiliation, political camp, other interest groups, general friends], our living things, our resources, our humanity, our qualities of life, anything we care about, and really the planet to the degree they can affect those arenas, and when we don't bother taking things like those into account, we can really shoot ourselves in the foot, if not also the heart and head, by voting poorly or worse, by abandoning our duty to communicate by vote [and elsewise] and skipping the polls!
Sawtooth waves 2020
1 likeTHE FIRST PART IS TOO FUNNY
0 likesConsidering what it takes for a pony to become and alicorn... give her a little slack
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And Cozy is an exception
0 likesEquestria may be friends with other nations, but it's still a pony nation. Thorax rules the changelings. Hippogriff monarchs rule the seaponies and hippogriffs. A yak chief leads the yaks
0 likesWhat’s a dictator🤔???????!?!?
0 likesWho will raise and set the sun moon?
0 likesWait there’s a season 9?!?!?!?
0 likesWell, Alicorns are the rarest species....
0 likesI vote sawtooth waves
0 likeswhat if discord had a kid then twilet can tetch the little pony to rule
0 likesMaybe they should have a prime minister as well like in england
0 likesNo, because it ruins the magic
0 likesI fully agree
0 likesActually cosy glow isn't an alicorn she's a Pegasus she stole some magic.
0 likesYeah no I come to My little pony to not have to suffer from the government
0 likeswhen is Twilight sparkle's going to have a child?
0 likesI 🗳 for you.
0 likesWell you can’t forget that cozy glow and flurry heart are fake alicorns
0 likesYea sawtooth great job meeting the princess -_-
0 likesAssist me in overthrowing twilight and I'll be your Elected King, with a polish style elective monarchy.
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Achievement Unlocked I wouldn’t do that if I were you and twilight and her friend have the magic of Friendship on their side so that mean you are gonna to regret it
0 likes@Twilight sparkle The princess of friendship well, technically the Elements of Harmony only work against inherently evil things.
0 likesAnd if I'm elected, it means I'm not inherently evil.
o.O
0 likesi love twilight ;w;
It should be a Catholic State
0 likesI don't think they should vote, Because some creatures have a chance to be "kind" but just fake it. Everyone would think that they're nice and vote for that creature! Then they'd be the ruler and ruin everything, yes every creature can vote them off their throne but that'll take at the most a year for them to vote them off again. You cant just vote someone to rule and they be rude and the next day everyone can kick them off their throne. Thats why I think you shouldn't vote for who is the next princess/prince. This is why I think the last princesses/princes should pick the next rulers. We should put our trust in the last rulers.
1 likeQuestion, are you reformed now?
1 likeIf i am a alicorn im the queen, no god a evil queen :)
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Srry is my mind and i cant do nothing
0 likesIt is monarchy.. Not democracy
0 likesDemocracy only works at school and the town (.___. That's what I know
I Am sAwToOtH WaVeS AnD I ApPrOve ThIs MeSsAGe
0 likesI honestly.... hate twilight.
1 likeFinally, politics that aren't boring.
0 likesI WOULD DISAGREE . Think of this - every single creatures "kingdoms" are like country's, every "kingdom" has ther leaders, traditions ect... creatures can visit other county's (kingdoms) whit no problem. Like in real life
0 likesmy childhood on this video is ruined ;w; )im sorry about saying that my brain has exploded from watching so much my little pony videos related about explaing , that didnt make any sense typing o-0)
0 likesWell flurry heart is a baby-
0 likesWell cozy glow doesn't really count
0 likesPrince Blueblood and shining armor
0 likesWhat about us
democracy! democracy! democracy!
0 likesTwilight is best princess in questria
1 likeThe part when you said not be evil. BUT you said in another vedio that Everyone that have a horn and wings is not a alicorn
0 likesMy theory is that Equestria is where the land of pony's used to rule but there are other king and queendom so most of those creatures are from the other king and Queendom like the changelings (I don't know how to spell them) if a changeling wanted to live in Equestria they could but it does not mean that we have to change the ways of letting them take the throne they could it's kinda like the real world they don't have to represent there whole country if we have black person as our mayor but we have white people in the county they don't need to represent all of us but it's my theory
0 likesBoth of them is WRONG. Princesses have to be BORN FROM QUEENS AND THE DAD HAS TO THE KING AM i right or WRONG
0 likesTwilight is dictator, so what?? There is nothing bad at being dictator
0 likesThis is my little pony not real life
0 likesNo voting because earth pony's can't rise the sun and the moon
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What if they have a Sky Advisor which is always an alicorn that always raises the sun + moon
1 likewhat happened to princess celestia and luna after retire
0 likesIs that a coconut?
0 likesGame theory wants to know your location
1 likeBut in the dragon Land there is a dragon ruler in griffinsstone a Griffin is the leader the why not a alicorn where the pony’s lives
0 likesOk so my reason why not to become a democracy is simply twilight has to raise the sun and moon rules that normal ponies struggled with because they just weren't strong enough and as my mother always says dont do a job that is more important and most people cant if your not going to be properly compensated and treated like your doing something more important. Nightmare moon didnt want to raise the sun so she was obviously unable to singularly rule but celestia and luna had both raised the sun and moon but they retired and Cadence keep the crystal empire from being frozen solid flurry heart is just a baby so in those regards shes has the right to not be ready to rule kids should be kids
0 likesI vote for princess cadants
0 likesEquestria: becomes democratic
0 likesMe: I love democracy
You know what you talk to much flurry heart is a baby forgot sake what responsibility was she have stopped crying for at least two hours just to sit in a room full of ponies I didn’t think so and the reason why the other pony became Alcorn is because all of the album corn magic that was in there gave her the wings you’re overthinking things
1 likeI seriously hated the starting
0 likesYou say monarch i think of godzilla
0 likesWHAT ARE YOU DOING THAT’S YOU’RE PRINCESS DON’T TALK TO HER LIKE THAT
0 likesBut we did not see the back of king zomdra
0 likesI don’t think it should be voting bc England did not vote for the queen
0 likesONE pLEASE TELLL ME WHERE CAN I FIND THESE EPIODES. I NEED TO KNOw, I AM MISSING ON SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MANY DETAILS. SOMEONE PLEASE TELL MEEEE!!!
0 likesSombra took over !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
0 likesnot being rude but the show is for 5 yaer olds so
1 likeTrue like legit
0 likesi like this theory but this is a kids show so didnt add these things for reasons-
0 likesAmerica: 👁👄👁
0 likesEver play the hearts of iron 4 mlp mod? I rig the shot out of that vote i am not getting bumbed out of position when i can wipe a city off a map by myself and i am not just going to let the changelings eat us up when every one trying for peace.
0 likesmake a council
1 likei am a human dude
0 likesI WILL VOTE FOR UUU
0 likesHaha alicorn why can earth pony be leaders
0 likesSir are you forgetting this is a damn cartoon nobody gives two pinkie pie’s!!!!!
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i do, so what now? our community is much more involved than the cartoon, and there's theory videos about things i don't care about but i don't go around in their comment sections telling them I don't care and nobody else does.
0 likesI vote
0 likesWhat about Spike and Rarity?
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Lol 😂😂😂
0 likesFace reveal
1 likeThe only ponies can rule thing is kind of fair tho equestria is earth ponies, unicorns, Pegasus, and Alicorns. The other creatures kingdoms are outside of equestria and have their own rulers
0 likesno i do not not think you can be in rule
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I have a theory, is if she is a princess, Twilight is Celestia and Luna sister and Celestia test her bcs Nightmare Moon. Sorry for poor english.
0 likesDont mame her mad ok
1 likemaybe not do you see how bad our own government is doing they would be just like us
0 likesMonarchy
0 likesBoop boop boop boop boop boop boop boop boop boop
0 likes😜🤪
0 likesI vote you
0 likescorrection: she is a monarch, not a dictator. monarchs are either the heir or a successor chosen by the currently ruling monarch.
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i see her as both
0 likes@Sawtooth Waves fair, but I honestly don't see why her being a monarch is a bad thing. sure, many become corrupt, but thats likely due to how they were raised. Twilight had the support of her friends, her "brother" Spike (who I count as the 7th member since he did help the group ever since S1 E1) (most notably during their visits to the Crystal Empire), as well as the support of both Celestia and Luna, even Discord supports her, granted his way of showing it in the last season was a tad questionable.
0 likesWhat about the YOUNG SIX they are DIFFERENT
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0 likesIt's a kid show cmon
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0 likes🤩🍩🍟🍟🍟🧆🧆🧆⚽️⛹️♀️🛴🏘📺📱💻🕹
0 likesU can not be ruler WHY u just made this vid so u could be king
0 likesYes
0 likesILL VOTE FOR UwU
0 likesBride of discord is fannon now
0 likes3:03 Boop:P
0 likestrue
0 likesSawtooth you never had a short tital
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Sorry im not judging
0 likesI am Princess.
0 likesOkay, sorry if I got some words wrong, I tried my best.
0 likestrumpet noises
Twilight Sparkle: Be quiet! I order you to be quiet!
Sawtooth Waves: Order? Who do you think you are?
Twilight Sparkle: I’m your princess!
Sawtooth Waves: Well I didn’t vote for you..
Twilight Sparkle: You don’t vote for princesses!
Sawtooth Waves: Well how’d you become princess then?
Twilight Sparkle: The Allicorn of the day star, her hoof clad in the purest shimmering alloy held off a pair of wings from heart of the sky, signifying by divine providence that I, Twilight Sparkle, was to bare these wings. That is why I’m your princess!
Sawtooth Waves: Listen, strange mares flying through the clouds and distributing wings is no basis for for a system of government. Subprime executive power to rise from a mandate from the maces, not some farcical serial ceremony!
Twilight Sparkle: Be quiet!!
Sawtooth Waves: You can’t expect a wheeled supreme executive power! Just ‘cause some Heelio-hackanie threw some wings at you!
Twilight Sparkle: Shut up!!
Sawtooth Waves: I mean if I went around, saying I was an emperor just ‘cause some shiny chieftain had locked some flappers at me? They’d put me away!
Twilight Sparkle: Shut up!! Will you shut up!!?
Twilight Sparkle: starts using magic on ‘Sawtooth Waves’
Sawtooth Waves: ahh, now I see the violence and the hatred in the system.
Twilight Sparkle: Shut up!!!!!
Sawtooth Waves: Come and see the violence and hatred in the system! Help! Help! I’m being repressed!
trumpet noises
The only thing that I can get to know that is the one I have in
0 likesI'm 7 and I VOTE PINKE PIE LOL IDK
0 likesThe music from “Monty Python and the holy grail” makes it perfect. Love your vids and all your theories! You do so much deep diving on your ideas! 👁👄👁 I’m addicted to your content!❤️❤️❤️
2 likesI simply love your sense of humour and sarcasm 😂
0 likesTo be honest, I love to see evil alicorns rule Equestria
0 likesMy main question is: If a tyrant does gain power, what's stopping them from straight up abolishing the votings system and bringing it back to the whole divine rule thing? I think Equestria needs a joint ruling by a princess/prince/queen/king and a council of other elected bodies that represent everyone. Not sure what that system is called exactly (never took politics in school) but I think that's what will truly stop a super powered tyrant from keeping the throne.
0 likesDid you forgot that every pony or creature can make an spell to control the mind of everyone to vote on them
1 likeWell, speaking from how the show seems to have built up its system, if the people don't like you you will just get thrown in a fancy prison or encased in stone by the leaders that came before you or the newest rising heroes in the kingdom.
0 likes(this comment might be late but I wanted to throw it out there anyway)
I think a parilamentary constitutional monarchy might be a good way to go: After all, several nations that are near the top of lists of things like health, happiness, income equality & freedom are under such governments (Denmark, Sweden, Norway, the Netherlands), so such systems of government obviously work, and while Twilight or some other alicorn would still be Princess of Equestria, her authority would be balanced by an elected parliament of every other sentient creature in Equestria, which would give the representation you were talking about.
0 likesCozy glow was artificial and crazy, nightmare moon was a one time thing, and flurry heart is a good kid. TWILIGHT IS A GREAT LEADER SO HOW CAN THIS BE A DICTATORSHIP!!!!!!!!
0 likesI wonder how much fun sawtooth waves had while making this vid. I luv your vids! :3
0 likesThe question of why the ponies haven't tried to replace the autocracy of a democracy really is very simple. They're happy. They have no reason to change a system that isn't broken. Twilight is a benevolent dictator. Same applied to Celestia. She stays in power by keeping the ponies happy. They don't decide to replace the current political system because they have no reason to. Honestly the idea of Equestria overthrowing the monarchy never made any sense to me.
0 likesSawtooth really kinda roasted Twilight 😂😅
0 likesMe: Looks back on this 1:50
0 likesAlso me: Truly beautiful
Well, I kinda think a Constitutional monarchy is rather fitting.
0 likesOver in the UK (I am a Brit abroad at the mo) there is both a monarchy and a government, but both are positions of power. However, under a constitutional monarchy (if my research had served me correctly) then technically Equestria can have both. While the monarchy will no longer have the final legal say (god, that bit about ‘divine appointment’ really rings alarm bells for our earlier system of appointing. Notoriously, Charles I ruled very precariously, but he was convinced that because he was appointed by God, he was therefore entitled to the throne and therefore could do as he pleased. And we all know how that turned out...) they will still be considered ‘Head of State’. While the monarchy would still be there, it would be as a symbol of stability and pride to the land, whereas the citizens would be given the right to vote for various legislation (and also vote for a variety of PM candidates, which would also create an interesting discussion on various political parties and what they’d entail in the MLP universe).
Basically, you can have a monarch and a Parliament. You can’t choose the monarch (the proceeding monarchs are decided by the monarch in power at the time. Even then, within the confines of natural monarchy progression (i.e the firstborn of the monarch would be the one to receive the throne, whereas the ‘Royal Consort’ (the husband/wife of the monarch (think Queen Elisabeth II and Prince Phillip. There’s a reason he’s ‘Prince’ and not ‘King)) would be less likely, unless all prior candidates for the throne pass before them)), but you can pretty much choose everything else.
TL;DR - bit of a history lesson, rambled into irl monarchy progression, Constitutional Monarchy is probably best for Equestria.
I think i disagree cause every time i watch my little pony i notice that it was the princess who chooses the next ruler.
0 likesExample:
Celestia was observing Twilight very well thats when Celestia saw the potential that Twilight possesses maybe thats how Twilight became the new ruler
Just like when Twilight was observing her best student(Luster Dawn) and who knows maybe Luster Dawn will be next ruler
This is just my opinion😁😄
There's a flaw with this though; how would Earth ponies or other creatures be able to move the sun and Moon as well as go in the dream dimension to take care of everyone?
0 likesBut what if creatures get forced by magic to vote for someone unsuitable?
2 likesLol nice Monty Python reference at the beginning. Also to be fair, Cozy Glow was never a true alicorn, she was made one by Grogar's bell. Also Flurry Heart can't be used as a counterargument against alicorns being generally competent and intelligent because she's just a baby. No one would look at a human infant and say "yup humans are idiots".
0 likesWatches the opening
0 likesBucking BRILLIANT! I have that ENTIRE SCENE memorized!
I thought equestria only extends from the all the way to the north (Crystal empire) to the south (appleloosa/saddle arabia). Meaning ponies were really the only population. But since every creature technically migrated to the country/kingdom of equestria; I guess you are right. Man the future sucks, call me racist but the biodiversity in the population is disturbing. #keep ponies pure
0 likesno just! no!!!! the reason it is set up like this is so that no one can take the thrown if they are evil. and the reason she is in charge was because Queen Celestia legit groomed Twilight for the thrown otherwise we would have discord or any other bad guy ruling over them. Queen Celestia didn't just pick her out of random. Twilight possessed all of the qualities of a ruler. She had the intelligence, the capability to grow, and learn. Her character as a person showed potential for leadership, wisdom, and the other qualities of the friendship harmony. The other reason is that the other species that live in this world have their own respectfully on countries. (I am going to admit I haven't seen season 9) But the reason other species are living in harmony is because of her. She is literally the Queen of Friendship! If she is removed from status to rule over she wouldn't be able to keep the peace and prosperity that Queen Celestia has worked for. Also, it is not like Queen Celestia had a child to raise and groom to rule. Like Flurry Heart. Someone has to maintain equality as well. That's the reason Luna and Celestia ruled together. Night and day working in harmony. Since other kingdoms were welcomed as friends doesn't it make sense that Queen Twilight of Friendship lead and guide others? Mayor Mare legit was made for her job too. She even briefly talked about her cute mark and how it just fits with her job. In a world designed where things are not acquiescence dictatorship isn't a question. another example is Sombra, he was meant to be evil his name means shadow and ends up a dark evil shadow seeking revenge. without him, Twilight probably wouldn't have learned an important lesson and could have derailed her path of becoming queen. And Flurry Heart wouldn't be connected to the Crystal Heart. See that's why it shouldn't be a Democracy. It was designed that way. (sorry if I miss spelled and punctuation I wrote this at 2 in the morning. If you have any questions just reply back)
0 likesif twilight loses, what would be her role now? if there is another group of psychopaths that will terrorize everyone for their lust for power, twilight is the one with the most firepower
0 likesConsidering how easy it is to rail up and manipulate ponies(like cozy glow did or caballeron in daring done or the villains prior to the finale) I can totally see someone selfish and evil winning the elections.
0 likeshonestly i think the only reason it isnt this way is because a kingdom is considered more fantasy like than a nation
0 likesMight makes right, so, unless the ponies can overpower an unpopular alicorn ruler without using another alicorn, their hooped. Look at the season 9 finale, they won but in the end all power had to go to Twilight so she could use it to defeat the enemies. It was only after they were depowered that Discord and the Princesses could turn them to stone. The question is what would happen if Twilight doesn't want to do what other ponies want? If she decides not to do something she has effectively vetoed the will of the ponies, and only if there is a way to get it done despite what she wants she rules as a dictator and no pony can do anything. And if they get another alicorn to help depose them the new alicorn takes Twilight's place and be that alicorn good or bad you still have an alicorn dictatorship.
0 likesThis is the best Monthy Python reference I've ever seen so far.
0 likesI think that Twilight should have a council with different creatures like griffins and changelings
0 likesThe beginning part is just 👌
0 likesEdit: BOOP
cozy is very good at lying and telling everyone what they want to hear
0 likes“No single creature can represent the whole population”
0 likesWrong
Changeling can represent the whole population because they can change their form who knows maybe a Changeling will become the leader of Equestria and change it’s form to look like an Alicorn griffin seapony hippogriff Changeling hybrid
i do have a few questions though, there are other civilians of non-pony creatures. the changlings don’t have a yak leader. why would equestria give it’s mostly pony population to someone like ember if the dragon lands are not going to elect a pony leader? do you see a possibility of all leaders coming together to turn their lands into a democracy? you don’t have to respond, i just wanted to get these questions out there lol
0 likesBut do you really think the villains would listen to these rules?
0 likes“ yeah no thanks “
The Monty python parody is amazing
0 likesA Representant for each species. Each can be chosen through democracy.
0 likesWhat we need is a competent, good, and smart leader who can represent all creatures in equestrian.....
0 likesFluttercord I'm looking at you, I WANT BABIES AT ANY COST
Heehehehehehehhe
Tis but a flesh wound!! XD
0 likesNice Monty Python joke at the beginning Saw.
I mean, i agree with that... but the whole voting system hasn’t really worked all that much for America as of recent years. God knows how bad it could get if that same system was implemented to Equestria. Could you imagine Spoiled rich as the ruler of Equestria?
0 likesI hate how much this is true because I LOVE TWILIGHT!!
1 likeI wonder why twilight ends up looking like celestia when she grows up unlike all the other mane 5 that didn't grow looking like celestia with that long neck and even longer legs. I mean the mane 5 basically has the same age as twilight yet they end up looking normal. Does giving you powers make your legs longer? Even though twilights's parents look nothing like celestia so she didn't inherit her parents looks. Did the creators of this cartoon got lazy and just traced celestia and changed it only a little bit? Honestly, cartoon logic ;^;
1 likeWhy does a representative have to look like the people they represent? This is some leftist college bullshit if I've ever heard it lmao.
0 likesTwilight represents the IDEALS of the people she represents. Diversity of thought is the only diversity that is important. She doesn't have to look like a dragon, look like a yak, etc. to understand and forward the things they care about and their ideas. On top of that those creatures aren't a monolith, they care about different things as the griffons have clearly shown. Would Gallus be a good representation of what griffons want? What about Gilda? or Gabby?
Looking like someone doesn't mean you share their ideals, that's why people should vote based on policies and why ultimately they probably would vote Twilight or one of her friends because they have befriended so many different communities.
That's why democracy works.
She's a monarch. Monarchies worked for thousands of years. Monarchs are also central to fantasy stories. Monarchies are not inherently corrupt. Democracies are not fair by default either, in fact, it could be argued rather effectively that democracies have caused more harm to people than monarchs have. Calling Twilight a 'dictator' is absolutely outrageous, ignorant, and illustrative of a vapid and hateful worldview against cultures you don't understand.
0 likesPrincess Celestial when the world is in trouble: Ok I saved the world before and I’m too lazy so I’m gonna leave 6 teenagers to save it LMAOO
2 likesI think twilight is similar to the queen of England. She rules England, but there are many people that are from around the world living in the country. This is an idea that came in my mind
0 likesPutting human values onto another civilization is always a mistake. Horses are a herd species, so even an intelligent species would prefer a single herd leader. Alicorns are the best choice only because they are an amalgamate of the three (Of 5) species and are the ones most likely to have the power to protect their subjects. Also, though they have "talks", no one thinks the ponies rule all Equestria, else why would they keep sending diplomats to resolve issues between the species?
0 likesThe start 🤣
0 likesWhy not making a constitutional Monarchy with a Parliament and a ruler from which both of them hold equal Power. The Parliament is elected which then elects a chancellor who hold as much power as the Monarch.
1 likeEdit: Im sorry for misspelling some words if I have, im a German and for that English isn‘t my first language.
Solution: Put discord in charge, he’s a little bit of everything, and he’s just about as wacky as any politician. Problem solved. (Don’t actually take that seriously, him being in charge would be an absolute disaster. XD)
0 likesThat parody tho sooooooo good😂🤣😂😂😂😂
0 likesThe start is so funny XD
0 likesSawtooth has my vote! XD
0 likesShe does have a limit to rule Equestria since she has a pupil just like Celestia choose her
0 likesIf there's anything from 2020 America and Britain, it's that democracy and intersectionality without regulation ends in chaos.
0 likestbh, it’s true Twilight would appear to be a dictator. But dictatorship doesn’t always mean it’s corrupt. In the first movie of Equestria girls, at the end Principal Celestia tells Twilight, “A true leader in any world rules not by forcing others to bow before her, but by inspiring others to stand with her.” which means Twilight is a reliable and capable ruler. (Cozy Glow wouldn’t really count as an Alicorn since they were just a powered up look by Grogar’s bell)
0 likesThe intro was the best
0 likesI think that alicorns rule just because they are litteral god's in flesh.
0 likesAnd seems that they handle it very well since the only thing that might cause their kingdom problem is another powerful being (like Discord, Tirek, Chrysalis etc).
And local problems just handles by local authority.
Sooo. Since alicorns are immortal and omnipotent there ain't gonna be another type of ruler who could replace them.
My point that we can't compare people's rulership and ponies' since people are always equal and ponies are not.
Thanks for vid anyway!
No, I like how it is. I can’t stand politics
0 likesmonty python i see! a man of good culture
0 likes0:37 i hate that monty python reference but also love it at the same time
0 likesto be honest not all that you say is true at moment; 1:45 want to point to cozy glow for evidance she became a alicorn when she was infused with the magic from grogar meaning she did not become an alicorn by as you made a theroy stars wirl the bearded enchanment, her alicorn status was not only temperary but also not from the alicorn status bron of starswirls spell. therefor she can not be caled an alicorn. she was never even close to a princess unless you cont the moment the villains were about to winn wich i dont couse not only did the mane 5 escape but also the student 6 and other students from the school of magic were working on uniting the other creatures and that was a big part of the winn against cozy at wich point i wauld like to point once again she was returned to a regular pegasus. the point is cozy was never a alicorn princess so you can not (in my mind) use her alicorn status as prove to a theroy this way. i do love the video further this smal peace just anoyed me a lot
0 likesEquestria should be a Republic if they can keep it... 😉
0 likesThey should have changelings in high positions such as advisor because They can change into anything therefor representing everything
0 likesThat intro-
0 likesSir I don't think equestria requires a democracy because as celestia chosed twilight to become the ruler as she thought that twilight is capable for that position. In the same way twilight will also choose a capable pony and make her/him the ruler. And that pony will also choose a good and capable pony and the process will go on
0 likesacctualy the real reason alicorns are the ones that rule is cause they are the most powerful like if somepony tried to take over equestria alicorns can still try to defeat them cause if the villian could fly alicorns can fly aswell if they have magic alicorns have magic too
0 likesBro I left mlp for 1 year and this girly turns into some super queen magic thing
0 likesAnd let’s talk about spike
He’s a muscled wing dragon-
i love that parody
0 likesThat is not how it works because if a queen or king or whatever dies or steps down from the monarchy, the next one in line steps down but if there are multiples in line or whatever and don’t know who to choose they go by the eldest next in line but for example princess Luna and Celestia decides to step down from the thrones and retire. But cadence is older than twilight. But Cadence can not rule all of Equestria because she rules the crystal empire. And twilight is older than flurryheart. So that means twilight is head of Equestria’s monarchy! And dictators are 🤪 loco!
2 likes0:55 my face when sawtooths posted
2 likesTwilight does not rule over any other kingdom othrer than the pony one and generaly speaking most of the other creatures live in their own kingdoms with their own rulers, the idea that she has any authority over the dragons is laughable.
0 likesHow to get arrested on the first day in equestria
0 likesYeah but the other creatures have their own kingdoms
0 likesROFL! This is so funny! No, the concept of voting is not something very well known outside of Western culture here in Humestria. There has been England, and those who came after, who saw the benefits of parliamentary government, such as the US, who has no royalty behind their voting system. But before that point? The Ancient Greeks were said to have a democracy, which only lasted a couple Centuries at best. glances over suspiciously at the US But really, other than those few examples people were ruled by dictators, whether they were monarchs, "chairmen," shudders or what have you. Frankly, such a concept would be quite alien to a world that hasn't had the opportunity to experience it. It'd be a nice improvement to Equestria, but honestly, I think the risk of corruption of one person is much better than what we currently deal with -- which is corruption throughout our government system. After all, humanity has dealt with tyrants for thousands of years; dealing with corrupted democracies which was forcibly changed to that of Communism? Well, you already see how much power Russia, North Korea, and China have right now....
0 likesshe/they are dictators:
0 likesme: i know. always has been
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No they are not Imperialism does not =Dictadors..
0 likesToo sad the only examples you have are Russia and China different from this illusion of Democracy..and yes Both Russia and China are dictadorships
But by all no efin means allicorns are Dictators!
I think it's oppressed instead of repressed
0 likesThe Diarchy/Monarchy holds the highest power in Equestria, but citizens and immigrants alike enjoy a level of self-determination that makes the rulership of Alicorns a minor aspect of their day to day lives. So does changing the system do anything useful when the leadership is a already self-proven dynasty of heroines?
0 likesthey can rule in their own kingdom
0 likesI think everyone should be able to rule!
0 likes“It WoUlDn’T bE aS mAgIcAl!!”
1 likeThe intro is funny X3
0 likesPlease, someone dub over twilights shut up with a URASAI! from like taiga or some tsundere it fits so well
0 likesI say no because 1. Your forgeting that they all live in different lands but the clip only shows them visting Equestria 2. Flurry Heart was maybe born an alicorn but in flurry emotions she was incredible smart and magical for a filly, she created a barrier for crying out loud . 3. The only reason why they’re alicorns is not representation of the 3 tribes even though that’s helpful but its because how much magic they possess . Like honestly if you can raise the sun and moon all by yourself then of course you should be an alicorn, plus they were also taught by the magical sorcerer Starswirl the Bearded. 4. Also for Twilights case her cutie mark is magic so it would make sense she end up all Celestia and Luna. Also don’t forget she magical recreated the magical spark of the “Elements of Harmony” which were destroyed by the way!!
0 likeswhen adults take a kids show too seriously
0 likesI think Twilight should make starlight a Princess but what would she be the Princess of?
0 likesThis sounds heresy against our God-Empress Daybreaker. Grand inquisitor sunrise sparkle has been informed and is sending for the solar guard. Sol Invicta.
0 likesHear me out
0 likesWe know Twilight wants evrithing to be perfect,what if she ends up like x gaster.
I think a Consitustional monarchy
1 like......SAWTOOTH WAVES 2020! #MEGA #makeequestriagreatagain
0 likesWhat about Twilight’s student Luster Dawn. It isn’t clear if she is Starlight and Sunburst daughter. What do you think?
1 likeThe intro LOLOLOLOL
0 likesI wonder if Celestia and Luna would become normal size
0 likesIf any one else can’t do that then they wouldn’t make a good ruler
0 likesWe should have other creatures holding the throne since the lands are pony lands and they have their own lands to-
0 likes... wait. Uh.... Uhhhhhhhhhhh.....
YOU GOT MY VOTE
0 likesI don't think that Twilight necessarily a dictator. She didn't become the ruler out of force. Celestia bestowed on to her being a princess.
0 likesTalk about another reason to hate Flurryheart. WE HAD A SYSTEM DANG IT!
0 likesBruh, she a queen
0 likesTwilight can’t be a dictator because of the counsel of friendship.
1 likeA dictator is a single ruler who has complete control over their country. Twilight’s rule is not absolute, because she discusses decisions with her friends, and I doubt that Twilight would completely ignore her friends’ advice and do what she wants. I mean, what would be the point of the counsel if she did that, haha.
You do have really interesting points though, Equestria needs to do some thinking.
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Except not really.this video is flawed and down right stupid written by a Deviantart Changeling obsessed Cryssalis fan with a pony skin on him
0 likes1)Everyone is allowed to Grow they go to schools that expand their Knowledge and discover their true talents thus themselves never heard of a Dictadorship System that supports self discovery
2)A society that promotes freedom of though and everyone to get along,With guards enforcing law ONLY if the laws are broken..also CELESTIA HAS/HAD A FREAKING SCHOOL..Dictators DONT make school to Teach they make them to indoctronate and before you say What about every phrase being "celestia" based...Celestia is legit not just a Princess but an EFIN GODDESS
Is not a case of a MORTAL rulling a nation is an Immortal Goddes that can raise the Sun and somewhat control the moon.its not more different than ANY RELIGION EVER.
ladybug Fanart
0 likes1) There’s no need to be rude about the video
2) I’m not sure if I misunderstood you, but I’m saying that they aren’t dictators, and I’m pretty sure you are too?? I don’t know if you are trying to debate or agree.
3) Celestia being a goddess is fanon. Alicorns are not immortal, they just live longer than other ponies.
Bottom line is: they can’t be dictators, no biggie.
Constitutional monarchy?
0 likesMuuuuuu I see the future now twilight is a DICTATOR 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯
2 likeswell if she is then she's not like those evil ones in the movies. she's a good one.
0 likesUm....isn’t twilight monarchy??? I mean she’s a PRINCESS
2 likesEdit: god was I an idiot 7 months ago
Big Mac must be our princess alicorn
0 likesMlp:twilight twilight
1 likeMe:discord!!!!!!!
Discord:YES
to vote
Hasbro: ??????? WHY
0:28 Starlight...!? Even wing`s color look like!
0 likesAll Hail Queen Twilight Sparkle
0 likesIs this a meme or something
0 likesOmg your so funny hahahaha! With the memes! XD
0 likesWhy not a queen?
0 likesYes 🤣
0 likes🤣😂🤣🤣😂
0 likesSo they can raise the sun and moon
0 likesThe elicrons are the only one that can do magic well u know what I mean
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So they can raise the sun and moon
0 likesDoes Dan breaker and Nightmare moon Count as a alicorn
0 likesSó eu q sou BR entando entender alguma coisa?jsksksk
0 likes0:00 MONTY'S LITTLE PYTHON AND THE MAGIC GRAIL
0 likesI vote fore Twilight
0 likesChanglings for president
0 likesThey CAN be anyone you need :)
Boy don’t forget day breaker in the dream realm ;-;
0 likesreally you have to mess up a kids show twilights fine !
0 likesdont correct twilight or im unsubscribing >:(
0 likesI’m starting to think that Mlp is some how look like Europe history. Cause it has something really explaining why ONLY ALICORN should rule Equestria. Sorry. My English bad. :(
0 likesI was voted as a housecaptain
0 likesDo you not know what can go wrong with that. We're already having trouble with people wanting to break apart OUR government if they become president.
0 likesYou are right
0 likesWell , she may be a dictator , but she is a good one , not in a sence where she's good at being a dictator , but good as a person so to speak , even tho she's a pony , she's not a dictator like the president of north korea
0 likesSawtooth for president
0 likesOn the start its funny
0 likesWhat is a dictator
0 likeserm other creatures have their own kingdom remember? why should they get a chance to rule ponies :|
0 likesI didn't vote for God.
0 likesUhhh we know she’s ruler but she not bossy
0 likesI vote for Luna
0 likesi want princess as the rulers always UvU
0 likesTwilight : shut up
0 likesHi I love your video
0 likesOne thing HOW CAN A BABY BE INTELLIGENT?!!!!! Andddddd cozy glow took discord power to become a alicorn!!!!
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Technically Cozy became an alicorn due to the power of Grogar's bell not Discord's chaotic power. She was an alicorn when Tirek, Chrysalis and her took Discord's magic with the use of the bell.
0 likesHaha you don’t vote for a Princess
0 likesDiscord for ruler!!! Lol
0 likesI hate it how twilight gets to be tall and has a cool main cuz shes princess and her friends are designed as old hags and their not princesses .-.
0 likesTwilight is not like that
0 likesShe is not violent
And
If a loyalty has declared that that pony should be the next queen so she is
FALSEHOOD!!!!!
0 likesWhat the fudge sprinkles was that opening?
0 likesI think the5 Princess will be cadence daughter
0 likesVote for brony notion " yes!!!!!!!!!!
0 likespony monarch
1 likeTwillight is so insultive
0 likesSavage.
0 likesCan I be in the Alcorn
0 likesDiscord for ruler!!!!!!
0 likesDON'T INSULT DA BABU!!!!!
0 likesSo funny
0 likesThis video made no Sense just to let you know
0 likesUmm yeah twilight is NOT that mean
0 likesbronies meet monty python !!!! LOL
0 likesits not even "only ponies can rule", only unicorns can rule since they are the only race that can become an alicorn.
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Tadeusz Ziemniak Cadence that was at birth a pegasus: am I a joke to you?
0 likesxd how do you get the True of it A lot of people who is a fan of my little pony the person who made my little pony that's the person who always made my little pony made the episodes and then it was so funny but now it not so
0 likesWhat is your real name I wanna know please tell me I love your OC how old are you please tell me I wanna know my name is Mackenzie carrel
0 likesVoting is not a perfect system either. Clearly.
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Look at our state globaly
0 likesAt this point there is NO right System to rule a Country is all in how the 1 who rules it Choice to do so..
No please please
0 likesOr simple echa part can I a diffret ruler.
0 likesDicpotator
1 likeYes
1 likeDid I get exposed? 👁👄👁
0 likesUmmm..twilight..is...just not that good
0 likesTwilight is not a dictater
0 likescool
0 likesBut can alicorns rasie the sun and moon other animals cant Thats why
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1 likehitler, mussolini, and twilight sparkle?
0 likesNO SHE IS NOOOOOOT
0 likes3:27 BAR?
0 likesI think they should not have a voting or elective I mean all leader should be more powerful then other the allicorns are more powerful unicorn kinda I guess you know that the most powerful unicorn the wizard he got tired of that raising the sun and moon then the two little girls Luna and Celestia I know it's hard for them to raise it to but now it's easy for them they should not have a voting because if other then equestria is fail so alicorns supposed to rule
0 likesIs that the barney the am song
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Vote for sawtooth for elections!
0 likesBecause he’s so smart and awesome
0 likesU.S.A see way this is so funny but in the stqrting 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
0 likesWhat is worng with Yoshi Darklord
0 likesJUST MAKE A VID OF AMONG US
0 likesLIAR!!
0 likesdo a video of power pony big fluttershy
0 likesNo one can do it is a 😡😡😡😡
1 likeWhy you say that to tiwlight
0 likesI voted you
0 likesYou are change Ling
0 likesSawtooth bad
0 likesWhat about the cutie mark crisaters eath pony apple bloom scootaloo peagisis and i for got unicorn? She could be a alocorn
1 likeI vote for discord
0 likesYo princess dudet.
0 likesaren't you a changling
0 likesha ha ha ha ha ha
0 likesLol
0 likestwilight
0 likesHappy happy
0 likesTwilight is not like that I don’t know why all of u doing these fake story’s!
2 likesyes
0 likesThe show is basically promoting North Korean Propaganda and being a criminal. Twilight has no limits to spending of bits, and basically gets everything she wants. It’s odd how she got the power because she didn’t deserve it.
0 likesI do find it kinda wierd as only alicorsns can rule olso no princes...WIERD!
0 likes🥒🦄🦄🦄🦄
0 likeslol
0 likesYeah, we're looking at you Trump.
0 likesHaha
1 likeCough cough trump cough by that ppl can be stuiped when it comes to voteing
0 likesI love this video and I hear what you're saying! But, we must remember that unless Twilight went insane, she wouldn't rule with an iron hoof!
2 likesAlso, I missed you're videos! <3
I love how some people can still over-analize a show about colorful magical small talking equines, pls keep doing it
0 likesThe reference to the quest for the holy grail was AMAZING
0 likesLove how they opened this with a Monty Python reference
1 likeThis reminds me of the electoral process that the Kingdom of Acorn took up to maintain peace and stability in the Archie Sonic Comics. King Elias Acorn and Sir Amadeus Prower set up the Council of Acorn composed of the Leading Royal Monarch and six ordinary citizens elected by the people who all share as much power over the kingdom as the Monarchy itself. Any laws, changes or policies must be agreed upon by a majority vote from the council.
0 likesOkay the opening to the video alone earned a sub. Video itself deserves 10,000💙
0 likesWell I sure hope that ponies get equal representation in other kingdom's as well then. If a Yak can lead Equestria then a pony should be able to lead the Dragon Lands.
0 likesbut after saving Equestria a trillion times (counting on those crazy turns in time) the least she could receive is to be the queen, she also has the support of the people, in fact she does not govern alone, she has the Council Of Friendship (Spike and Mane 6) so she is far from being a dictator
0 likesI think a changeling is a pretty good option for only one ruler, because they can take the form of every creature, so they can take a look what it takes to be this kind of animal and they could help every individuum with their ability xD
0 likesEssentially if I recall correctly Equestria falls into a multitude of modern-day versions of rule. To say it's one way or another is actually kinda hard because we don't actually know the basis of the actual system and how it works. We do see things in the show like, nobles that need to be talked to. Along with The minor interactions themselves. But I think the only actual fully 100% full control monarchy would probably be the Crystal Empire. And even outside of that we really don't know.
0 likesI think the hardest function to understand is that it's so out and about when it comes to what it is solely as. Like there is Monarchy indeed (which i'm more partial to anyway so I'm fine with that.) but with how some people have brought up, there is also the aspect of the noble houses which have to sway over what is said and done. Is this a normal monarchy, yes? It's a form of it. Where they even have a mayor which I'm assuming is elected in ponyville and I can only assume other locations which take that away from that only made monarchy.
Equestria is probably more like a Federation, with different powers and government types all falling under one federal authority (Be it Celestia and Luna or Twilight and her schedules.) So it's like pseudo-Federal Kingdom of sorts.
Also, we must keep in mind that no matter the government type, there are both good and horrible leaders in it. We just are generally forced to remember the horrible ones more than the good ones. Also, Elections can be controlled and corrupted. In fact looking at real-world countries we can clearly see how much this falls apart. You can brainwash your citizens in believing their votes only matter if they vote for say 2 parties. Or you can make it seem like no other group matters because they can't be voted for. You can control the entire system to make it where all that occurs falls into your hand. You could even run a secret government behind all the scenes and call all the shots. Overall, there is no "right" system of government. Merely what works for the people you are with. Another massive issue with Democracy also falls into when you need decisions made now. You can't. Unless you veto it through the problem will stand that you can be road blocked on even the most needed of systems.
If they did a psuedo-Federal Kingdom/Empire they would be fine(which i see it as anyways). Each species would still have their own representatives, and if or if not may get what they wish. They would still rule their own lands so long as they answer the call of war should it come. And they would have their own taxes and such along with a small federal tax if we are talking fantasyesk things.
I mean i would love to go into insane rambles and more but it's not really needed. :P I'm merely having a fun process of the entire world itself. Anyways, hope everyone has a great day~
P.S. I'm also aware that some points where brought up in the video. I was agreeing with the point presented in my own fashion.
I always figured ahe earned the princess title properly through a series of feats of powers untold
0 likesChangelings could actually be good because they technically represent the population because they can morph into anything they want so congratulations sawtooth you could be the next ruler of equestria
0 likesThe problem with your suggestion is when someone influential enough will use their power and charisma to persuade the citizens to vote for him, despite DEFINITELY not having their best intentions in mind.
0 likesPolitics folks.
What a great Monty Python reference thank you for your existence.
0 likesOk, so here's my problem with this theory (or idea, cause I'm not sure it's a theory). Twilight only rules over Equestria. She isn't the only monarch there is. She only represents the ponied. There's Prince Rutherford of Yakyakistan, Queen Novo of The Hippogrifs, Dragon Lord Ember so on so forth... And each represents their own nation/species. That's why the matter of representation is not and cannot be a problem. As for the whole dictatorship thing, well... 1st of all, Twilight has a counsil and an advisor, you said it yourself. And even though she has the last say, she never imposes her ideas in an authoritarian way. She believes in teamwork and the value of others' opinions (heck, we even got a full episode on that second one), which is a pretty big pillar of friendship. 2nd of all, as we saw with Princess Celestia, Diplomates in Equestria are a thing. And in a nation that has diplomates, I don't think that the citizens are against the way their government functions. And, frankly, I think they're kinda used to it. Think about it, they've been under that type of rule for way over a millenia. So they're pretty okay with the way things are. As for the evil Alicorn, I don't think that's a risk. From what we've seen so far in the show,the current ruler of Equestria has two jobs: Ruling over Equestria, and making sure there's a proper and worthy successor to the Equestrian throne. Note the use of the word "Worthy". If the pony they picked did not fit their expectations or the needs of Equestria, or if they weren't suited for being world leaders (like if the chosen pony was a bad one, or had bad intentions at heart and not the Ponies' best interests) they would certainly be replaced. And I'm pretty sure that this would be demanded by the pony population. So yeah here's my take on the matter. I'm not saying that your take is a bad one, but I'm just pointing out the ways in which the show solves each of the problems you cover. So yeah. Here we are. Good video👍 And I hope there are more to come.
0 likesStarlight Glimmer as a leader, YES, SHE ALREADY IS! <3
0 likesLet me just say, I love the Game/Film Theory style thumbnails
0 likesI think it's based on the trust in wisdom and rulers that were previously in power in a sorta parliment-manner. I feel like Equestria doesn't really care because they have no reason to at the moment. When Twilight or her successor do crazy sheet then they'll have a rebellion and change. I mean also the status of benevolant Gods means no one is going to question their decisions in who gets devine rulership. Maybe it's in the laws stating that they have to do all these good things before becoming ruler as a good guy GPA requirement that is also a law voted for by the people. Maybe the people have the ability to vote on laws and can petition to change things, but are just complacent right now. Like if they allow for appointed leadership but have the right to do something if said leader chosen by the last leader is a peice of Sheet. Sort of like a limited monarchy, who is kept in check by their council, sovereign territories and people. Afterall Equestria has to place trust in those who are of the ability and expertise to tackle the magically dangerous parts of their world. You don't vote on who your principal at school is, but trust that those who put them in power are good at appointing leadership. That being said if your principal does terrible things you know the PTA is gonna eat them alive, as the PTA is a often a big factor in school decisions, fundraising, ect. In spite the principal being able to just flat out veto or implement things. Just my thoughts.
0 likesI agree personally I think voting for the leader could be a good thing.
1 likeTwilight is the ruler of equestria because she's stronger than anyone else with her friends by her side, and probably as an individual by the point of the epilogue. She can literally raise and lower the sun and moon, upon which all other life in Equestria is dependent on. She can channel massive amounts of destructive magic, create barriers, teleport long distance. She's nigh unstoppable.
1 likeSo this is, unfortunately, a case of might makes right. Powerful beings can do what they want when no one can stop them. And as she's a kind ruler, the few people or majority of people who could stop her, don't want to. Those villain characters were thwarted because their ultimate aims interfered with the common people's daily life and it gave them a reason to stand up or find champions to fight for them in the form of the mane 6/7. A benevolent ruler might never have that sort of opposition, because even if some people disagreed with them, the majority of the populace wouldn't.
Honestly, if you look at pre-reformation Starlight glimmer, you'll see the ultimate example of a ruler who is lawful evil, and convinces the populace to go along with her schemes without any real opposition. She ultimately failed because she made her subjects too uncomfortable to be content, so the second they had an out in the form of outside assistance, it all came crashing down. But what if she'd done a better job? What if she'd merely concealed their cutie marks but left their talents intact, so they wouldn't know their talents, but would still end up doing the things that made them happy? There's a chance she could have kept that going indefinitely, living in her vision of an 'equal' society where pony's talents weren't displayed for all to see. If she had made them all reasonably happy, and had enough power to prevent any opposition, what was to stop her from continuing to rule?
I think alicorns should stay in rulership as the other creatures who are there generally live outside of equestria and for example the hypergriffs have a queen like the ponies have a princess
0 likesDemocracy is a great type of government but... I don’t think that ponies can choose which ruler they want because celestia chooses for them by putting loads of hard and big obstacles for the pony, like for Twilight if you see in the 2 episodes in which twilight and everyone (including Shining Armor and Cadence) saved the crystal empire, celestia talks to Luna about twilight being much more closer towards their plans if she saves the empire, and then at the end of the part 2, celestia holds the book which belonged to starswirl and the book which has the spell that twilight finished and earned her wings. So throughout her life, celestia and Luna knew exactly what twilight would become if she followed the path of friendship. They knew that twilight would always rule Equestria better that they ever could (with the help of her friends). After twilight became the princess of friendship everypony had full faith in her.
1 likeAnd even if twilight became a bad leader then the next generation of creatures who represent the elements of harmony (the young six) can banish her (I really don’t want that to happen). and even without the elements, we have seen that the magic of friendship can do exactly what the elements could do (seen in the episode where the main six defeat sombra again and without using the elements).
Me: seeing how it starts
0 likesAlso me: he has achieved comedy
One like for sawtooth is another vote for equestria!👍
0 likesShe's a dictator definitely but have the greatest power & kindness to reign without any violence or invasion , comparing with some presidents in democracy countries.
0 likesDon’t forget her advisor is a DRAGON! And before you brought up elections, I had a better idea: let the Student Six join the Council of Friendship
1 likeHey! I know i’m late for this but, I wanna say some valid points here.
1 likeMLP Has some rules in being a ruler, they don’t need to be elected, because the people were *choosen* to rule since the start, any if there were any bad rulers in equestria probs the teachers (based on Celestia and Twilight) will cast them out and pick a new leader.
And tbh if you talk abt bad leadership, in the irl world people choose some bad people to lead even after election.
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Tiny x Melon and than king Sombra rule over the crystal empire before he was defeated
0 likesWell some of the reason the real world leaders are bad is bc one the USA put one of their puppets in two the elections were cheated and the people won't do anything three people will listen too the media even if the tell lies and the leaders know the people are scared to stands up for themselves.
0 likesI love Your version of the holy grail Monty python.
0 likesMoral of the video: Don't talk politics with Twilight
0 likesYou should make more hilarious parodies
0 likes00:00-1:05 MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL!!! I LOVED THAT SCENE!!!
0 likesOr do what England does. Still have royalty but have a parliament and have the queen or king approve whatever changes to pass it on.
2 likesI think the difference is Alicorns are essentially deities compared to average citizens. Celestia and Luna legit raise the sun and moon. In our own history, religion went from gods that embodied elements (thunder, fire, etc) to gods that embodied pillars of human ideas (love, war, crafting, family, etc). MLP starts with rulers that represent primal forces (sun, moon) and then moves to rulers that represent ideas (friendship, ...love? is Cadance 'love'? idk). Toss in that Alicorns appear to live basically as immortals. So yeah, I feel it's less a dictatorship as it is a weird theocratic monarchy.
0 likesRuling over true opinion instead of power! Also unfair ranks...I'm all for it.
0 likesYour point that alicorns don't represent the other species anymore is largely invalid. The other species have their own rulers (King Thorax, Queen Novo, Ember.. the list goes on.) The alicorns only give orders to the species that choose to live in Equestria. We haven't been shown that Twilight gives orders to anyone except Spike and the Student Six, which are her, well, students.
0 likesTwilight didn't get her wings from celestia it was her heart's desire remember at the end of the song when celestia said to Twilight:
0 likesIt's time for you to fulfill your destiny!
Then Twilight's heart desire came out of her chest and turn her into a alicorn-
You become an alicorn when you earn it, but it’s not the only way to become one
2 likesNow saying that twilights a dictator is blasphemy but also fair meaning what riler banishes her most loyal and kind subjects (the mlp fan community) right as she take the throne?
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0 likesVote base on popularity can be bad too: imagine this: your policy is working and there are plenty of evidence in the past but just because it is too complicated for normal folk and they understand it in a bad way, they just vote you out of the ruler role. Bad people can also manipulate popularity by mass propaganda too. All it takes is money, look and intelligence to make you popular in the eyes of voters.
Vote base on popularity only works if the entire population is not stupid and disorganize.
Copying the voting system without knowing the requirement, pro/con is just a surefire way to put the entire country at risk of collapse.
Celestia was one too :/
0 likesAlso I'm glad I finally found someone who also noticed this! :D
I would totally live in Discord’s kingdom!
1 likeEach kingdom has rules and possibly when different creatures are in that kingdom they have follow the leaders rules (kingdom rules).
0 likesIf every creature lives in equestria what happened to the other lands? Did they stay the same?
1 likeI think maybe it's a council. The alicorns and the children and spouses are royalty. Only the people "available" Can become royalty. With celestia and Luna retiring and cadence and her family busy with the crystal empire, twilight automaticly becomes the next ruler.
0 likesThank you I love it.
0 likesFINALY SOMEONE OUT OF MY FAMILY KNOWS ABOUT MONTHY PYTHON
0 likesTalking about Twilight.... I was rewatching mlp where Twilight got her cuter mark, and Celestia says that twilight has a special gift. The rainboom made have made her magic boost, but it's still her magic. Later Twilight transforms into an alicorn, by herself. Out of her heart. Back to that episode, she started doing crazy things like turning her parents into a cactus and an aging spell which no pony can do. That's alicorn magic. Trixie and Twilight stated it herself. So maybe Twilight was indeed born with a gift. A very powerful gift that made her into the way she is now. Who knows? 👀
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Wait a second... Twilight's magic oh and Rarity's triggered when Rainbow did the rainboom..she's an element. Twilight's magic triggered again when she got the elements back together. Coincidence? Maybe. Also why is the tree Twilight's form? What if the tree created twil- nah that seems too far of a stretch. I don't know what I'm writing
0 likesThe entro was hilarious!Lol!!
1 like"Election results are in! Equestria has elected Big Macintosh from the Eeeyup party to be the new Princess of Equestria. The radical change in leadership has left ex-princess Twilight Sparkle from the Friendship party to demand a recount. The rest of the Friendship council refused to give comment on the election. Except for Applejack. She said and I qoute "Big Mac has always wanted to be a princess but I really don't think he knows what he's gotten himself into..." More on this developing story at eleven." -ENN
0 likesI wonder if Twilight's wings belonged to another pony.. if so did Celestia rip off those wings off of that pony? That'd make a great Creepypasta.
0 likesIts a different world...think of it as that...we don't know how they really "think"...for all we know, their entire life is based on friendship...
0 likesMy thought would be that equestria is a triarchy (well, was)
0 likes5 princesses ruled equestria, and triarchy means 3 or more leaders ruling one nation.. but same as monarchism, the rulers are a family, this wont work since celestia and luna are not sisters of twilight,
But diarchy on the other hand (or should i say hoof) means that 1 ruler being picked as the successor of the previous rulers, celestia and luna picked twilight as the new ruler successor to them
But, celestia said she and luna will retire, didn’t say anything about the crystal empire rulers, maybe equestria is a triarchy/monarchy after all
Cadence, Shining Armour, Flurry Heart and Twilight are all a big family, so equestria is a triarchy (the crystal empire rulers and twilight)
Who else when you read this At first you thought it said Twilight a director lol
0 likesA democracy is pretty close to what Equestria may need, but a normal voting system is not the way to go. If anyone else watches CGP Grey, they'll know that FPTP voting is a horrible idea that not only leads to further corruption, but also misrepresentation. As time goes on, the ruled no longer vote for who they want, they vote against who they don't want and a two-party system forms. Anyone who tries to leave the two-party system hurts the party they were in. I think Twilight needs to watch CGP Grey's alternative voting videos, and do what queen lion did: stay in charge to protect against corruption until she knows it won't happen.
0 likesI liked the parody at the beginning plz do more
0 likesI completely disagree.... cuz I like the absolute monarchy aesthetic :P
0 likesWell, many Ponies were shown to be pretty racist towards others. Even the racism and discrimination between the three tribes resurfaced in full effect just because of a few rumors.
0 likesMost Monarchy's end up getting overthrown or dissolved not because they all thought democracy's the thing to do now but because said monarchy's were causing huge problems giving a need for change if the alicorns rulership is so good that their is no need for change they wont change the system also if the ponys have a voice and they dont object they in a sense give consent and choose them, remember there government is set up in a way that they dont have that much control over people in the first place so they arnt dictators also a parliament can work in tandem with a monarchy with share of power if need be
1 like"No tyrant can stay in charge, if the people have the power to vote them out"
0 likeslaughs in turkey
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yeah true democracy is a very rare thing..
0 likesOk I'm going to be honest, this is a children's cartoon. So dictator ship, communism, and politics should never be a thing. I mean I personally don't think twilight is a dictator because she worked hard to earn her place and she had shown she's a good leader and going by bronie boys theroy twilight would still be leader and the other races of mythical creatures have their own kingdom and their own system of ruleing over their own part of Equestria. For someone who's into ponies sure forgot that small minor detail. Just saying. You can either take what I've said into thought or ignore it. I'm not here for hate I'm here for facts
0 likesJust wait till the Mandate of Heaven ends (History joke)
0 likesI just wanted to say, is it possible that the Changeling from “a slice of life” is thorax? Plz tell me your thoughts!
1 like“def an earth pony” me seeing him change to an alicorn multiple times with the changling thingy. ik ur secret..
0 likesI think you’re absolutely right with our course that could be corrupted but who’s to say that somebody could just switch out the votes and make it to where they could make their favorite person win idk Plus wouldn’t twilight try to make it to where she would be the only person to be elected remember what happened in episode 0 and she turned cuckoo crazy that might happen again if you suggest this idea and it actually happens
0 likesTime for an equestrian prolotarian revolution bois
0 likesAlicorns have less of a chance of getting corrupted and there royalty there the perfect example of magic sooooooo
1 likeI think the alicorns nore creatures of equestria vote for they're rulers becuase they suspect the alicorns to be the rulers, becuase that's always how it's been.
0 likesFor what the mane six does Twilight gets the credit
0 likesWhat about balkanizing equestria into several ethnostates? One for ponies, others for unicorns and so o, nothing could ever go wrong, right?
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you know who else is a dictator-
0 likesIs it only me or this guy made twilight a total girl
0 likesI understand wondering why only alicorn can rule Equestria but they never actually said that think about it
1 likeIn the dragon lands who rules??? Queen Ember. In the changeling hive who rules??? King Throrax not Twilight and ponies only rule over the places where ponies live. it just depends on who's Superior on where they live in dragonlands the superior dragon. In the changeling Hive a superior changeling
Now that Twilight has Celestias Base.... does that mean Luna has Celestias base now too, now that they’re older?
0 likesI think that starlight (or what is her name) will be next allicorn. Why? Becauze of love between master and apperice. think about it.
1 liketwilight sparkle lacks confidence, is shy, kind and gets stressed under pressure. She is not a dictator! She rules with Spike, and the mane 6 and seeks advice from her CHS friends, especially Sunset, who is in fact a better leader than her. Sunset performed at Starswirled, went on tour and also was the director of a school play! What does this say about These 2 ponies?
0 likesThank you for making fun of twi for me
0 likesHoly grail reference!!!!
0 likesBecome a democracy so u could rule XD
0 likesbut the alicorns represent the pony kingdom, every other species has their own leader for their own kingdoms
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so maybe all of the leaders could work together to rule over equestria and beyond
0 likesI wonder if it's easier to rig elections in Equestria than in Russia?
0 likesМне интересно, проще ли в Эквестрии сфальсифицировать выборы, чем в России?
i love ur videos
0 likesThe way I see it is this; Celestia didn't want political power and responsibility. That's why she delegates so much. She's still very much a figurehead. A symbol of status, strength and unity. But she's less "The Governor" and more "The one who Governs the Governors". As long as she's around, Equestria is safe and protected.
0 likesAnd she very carefully picked somebody who would make a good leader. Equestria isn't a Monarchy with a royal lineage. She chose her sucessor based on how well of a leader they'd be.
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There's no "There must always be an Alicorn leader" status quo because Twilight is literally the second Monarch Equestria's ever had.
0 likestime for some equestria at war communist content
0 likesDemocracy works best on a small scale where everyone is at least an acquaintance with whoever gets elected, and especially the lack of campaigning for office. The US is unfortunately not representative of the common people. Only about 0.02% of the American population influences who can actually be voted for, at least on a practical level. Sure, anyone can pay $5,000 and get their name on the ballot, but people only vote for who they see on tv, and that comes purely from those with extensive monetary backing, not to mention the political party influence as well. This is why only democrats or republicans end up as president despite the occasional other unknown names that appear on the ballot sheet. Democracy sounds nice in theory, but making it actually work as intended is extremely difficult. Furthermore, term limits are actually a bad thing. Firstly, power does not corrupt, rather, it reveals us for who we are, and sadly most decent people are decent because of social pressure, something they can escape when they have power. Secondly, it is rare for an actually decent person to also be ambitious enough to actively seek a position if power, and more often, decent people in power are there out of a sense of duty or responsibility to do what no one else is going to do. Immoral people however, tend to be more ambitious and desiring of such positions. This means, that just from the nature of decent and selfish people, selfish ones are far more common among those running for office. Thus, when a decent person is in, we need the ability to keep them there. And also, those that are more in the grey area between decent and selfish, have other concerns to deal with, such as paying back those who got them in, as well as planning for the future. While in office, if you know you have a very limited time before you are out, you must plan for what happens when you get out, and if politics is your main field of skill, then your only options for retirement come from keeping your backers happy enough to "pay" you in one form or another enough to live comfortably after you leave office. Of course, you can stay in politics by running for other political offices, but that only works if your backers are very happy with how well you meet their demands while in, otherwise, you don't get backers and therefore don't get to stay in politics. Thus, rather than having a full republic/democratic system, it might be better to simply give the people the power of removal from office. The common people don't get much power in choosing who gets the head seat anyway, but if the people can remove whoever has the crown, than that is a check against the worst outcomes, as anyone wanting the crown wants to stay there, and so must be careful to not make the common people too unhappy, something that really isn't a big enough concern for modern leaders (it is still somewhat of a concern, but really, currently the government only needs the people to not reach the point of rebellion, but otherwise has no concern about the approval of the masses. This is why they keep trying to take guns away, because taking guns away makes rebellion a minor issue, rather than a dangerous one. And this is especially true as our military capabilities increase. Another few decades and American military forces could slaughter the entire American population without difficulty if the people didn't have guns, and they could do it with a fraction of the troops on active duty. Without guns, the government would truly have no reason whatsoever to care about public approval). In short, I can't think of a better government than a benevolent dictator. The only trouble is making sure it is a benevolent one, rather than a selfish one, and that is such a hard problem to solve that it really isn't even practical to attempt it, hence democracy. Truthfully, I think the answer lies with the real power being fixed with leaders of small clan-like groups, with the central authority being subservient to the clan leaders. The clan leaders are then democratically elected with no need for campaigning nor financial support.
0 likesWhat if a changeling ruled? They can represent difference and all species..
0 likesI’d vote for him
0 likesdiscord should rule because he represents every thing
0 likesI have a feeling the Monty python stuff went over a lot of your views heads
0 likesYou are wrong because cozyglow" did not become an Allcorn The way Twilight did Twilight became an Allcorn when she ashoered that she was pure hearted but Cozyglow did not and so you are wrong
0 likes2:07 dude she just a baby i thought u where over with that debunk theory just let it go
1 likeAlso yeah no that help jack with how stupid the pony or everyone is in the show
Hi finn hi flan so what u plan to win the vote for the ten time in aroun
There is magic and destiny
0 likesAll different nations have there own rulership
0 likesThe question I'm asking myself is why does twilight look like princess celestia now I mean her hair changed everything is that just a princess thing when alicorns get bigger they grow up too Look like that I don't think so cause cadence looks the same
0 likesWhen Twilight met her friends in Cantalot she had a 3 star cutie mark?
0 likesI don't think you understand how dictatorships work.
0 likesDon't forget crhisalis
0 likesShe has wing and a horn
(Clickbait) but I still like your content
1 likeNow that Twilight has Celestias Base.... does that mean Luna has Celestias abase now too that they’re older?
0 likesI say we call for revolution.
0 likesHm, a compromise would be the political system in the UK.
0 likeshahaha the beginning whose funny
0 likesWell of course she going to be a dictator she is going to be listening to celestia she was one to begin with
1 likeShe's da Queen
1 likeI haven’t seen your videos in YEARS
1 likeCelestial was grooming twilight sparkle to be her heir.
0 likesI didn't think of it this way.
0 likesme at the beginning:😋😋😂
0 likesme at the end:😯😐😦
In this episode...... I have a question for time. On season 9 Twilight sparkle is a Princess. But now she is the Queen of Equestria. On the other hand in EG [It means Equestria Girrls]world there is a dublicate twilight is a real human. If pony Twilight born a child. So, she has the ability ot go to EG world. Most of people have draw that the future of MLP University and there twilight's child is girl. So, the question is twilight is a Alocorn . But the dublicate travel to pony world she trun into a Unicron. Twilight is a real pony. And a Princess. So, How could she be a principale of that school ?????.... It means that Princess Celestia is Queen of Equestria in pony world . In EG world Celestia is a principale of that school .🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔
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I bon't think you will feel comfortable after reading this 😑😑😑
0 likesyes but i think there should be mulpiult learders
0 likesCozy glow is an alicorns cuz she obsorbed discord magic
0 likesMy infance
1 likeConstitutional monarchy
1 likeNo bc if ur a queen and u gv birth to a child it is an heir sense twilight nor celestia or luna have an hier they would need another princess to rule what other creatures have proven they could be good rulers.
1 likeParliamentary democracy yes. Reg democracy? Heck no, regular democracy is not representative of the whole, reg democracy is only representative of the majority.
0 likesit's a monarchy
1 likeIf I am a pony (I really wish😂😂😂) I would become an ALICORN someday I hope
0 likesI mean everyone has just one pony life also make it good
And if you are an ALICORN you become over thousands years old 😂😂😂😂
What’s the episode of my little pony in this video called? and what’s the season the episode is in?
0 likesSpike turns into a hell lizard...
0 likesHaha so funny
0 likesSawtooth wafs vote for me pls I’m a earth pony 😂 haha
0 likesI usually love all you ideas but so sorry but I just don't think there should be elections
0 likesWhen did she get HUGE?!?!
0 likesMONTY PYTHON REFERENCE HAHAHAHAHAH YAAAAY!!!!!
0 likesKING ILLUSION!
0 likesi vote sawtooth
0 likesUh, the princesses are only the rulers of Equestria, not of the lands where the other creatures live. I guess they're now kinda like the UE, they can come and go as they please between kingdoms, but they still have their own rulers and traditions in each one. Also, it is implied that King Sombra wasn't really a king that went corrupt, he just conquered the Crystal Empire and made himself king (I mean, technically the IDW comics confirm this, but I don't know how much of the comics is canon, if at all, so I try not to take them into account). Cozy Glows transformation was unnatural, you could say she wasn't a real alicorn, as shown when the MEan 3 lose their power and she goes back to being a pegasus (when the princesses lose their magic they are still alicorns). Finally, come on! The point of the fantasy genre is, like you yourself said, to romanticize the idea of a good monarch ruling with their subjects' best interests at heart, why would you ruin that with something as pedestrian as elections? (still, as the princess of friendship Twilight did create the council of friendship, so technically she isn't the sole ruler and there's a sort of division of powers I guess).
0 likesNoice monty python refrence
0 likesIf twilight sparkle wasn’t born with wings, then how does Celestia and Luna have been born with wings? Who are their parents?
0 likesIs it even my little PONY anymore?
0 likesapparently passing down the crown doesn't exist
0 likesthen both luna and celestia pretty much were also, also COZY DOESN'T COUNT
0 likesEqestria is a Monarky.
0 likesYour self to be a queen
1 likeFlurry heart is a BABY they do not know that much, Cozy Glow is not truly an Alicorn because it was not her magic that made her one, she took it!!! You can NOT elect a princes they will get the the crown any way.
0 likesBut everyone has their own lands and their own rulers. I honestly don’t think that all these animals and their lands are ALL equestria. Mount Eris, the dragon lands, etc.... we all see that they have their own lands and their own rulers. And just because Equestria formed relationships with these other lands, doesn’t mean they are now a part of Equestria. Just like you can go live in any other country, doesn’t mean you belong to that country. But this is just me. Sorry if I got some spelling wrong, I don’t know how to spell every thing in the MLP universe.
0 likesI’m upset with the new Spike
0 likesTwinkle Sprinkle is a dictator!!
0 likesHow cum twilight has moving mane in season 9
0 likes0:15 is an edit..............
0 likes(The eyes)
🤦🏻♀️
0 likesIt’s a kids show- it doesn’t need logic
0 likesBut no one would vote for changelings and they wouldn't change and be good.
0 likesIt should if they pick a better president than the one we have today good for them
0 likesxD God dam
0 likesuhhh that's not twily's voice...
0 likesTwilight sparkle Wow I want to be a unicorn now I don't want to be Kumon
0 likesI think Changelings should rule Aquestria
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because they are able to ‘change’ in order to represent all of the creatures.
0 likesI’m a pegacat
0 likeswell I say do, to the current political climate in the world in the democratic countries has demonstrated that the best person for the job doesn't always is the one that gets elected
0 likes“DOWN WITH THE MONARCHY!”
1 likeWhats with that parody😂😂your voice as twilight😂i cant bre..a...t...h *dies*
0 likesi think that alacorn shond stil roll\
0 likes*boop*
0 likesFLURRY IS BORN PRINCESS, SHE IS THE ONLY TRUE PRINCESS
0 likesHaLp Im bEiNg repRessED
0 likesXD
1 likeNo no no no nooo no no .why? Because other creatures have their own land so they have their queen 😌😡
0 likes1:08
1 likeThats just a cartoon dude
0 likesI would vote discord
0 likesHello nice to meet you 😉
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1 like3:30 oh hello and then 3:31 yeah [ no thanks ] me say on that time ouch XD
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1 sub today XD thanks you
0 likesDo all ponies grow super tall like celetia and luna?????????? or just princesess
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Or can only Alicorns rule eqesteria??
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0 likesBoop!
0 likesEdit: I have no idea why I commented this a year ago
Lol
1 likeWoW
1 likemy friends would not vote ror twi they don't like her :(
0 likesBut what about celestial how can they vote in that thing and in that time pony were not togethe yet and not able to vote in that time? Since in that time they had some problems.
0 likesLol
0 likesTwilight is a princess because sge has saving the world with her friends she is the princess but twilight and her friends rule toghether
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0 likesyour are a changeling dude
0 likesWhat!
1 likeI hate people say that “FLURRY HEART IS INCOMPETENT” like she’s a F-ing BABY!!!
0 likesHm...so...she a princess?...still dont care...
0 likesbut state religion monarchy is based
0 likesHaha
0 likesNo simply cuz ponies are dumb they're easily tricked so a bad guy could easily become president. And even if it works on the rules of let's say America. The villain would still have exclusive access to all the magic items the archive of band spells insignificant knowledge of how the system works. There's a reason why Celestia has ruled so long and Twilight will rule as long as the age of friendship still exist. Unless they have something like a war to toughen the ponies up they will always need a leader.
0 likesWhat happend to princess celestia and princess Luna after twilight's corenation?
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Coronation*
0 likesTwilight sparkle💋🌈🌟✨💫⭐️☀️
0 likesBruh-
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0 likesI THINK THIS IS UPSURRRRRD TWILIGHT IS NOT A DICTATOR
0 likesI PIC star Light Should Be the Roler of pony Vile becus she is Responsible. And you are the dest
1 like1:53luna
0 likeshey saw tooth waves did you ever did a video abuot luna do luna ever sleep.
0 likesno!
0 likes... :/
0 likesGood
0 likesdo you have scratch??
0 likesOh man, I've never been into the MLP too much but this video is saying EXCACTLY what I have a problem with. Equestria is NOT an only-ponies kingdom, there are other species in there and they might not be happy that a PONY tells them what they can and cannot do. And even if there are other kingdoms ruled by their own rulers, ponies still are (or were, idk what it looks like now) considered the most powerful and most important of all... or at least THEY consider THEMSELVES most powerful and they just cannot wrap their mind around the concept that some other species could be more powerful than them.
1 likeI might be wrong, though, since the last thing I watched with MLP was the movie and I based my theory mostly on that (and if you compared my theory to what was in the movie you sure would notice my point).
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I agree
0 likesPrincess twilight sparkle get vote for me
0 likesDon’t get it
0 likesBut, isn't equestria originally for ponies? It's like saying an American can come in and run some other country because some Americans live there...
0 likesAlcotns are the most pawerfol of all creachers so thay are perteter
0 likesI honestly think Thorax could be the perfect Equestrian ruler or at least some other Changeling, because since a Changeling can shapeshift into any species, they could represent all creatures with the abilities of one
1 likeI love when sawtooth explains stuff it's so cool
0 likesJust a video suggestion, cause I’ve had this thought in my head about what if twilight and her friends didn’t defeat the mean 3? I was thinking heavily on it because of what would’ve happened to them and Equestria or the crystal empire. I thought back to your other video on how Shining Armor should’ve been an Alicorn, and maybe then with his aid being the last line of defense, he would’ve proved his worthiness of protection displayed from his cutie mark or something like that, if you get what I meant
0 likesThere's already a council in equestria , as seen in Spike's Twilight Reception for the Sick. Aside from the timeline of the all-out war with the Crystal Empire, the princesses in the cartoons and the anime are all about the receptions, the ratifications, and other administrative trivia, which means that the decision making should be in the hands of the parliament in peacetime, so the equestria is at best close to the British system .the princess administration, parliamentary decision making, or even a more thorough constitutional monarchy.
0 likesso, there was no need to sway the princess at all.
Have you ever wondered how tails work? Twilight bounced spike off of her tail in the first episode and Mr. Cake in the Baby Cakes episode carried diapers on his tail. It seems like some ponies can manipulate their tale like monkeys.
2 likesI've just been rethinking the "alicorns can represent earth ponies, unicorns and pegasi each" thing.
0 likesActually this is pretty purblind thinking; since alicorns just look like all of the other ponies, but have a totally different experience of life. No (born) Alicorn knows the struggles of needing to use your teeth to open a jar or renting a balloon to reach high places... Alicorn rulership has always been the leadership of the almighty over the 'disabled' and may only have had advantages in terms of representation, as all other kinds of ponies were equally repressed and no one of the 'natural' pony kinds was able to rise above the other two.
As churchill once said. "if you want a argument against democracy have a chat with the average voter". Define Alicorn knowledge and leadership forever
0 likesyou need a strong ruler like a alicorn. simply because of what the dangers in that world is. it's highly magical which means you need a mage on top. for good or bad you need someone who is strong enough to deal with outside threats.
0 likesThat beginning made me laugh so much 😂
0 likesThis is a 5 minute video about why Democracy is generally considered one of the better forms of government.
0 likesAnd it’s great.
I will never be sad to see some Monty Python, pony-style
0 likesI hear you point but each creature already has a leader I.e. Thorax for changlings, Ember for dragons ect. And I think all of those creatures have their own way of selecting their leader, similarly to our poll votes. It's just ponies probably accept that to become an alicorn is a great test itself, if one passes it and gets the wings, it means they passed their test and are a trustworthy leader. Luna did that to get her wings but of course nightmare moon had to appear. I think that was a mere anomaly, something that doesnt happen often. Sombra was a unicorn who got corrupt but he isnt supposes to be a leader, he just dominated the crystal ponies with fear. That wasn't fair or right, so that's why he wasn't an alicorn. Flurry heart well she is a child and she learns with age, her being born an alicorn is a mystery for sure but let's not forget she is a child after all.. Besides twilight is a leader yes but she works with other creature leaders to make peace, she is incharge of ponies whilst other leaders are in charge of their race so it's more of a teamwork thing, not an individual ruler.
0 likesWe know you are changing sawtooth you can just show your room to like the whole of a question like you don’t need to hide it anymore like it’s okay to change forms once in awhile
1 likeWell it's kinda different since the Mair is the Mair and of course there's gonna be votes, however, royalty has never really been voted and has always been chosen by blood so maybe that's why the ponies didn't really get a choice to vote their ruller? :P
0 likesWhat did the spell Twilight fixed actually do? Is it an alicorn-maker spell? Does anypony who casts it becomes an alicorn? If not, what kind of spell is it?
0 likesFucking finally !
0 likesThis video is literally what I'm thinking about Equestria and the whole alicorn rule
Equestria needs a real justice system
Two points.
0 likesAs for your objection that nowadays there aren't only ponies around, so that the representation thing with alicorns doesn't work anymore:
The other creatures are more like visitors, exchange students or at the most ambassadors. Even though whinking about them too is an important part of fair leadership, it would be extremely uncommon to formally represent foreigners (as such) in another nation's government.
As for the part with the "power to vote them out":
Since (the other nations' and especially) Equestria's inhabitants show an extremely broad variety of abilities, it is very difficult to actually achieve indepence of those powers. Often within the series we have seen that there is barely any creature or even group of creatures that can cope with, for instance, alicorn magic. Of course you might point out, that the power of friendship has proven itself as the mightiest power of all; but still relying on that means being in need of a few certain individuals, if some bad creature gains power. It would therefore be very difficult to implement a system, in which different forces of the nation are able to control each other (like we know it from human democratic systems) without again excluding the majority of the nation's inhabitants.
your new intro feels like the intro to a rhythm heaven minigame
0 likesdude, this political humor is frigging hilarious!
0 likesThere are many things wrong with this:
0 likes- Comparing Twilight to Sombra is like comparing King George VI to Benito Mussolini.
- Cozy Glow didn't earn them, she stole them via the bell, thus making it inaccurate.
- Flurry Heart is a baby. She doesn't rule the Crystal Empire until Cadance either dies or resigns.
- The problem with comparing The princesses to The Crystal Empire is how they earned it. Sombra took the violent path and took over the Palace (via coup). The princess earned their spot by taking the place of the older generation. Not a single bit of violence.
- Yes, she doesn't represent the people. However, Twilight for almost every season finale has been the HERO of Equestria. The people know that they want a leader that can defend them when dark times come and go. It's a HERO's job to defend the people.
- Your simple description of how an Alicorn rules over a mixed race of creatures is 100% the definition of Fascism and Supremacy, not an Absolute Monarchy.
- There has been NO example of an Absolute having elections for a king/queen. That's why Royal Families exist. When the current king dies/resigns, it passes on to the oldest son(s). If the kingdom is truly corrupt, then change it to a constitutional monarchy, so that the princess doesn't have the final say on things.
- The difference between a class president and a princess is a lot. Mainly, they are on both sides of the political spectrum, presidents are mainly enforced in a libertarian/democratic society. A princess is an Authoritarian Society.
If you ask me, no it's not. And it's because of one of the very things you mentioned, BECAUSE it's so diverse. Racial tension in equestria is, complicated to say the least. I believe the Alicorn rulership is needed because their the only ones who can keep all the races unified because when people see an Alicorn, they know that there isn't a reasonable way to challenge them
0 likesThat intro felt like one of Silver Quill's...
0 likesIs that what you were parodying?
(Loved it btw)
Hoping someone here can answer this question for me:
1 likeTwilight Sparkle became an Alicorn because she discovered new magic, right? Namely, a spell to swap around people's cutie marks?
But Starlight Glimmer did the same thing, independently, and did it more controllably and more often. She also may have done it before Twilight.
So why isn't Starlight Glimmer an Alicorn instead of Twilight Sparkle?
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Starlight Glimmer didn't have a good heart back then she's still learning tho
0 likesI think I know why human twilight didn't go to Canterlot high. As you can see, there was no other high school that represents Ponyville, and of course, Human Twilight didn't know about friendship, since the other 5 (or 6) were in canterlot high, Twilight was isolated just as in Celestia's story.
0 likesIs anyone else curious on who is Terec and who he was before he came to Equestria and where his brother and his dad are today. Remember Discord mentioned Terec’s dad at one point saying how Terec was afraid of him, could he be more powerful and dangerous than Terec?
0 likesSo could anyone explain why did Twilight looked like that at the end of the show?
0 likesIt’s called a constitutional monarchy
2 likesThere should be a council, each...um tribe should elect a ruler to participate in a larger group. To rule equestria
0 likesI was thinking is it possible that In the middle of the time jump there was a battle with the elements of harmony and disharmony 🤔
0 likesyou should do a theory on twilights transformation in the season 9 finale
0 likesI love your idea but alicorns are really powerful and can turn creatures into stone while maybe you can’t and this is bad idea because of Terek cozy glow queen crisalis and many more
0 likesI wold like to know what you think about the bat pony. They may be a lot tribe or one that was forced into hiding for a long time
0 likes2:20... was that High School musical?
0 likes3:08 I dunno, Princess Discord has its appeal. I recall a fanfic where he made the national currency air, which was difficult to spend but everyone had enough of it. Votes for Draconequeseses...es! Whatever the plural is!
3:40 Works fine until somone powerful on their own right refused to give up the throne...
Anyway, I've been in favor of a representative republic for Equestria ever since the ending of Season 3 made it untenable to view Celestia as analogous to a parent. Royalty, to paraphrase Pratchett, makes ponies turn off their brains.
I shall vote for sawtooth wave!
1 likeI have a question I’ve seen this video and from the video it says that flurry hearts new sister is only going to have wings does that still mean she’s a princess 👑?
0 likesIsn’t the ruler of Equestria responsible for raising the sun and the moon? Would voting for a new ruler affect this?
0 likesIf grogar was the first leader of Equestria has he was a dictator so the pony’s that overthrew him were revolutionaries so Equestria is a republic not a dictatorship and maybe 1,000 years later it’s now a monarchy? In one of my comments I said “what if discord lived in a world binded by chaos like how Equestria is binded by friendship”so maybe the Crystal Empire is the chaos world so that would explain why it’s corrupt
0 likesGreat video!!
0 likesThe real reason for twilights wings was
1 likecheap merchandising
Buy our toys remixed
I’m loving that Monty python reference.
0 likesActually… a changing as a leader would make sense! Because they can change their form to anything therefore they can represent every creature !
0 likesYou have to improve the legal system and close loopholes in the law otherwise you get the same thing that happened in Germany after WW1
0 likesTwilight: "You don't vote for Princesses."
0 likesNo,but you elect Queens. Didn't you watch The Phantom Menace, Twi?
Tbh that would be scary seeing how easily humans can be tricked by media. And ponies are just four legged not as intelligent humans. Also, ponies don't choose what makes them "happy" in life or what they will do, it is genetically implanted in them and shows up on their plot. Seeing as their entire life purpose is predestined, it would make sense that their laws and rulers would be as well.
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Not that I did not like the video you are awesome! Just bringing out a point or two is all.
1 likeWait since when did twilight become a tall alicorn?
0 likesYou're assuming that Equestria is a Absolute Monarchy and not a Constitutional Monarchy.
1 likeI don't think Equestria should being a democracy. Just look at what happens when they can't control something like just the weather. They freak out. They need a dictator. Maby one day, but not as it sits.
0 likesCan be a constitutional monarchy like in United Kingdom
1 likeSooooo the point is that queen Crissalis is rightfull ruler.
0 likesAlso changelings are basically all siblings and their mother is also their commander/queen.
But the ruler has to be able to protect equestria. And alicorns are the most powerful. So it would be fair to only let alicorns be prince/sses.
0 likesCan you do a video on Celestial and Luna moving to SILVER SHOALS? Like, where is it Anyway
1 likei would vote for Derpy (just my opinion)
1 likeSorry I don't think Equestria should become a democracy, the general populace just doesn't seem that intelligent and easily turn against each other. If a bad ruler came to power, convincing ponies to vote for them doesn't seem too difficult.
0 likesJOSEPH STALIN: "Ah a worthy opponent!"
0 likesI always thought she was bossy
0 likesHi I am new watching your videos but I loved it!
0 likesthat intro
0 likes1:02 Your face tho XD
0 likesTwilight: Shut up!
Celestia: removes wings and teleported her to the magic kindergarten
Can there be an alicorn of time? Maybe they where watching the series the whole time....
0 likesTwilight after watching this:
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Can I vote for Sawtooth Waves for ruler?
0 likesI love ❤️.your videos
0 likesYou’ve got my vote, if Apple Jack isn’t running
0 likesYa but equestria is its own kingdom. That’s like saying it would be cool if a griffon came over and stared ruling over the Yaks. Twilight isn’t the ruler of the world, she is the ruler of equestria. So therefore, it does make sense that she represent each type of the pony species. But yes I do agree that some election should exist to prevent... nightmare moon, Cozy Glow, etc
0 likesThat was the trickiest brainwashing of all time.
0 likesYes twilight may be the ruler but twilight can only speak when needed she can't just go to land to land and demand anything from them like ponyville who has a mayor to rule them. Btw I've been watching your vids so I'll just sum it all in here about celestia freeing Luna I think it's right I see no one who controls the sun, Moon and stars but only celestia what if celestia knows and don't know at the same time, celestia knows there will be a princess of friendship but she doesn't know who it is, I think celestia assumed that sunset shimmer will be the princess if friendship but we all know how that turned out, why didn't celestia was the one who killed nightmare moon? Because if celestia was the one who killed her there will be no story in the. First place and maybe celestia is not strong enough to destroy nightmare moon the reason nightmare moon was defeated because of friendship and we all know celestia doesn't have friends well, at least that's what I observed and maybe celestia and Luna are born as alicorns the alicorn civilization is possible but it's not in equistria maybe it's in another place oorrr another dimension. Luna said that the birth of an alicorn has never been seen IN EQUISTRIA before. And about discords appearance I think the writers just made him like that cause his all about chaos don't you think discords form is suppose to be chaotic and not understandable I actually think that maybe discord comes out from grogars bell. And about flurry heart she may be the very first alicorn to be born in equistria. wait I just said that, well anywho maybe grogars doesn't really exist the monsters did say that they thought that grogars was a myth and they only heard stories about him but don't you think discords has been around a long time before cause how discord learn about grogar's existence? Maybe they go long way back? Or maybe discord is grogars maybe discord is the father of monsters it's weird discord is the god of chaos not the god of mischief what if it's all a facade discord was the one who freed the monsters like on purpose don't you think he is just acting as the victim? That's where it all starts you know that the villain was the person you least expect.
0 likesAnd since when did spike become a big dragon.. When I watched this he was tiny.
0 likesBut we see in mlp that there is a voted council that is voted during the episode with starlight and the royal sisters it is mentioned
0 likesIts a kid show, its all from imagination.
0 likesCosy Glow stool the alicorn power didn't she?
0 likesUhmm... I don’t think Twilight is a dictator. Sure she is a sole ruler but she’s not bad. She has good intentions at heart. And no she does not rule over all the creatures. She rules over only ponies. The dragons have their own dragon lord. The hippogriffs have their own queen. Griffons probably have their own ruler too? Or some politic situation. And so they all rule together over the whole world. Dragons, hippogriffs, griphons, changelings, yaks and ponies. These creatures have just found a way to live together in harmony thanks to Twilight. Plus! Earning alicorn wings isn’t just some divine intervention. It’s something that has to be earned by proving your magical status. And yes it has been said a baby unicorn’s power is out of control so why aren’t they born alicorn? Because alicorn magic is a whole higher level then baby unicorn magic. And even though Twilight wasn’t really chosen to be a ruler, she did save the land many times from disaster. I think everyone thought of her as a perfect successor thanks to everything she has acomplished. And even if she has the final decision, I’m sure she’s willing to listen to others and change things for the better and I’m sure that she will sometimes feel lost and ask for guidance. May it be Celestia, Luna, Cadence, her friends, a random pony or even her star pupil. And if she also chooses a successor, she will choose carefully and train that successor to be the best. And if it fails, well she gotta fix it then! Like Celestia chose the next ruler as a trusted friend and pupil, Twilight will do the same. The pupil will learn from the master and succeed at tests and other things and will be taught everything they need to rule. And when they are ready, Twilight will step down and let the new generation grow.
0 likesDiscord is the best choice with a Theocratic absolute elective monarchy, and a "College of Harmony" or the "Council of the Elders" with the religious elders of all Animals species come and vote on any decisions about to put in to motion with majority 3/4 to put it into action🤣(the only problem is that Discord is fuqing immortal!)
0 likesHi I have some ideas for videos like why Luna didn’t take over ( it would of maid more sense if Luna took over since Luna was younger so she should of take over )
1 likeOK in MY Opinion Luna was the only decent princess the corruption she had was made from Celestia and then there's cadence she made.... The princess of MERCHENDISE then twilight oh twilight the dictator she hurt so many people even if they were evil they attacked pony's who were being controlled witch had no choice to be evil this is why I think Luna is best
0 likesOk, that intro was funny
0 likesThere's nothing wrong with dictator ship that's just mlp is. Deal with it.
0 likesWhat I think is that king sombra is the king of changelings and he's the partner of queen chrysalis
0 likesan ordinary pony cannot rise and fall the sun, it cannot rise and fall in the moon ...☀️🌕💙🤞🎆
0 likesIt doesn't matter who rules as its the people who work behind the scenes that hold the eg. The head of the treasury. As smart as twilight is she can't rule a country alone. This is simplified but if you want check out cgp Grey as he has a better one explanation called rules for rulers
0 likesAlternative title: Twilight discovers communism
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..That was already full Displayed by Starlight...
0 likesSoooo Ya pretty sure she already both discocered it AND is pretty disgusted by it
This is the best video XD
0 likesThe reason why Twilight is the ruler, is no more
0 likeslike Celestia & Lunabecause she is an alicorn, and ipso facto represent ponies, but because she has the duty to raise the Sun and the Moon.I love democracy
0 likes-Emperor Palpatine
I want your theory of Ferrari heart the princess of light but the real question is what would her cutie mark be?
0 likesHey waves umm i think changlings should be rulers of equestria bcuz they change form so they can change due to the consequences
2 likesperhaps the princesses have a way of knowing who wld be the best ruler????
0 likesSo, you are saying, this is like we as Humans decided or . . . kinda did force Superman to be our one and only leader?
0 likesI think that is interesting concept that if Superman was real he could be our so called leader being all powerful and stuff...
And I tough Celestia(?) was the queen because she has been around for ever and why not have someone who has been deemed to be good leader be good leader? I would asume the "princess" (queen!) who rules still has to proof that they are good. Like you say, Sombra turns evil and thus is thrown out while Cadance is good and gets to rule :^)
I would assume being alicorn wont make you ruler unless you also proof somehow that you are fit to lead? Becaue that is what I got from watching mlp up till season 6 :D Where Luna was allowed to rule with Celestia and she felt like she has to proof everyone she is a good pony now and stuff :D
Edit: My point is this -> If Superman showed Humans that he is good and fit to lead humanity, why should we not make him our leader? He might help fight crime, safe life, cure world hunger by helping him self, do stuff we can't, stop wars, stop evil people and much more :^) Basically we would get much more benefits here than super man is saving the world in 1 city over whole world xD
He gets my vote
0 likesIt might have something to do with power
1 likei think that they chose the most powerful because she or he can best protect the citizens?
0 likesSawtooth waves I have a strange theory look at the episode rainbow dashs parents drove her to victory and you might see a bit that has derpy/muffin at the top the race so I just thought that she should be a wonder bolt and remember when discord turned into grogar did discord make up grogar beacause gusty the greats spell wouldn't of lasted until now so discord using his chaotic spell in stone bailed out might mare moon/luna and then returned but didn't show his other form so I could of just crushed drwolfs theory but then I thought is discord like you who escaped the hive of the changelings so does that mean discord is a changeling maybe even king chrysalis
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Simon Holyoak Grogar and gusty the great are old legend
0 likesWhat of the spirit of Harmony toke on a physical form like Discord and both Harmony and chaos ruled the land together?
0 likesGood intro
0 likesThis is unrelatedly to the video, So if your one of the good changlings why do you have to be in pony form?
0 likesHonestly i think equestria is a monarchy. Celestia passed it onto twilight because she had no children, although she did have a nephew maybe it was uh... Sarcred rule only females can rule? Lol kinda sad but possible.
1 likeIs no one going to mention the Monty Python music in the beginning of this video?
0 likesLOL!!! I LOVE THE START OF THE VID!!! And I promise I won't reveal ur secret!
0 likes“Which we all know can never go corrupt....oh”😂💀. But aye cozy didn’t deserve them wings and flurry a baby she wild like her parents...and aunt (COUGH COUGH) twilly
0 likesDo a video on why pinky pies hair is sooo life like. Love your videos! Please do a video for pinky pies hair!! I really want to see what you think. ❤️❤️❤️
0 likesKing Sombra doesn't count he has no backstory. and I'm subscribed to the headcanon of the Crystal Empire turning him into the dark monster we see today.
0 likesSounds like fascism to me
0 likes3:20 Mine too
0 likesI didn't see that coming that twighlight was mean
0 likesIt’s a different word there are reasons they are like that!
0 likesThis is fictional but Cozy glow turned into a alicorn because she used Groger’s bell and became powerful but she wasn’t a true alicorn and flurry hart is a baby she can’t control her emotions she can but not that much, and I think it would be different if pony’s voted for they’re ruler they could end up with a Pegasus or unicorn 🦄 or earth pony whoever would be voted probably would do a terrible job because there could be a new villain or a war and if there wasn’t a alicorn ruling the ruler couldn’t Protect themselves longer then a alicorn so saying that a alicorn could fly and magic at the same time I’m not saying that the other races are useless but have there own part to play in this The unicorns would use their magic to create a force Field to protect them and the towns for the filly’s and colts the The Pegasus’s would fly and strike in the sky seeing as the rest of the unicorns would be on the ground helping the princess fight and same with all the earth pony’s with a Alicorn ruling the chance of winning a war and doing a great job ruling is 100% a chance that it would happen alicorns should rule
0 likesHave you seen twilights cutie mark? There are exactly 5 smaller stars, which represent all the other ponies, Fluttershy, Applejack, Rarity, Rainbow dash, And pinkie pie. Then the middle sparkle, it represents twilight!
0 likesI don’t think that twilight would tell someone to shut up
0 likesIkr 😂🤣🤣🤣🤣
0 likes4:40 Silver Blaze? Is it just me or is that Silver The Hedgehog and Blaze The Cat from sonic????
1 likeShut up! Shut up! Twilight sYs 😂
1 likeBut Twilight isn't the ruler of equestria there the crystal empire and the sea pony and hippogriff kingdom and dragon land is all ruled by different creatures and ponies
0 likesIt’s Rick Democracy!
0 likesNo one:
0 likesNot even Myself:
I didn’t vote for you
I loveeeeeee u and the intro so funny I love u so much
0 likesI’d rather not go into a lecture about all the floors with democratic systems yeah just vote in general but it can be just as if not more corrupt then
0 likesIdk y that first bit sounded so funny
0 likesAlso Jose glow is a fake alacorn she took magic so those wing could be ones from a alacorn with pink wings to.
0 likesLOL I SAW THIS WHEN I WAS LEARNING QBOUT GOVERMENTS AT SCHOOL!
1 liketrue, Equestria should have a vote, But, Equestria is still a pony land. While it is inhabited by more than ponys, it might be a law that only ponies can rule in Equestria. Just like you will not see a yak as a dragon lord or a dragon as a sea pony princess or prince. and Twilight will most likely choose the next leader, and make sure it is someone right for the position, like Celestia did for her.
0 likesThat is why I never liked twilight lol
0 likesTwilight is evil she only cares about magic and barely spend time with her friends she should not be represented as the element of magic person who should be representing is Rainbow Dash she started this using a sonic rainbow she gave the five others there cutie marks and hers
0 likesOh so most of us think that i my sister luna and my student twilight with her own sister in law and her daughter are unelected alicorns and you cannot put full faith in us then i will tell one thing that yes that’s true so as i said even after elections still i will get the vite and i will be that princess of the sun so yes I don’t think I have a problem with that theory
1 likeI think alicorns shoud rule because they did probably a lot of good stuff to be a princes but floriheart she is eased by kadens so
0 likesNo because it didn't work for the crystal empire XD lol you'll never know that reference sadly but it's okay it's not that important I just wanted to say it
0 likesSawtooth: XD
0 likesexactly say what all the brownies pretty much saying well I think well they're chosen by a princess so it's perfectly fine cuz you can trust every princess cuz they have their earned their wings what I'm saying to those people are saying that shut up
0 likesTwilight is a dictator
0 likesHoly grail mlp I think
0 likesI think they all of the pcies should all have different leaders and when they wanna talk they should hold a netting they should be called the united leaders
0 likes....... I think......
i dare you to talk about the mlp aus(cupcake and rainbow factory)
0 likesWhat about Cozy Glow
0 likesi vote for discord to rule!
0 likesOh and also Star Swirl isn't Discord seriously we see both of them in the shot of season 9 of My Little Pony cuz seriously how would he be Star Swirl if they were in the same shot
0 likesMe voting for sawtooth waves the cute and hot one hehehe
0 likes...Do i say I called it?
0 likesYaks, dragons, griffins, changelings etc. are not FROM Equestria. They just live there. Equestria is a pony land, that’s why they have Alicorn leaders. Besides that, every creature can live in Equestria, but it’s not like they can rule it.
0 likesFlurry heart is smart but just a baby
0 likeswhy is king sumbra don't have wings if his a king
0 likesyou said you were going to post every week but you didn’t post this week
0 likesdiscord is 100% refrormed after 20 years!!!
0 likes#discord
“mentions corruption in government”
1 likeSoviet Union National Anthem intensifies
Hahahahaha!!!!!! LOL!!!!!!😖😀😄😁😆😅😂🤣🤣🤣🤣
1 likeAnd flurry heart is a baby
0 likesWHAT ABOUT YOUR CUTIE MARK ?? PLEASE ANSWER :)
0 likesMONTY PYTHON REFERENCE!!!!!!!
0 likesYou haven't posted last week. I think he's dead guys.😇
0 likesAll I can say is, if voting becomes a thing, I’m voting communist.
0 likesSelesti.... Twilight= Vladimir Putin.. Or Kim John Un
0 likes🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
0 likesLOL
0 likesTwillight would never say Shut up!!!!!!
0 likesi subscribed
0 likesYeah twilight wasn't elected, what about celestia, Luna, cadence, shining armor, flurry heart etc.. do you think they were elected? Yep, makes perfect sense, celestia and Luna just normal ponies (Pegasus, earth pony, or unicorn) running for office (not exactly an office but I think you get what I mean) celestia and Luna won, and just slap a pair of wings and or horn on them, our new rulers of Equestria, atleast twilight was appointed by celestia and approves she can rule Equestria
0 likesAnd I'm a chaling
0 likes0:52 shiny what?
0 likesI disagree
0 likesThe sereis is over
0 likesno just no
0 likesI think voting would be better it’s because u don’t know if other people are ok with it and also we need to vote them out if we need to but because the other alacorns are gone now there could be a bigger problem and there should be more rulers and also other animals are just as good
0 likesDragon alicorns owooo
0 likesWhen did you change your channel name?
0 likesIM A FAN HAhAHA
0 likesI do think she is a little mean.. Pls like and comment Sawthoot waves
0 likesBruh it’s mlp. A kids show. nothing makes sense.
0 likesThey pony not human!
0 likesWatch war of ideas first
1 likeA democracy would be perfect for a fantasy series like My Little Pony. It's a near perfect world (minus your over the top villains), and in a government system that's heavily reliant on high poll turnouts and a lack of manipulated votes, this could work.
0 likesWhat is a dictador
0 likesWere is the Q&A?
0 likesHi i will vote for you
0 likesMe: And?
0 likesha that would be funny if you were king of eqstarl but why do we have prinecss inseted of kings and queens
0 likesHaha
0 likesxd
0 likesPlease don’t tell me that it’s kind of annoying
0 likesjust like jschlatt
0 likesWho are you?!
0 likesDENNIS!!!!!!!
0 likesПривет так жаль что ты не говоришь на русском
0 likesNo I hate that thought
0 likesAscott how you do it in America you don't win just because you have the popular vote there's a reason why because being a leader of a whole tire country choirs more than just a popular vote
0 likesYessßsssss
0 likesI'm in 2020?
0 likesheh heh i went two times cause i like to see to begining
0 likesPrincess Luna twilight sparkle
0 likesAt least that Twilight Sparkle hasn’t made a comment yet because she’s a smartflank! (In other words a ... -- .- .-. - / .- ... ...)
0 likesBut what about in the human world in the first movie she was voted to be the leader ore son type of leader haven’t seen the movie since I what’s 7
0 likesno because if it is tirek eqestria would be ruiend
0 likesstressed I CAN NOT SEE ALL DAM INT
0 likes1 like
0 likes1 vote
MAJOR PROBLEM>>???
0 likesHa it is the Monty Python and the Holy Grail...................... HELP HELP I AM BEING REPRESSED HELP SOME ONE HELP ME AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
0 likesShut up shut up - twilight 2020?
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BahahHa 4 months ago and it's still true-
0 likesDemocracy is a horrible idea everyone can be Ruler that way and every idiot can bribe his way up also other creatures have they own kingdom
0 likesI think Thorax because he is a changelin a nd his caring
0 likesIn which country do you live in
0 likeshelp I am getting stufft with knowledge
0 likesYou are lied
0 likesShe's not the dictator not not not not not not not not not ever ever ever nope
0 likesWhy no communism
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