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.

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.

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

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?

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.

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.

pineapple princess Read the damn comics, crycalis was an alicorn

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.

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.

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.

pineapple princess —- did it ever occur that destiny makes everything meaningless?

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.

Also if we go into the comics to see the origin of Crysalice, she too, is an Alicorn

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

@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.

Could easily be chalked up to weird mutation.

Well, technically, Twilight is an artificial alicorn...

@hannah Yes she is. You are totally right.

@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 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.

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.

BrodyWithALackOfReasoning Technically, but they earned them. Cozy glow used the power of the bell to become one.

@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.

I'm pretty sure she got her wings because she gave herself wings with the power they took


I think it should stay the way it is. Because I think Equestria is perfect just the way it is.


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)


Great now I know two dictator characters that became dictators in totally different ways


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.

@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.

Yep, Twilight DOOMED Equestria

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?

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?

Ah...they naturally passed away like a million years ago?...

Chill don’t you have better things to do then waste your life insulting people on YouTube

Twilight sparkle The princess of friendship

@amani xD I know technically they don't, I meant it as a general term. Fine, most of the "creatures".


Why is no-one talking about the amazing  intro? It's amazing


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

@/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 )

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.<br>this is giving me "go back to ur own country" flashbacks

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


I love the way you make twilight to talk and get mad it very funny lol😃


And Twilight was my favorite character as a child.


i lost it at the part when you were talking about corrupt alicorns 😂


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


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.


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”.


One problem though: How do we prevent a two party system from occurring?


0:00-1:15 was my favorite part of the video 😂😂


Okay but having a popularity contest to see who will rule for the next x years is as bad as a dictatorship though


I love how I see the thumbnail and my first thought is just “ yeah, so? That’s how it’s always been.”


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.


It’s the family the queen chooses, not the one she never birthed.

That autistic brony the Queen is Queen Galaxia

I 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.

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

actually twilight is a princess ain't voted a mayor is voted


Let's be honest, if they were votations in Equestria, we <b>ALL</b> know Derpy would be the one elected.

Let's be honest, if they were votations in Equestria, we *ALL* know Derpy would be the one elected.


*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.)


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.


@JPS13Laptop OK comrade and what do you think about equestria becoming a commisnt country Stalin will be proud

Well equestria dosen't have dynasty too and how the heck are celestia and luna are still alive are they immortal or something

@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.

@LegoGuy87 I think for all intensive purposes, it'll probably just have to be "cartoon logic".

PajamaDarkness: Yeah Thanks For The Advice Captain Obvious.

I think Disney original movie <b>"The princess Protection Program"</b> would beg to differ

I think Disney original movie *"The princess Protection Program"* would beg to differ

Actually maybe in the future we can vote for  Princesses and Princes but it is blood of a true family of a royal

Legoguy87 there is no queen in equestria

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 wel Celestia was still “Princess Celestia” so in this case, no.

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

@LegoGuy87 Equestria is apoarently a princioality then..

True they inherit the throne by being the oldest child

@Reflections author's lake lady<br>edit...i mean arthur the king

@Reflections author's lake lady
edit...i mean arthur the king

@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

LegoGuy87 Empress/God-Empress. Equestria is more empire than kingdom.

You don’t become leader just because some watery tart threw a sword at you(please tell me someone understands this)

I LITERALLY JUST SAID THAT you are right we have only ever voted for mayor, president and prime minister

"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!"

Try telling that to "the phantom menace" <br>SHE'S NOT THE  QUEEN IF SHE HAS A TERM OF OFFICE

Try telling that to "the phantom menace"
SHE'S NOT THE  QUEEN IF SHE HAS A TERM OF OFFICE


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.


I was in monty python and the holy grail so seeing that intro made me laugh


Is nobody gonna talk about how amazing that opener was lol


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

@-KatBug! inclusivity isn't stupid, hun. Good night~

@N.C. Pictures ? Ok... Doesnt make sense, but whatever. Continue your stupid "inclusiveness," im going to bed. Bgd

@-KatBug! moi? Nah, I just like inclusivity for all.

@N.C. Pictures there is fun. But you're ruining it.

What im trying to say is your taking it too seriously. Its a cartoon and a fictional world.

@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.

@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.

Exactly. Equestria's foundation of citizens are ponies, and the ruler should be at that race as well.

The creatures are only immigrants who decided to live in Equestria from their preference.

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?

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?


Something that might work would to have a system like in England <br>Twilight would still be the queen but wouldn't really have any ruler power

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


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 :)

PS: I LOVE your theories !!


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).

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And this is when you know that Mlp isn’t a kids show anymore

@Dark Whispers Stories I agree with everything you said, expect, why did you bring up money/currency?

My 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)

In 1 video they said that cantrolot became dependent upon alicorns

@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

Well there was the episode with the poison joke with Twilight having a limp horn 😛

Nah, I figured that MLP wasn't kid friendly wayy before.

@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

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???

kids need to learn about anarchy during the repression, yea democracy


Dictator twilight be like: I'm a Princess all because Celestia threw a pair of wings at me and left-


Since MLP is about fairness and everyone being equal it would makes sense if this happened.


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.

But in the future it <i>won't</i> 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?

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?

@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.

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.

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.

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


There's another point to think about, which is they can <b>choose</b> 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.

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.


Who else would totally vote for Sawtooth? 🙋


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


The beginning of the video made me laugh hard XD


Ive given an instant subscription for this amazing old school one liner.

And the Oscar for the best best acting goes to... Sawtooth Waves!


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.


Sawtooth during the intro is basically that one member of my sister’s main discord server in a nutshell


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.<br>They don't have the need for a voting system because they simply don't have the desire for a new ruler.

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.


That moment when you just got out of a class talking about basically this exact thing but in real life


Sawtooth: Help, I'm being repressed.<br>Subtitles: helps her Happy as Fresh

Sawtooth: Help, I'm being repressed.
Subtitles: 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?


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).


In Flurry Heart 's defemse, she's a baby 😂

She also has an advantage

She is a natural alicorn because she was born an alicorn.

Ye and she’s pretty smart and powerful for a baby A BABY

@Catherine Bowman Yes I have seen bady boss 1 and 2

@Mirza Ramish Baig Disney's pixar movie Boss Baby? Have you ever heArd of that show?

Why do I get the Boss Baby vibes from this comment???

True true how do you expect a little infent with no knowledge to run a entire kingdom

That´s I thought. I was like "Dude she´s just a baby! Can you blame her?"


the only reason cosy glow was an alicorn is because she took magic from the bell<br>so she didnt really earn her wings

the only reason cosy glow was an alicorn is because she took magic from the bell
so 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


The flaws of republics is becoming apparant these days.


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.


I 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-


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

Friendship is forgotten


I always felt like Equestria could be more like Parliament with the queen as charge than a democracy


How could Twilight be the dictator? I know you gave info, but to me all her rescue missions, make her a democrat not a dictator.


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


Sawtooth: Casual Monty Python and The Holy Grail reference at the start of the video

Me: Yes.

Sawtooth: *Casual Monty Python and The Holy Grail reference at the start of the video*

Me: Yes.


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

platos republic, an excellent observation sir. Finally someone gets it.

in other words dont fix something that ISNT broken all hail Princess Twilight

@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

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

sovietpepsi13  Hail princess twilight sparkles

@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

I think that Equestria is more like Modern Day Britain as they have a Constitutional Monarchy.

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'.


"The perfect way to solve corruption is to have elections."

laughs in American

"The perfect way to solve corruption is to have elections."

*laughs 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.

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.


"Maybe Equeastria should be a democracy?"

Me: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.


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

Actually the pillars and starswirl chose Luna and celtisa to be the rulers of pony world

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.

@Suksas it's not their triumph, it was their display of courage and unity.

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.


do i want to dive into this and possibly ruin the simple image i have of this show in my memories?<br>yes i do

do i want to dive into this and possibly ruin the simple image i have of this show in my memories?
yes i do


What if we had representatives of each species as leaders that all ruled.


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).


I had to watch this again. I love to play on Monty Python and the Holy Grail.


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.


I've only watched to the Flurry Heart's Crystalling episode and I am DAMN confused lol


I see it as being no different then allowing queens and kings to rule because "their bloodline was chosen by god"


"Help help, I'm being repressed!"<br>Me, who has watched Monty Python and the Holy Grail: "Wait a minute..."

"Help help, I'm being repressed!"
Me, who has watched Monty Python and the Holy Grail: "Wait a minute..."


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.


the 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


I'd like to point out that just because everypony can choose, doesn't mean they'll make a good choice.


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-

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-

@Bo Braekevelt yeah it kind of sad,but at least they get their own thrones in Twilight castle,but yeah it kind of unfair

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...

@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

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.

Who wants me to do a creepy pasta with that?

@Twilight sparkle The princess of friendship  Ok...

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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


Mesmo não entendo nada só a parte alicorn  eu sei q tá incrível


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...

@Cameo Shadowness hey cameo! Hows it going? You gonna join the discord server?

" I think someone out for power would’ve rebelled by then...."
thinks of Cozy Glow

" I think someone out for power would’ve rebelled by then...."
*thinks of Cozy Glow*

For the griffin's, they used to have a king, but now, there are concils if I recall well.

For dragons the correct term is Dragon Lord.<br>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.

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.


can changelings use their horns to cast spells or is it exclusively for shapeshifting only


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.

That being said, I prefer democracy

That 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?

That being said, I prefer democracy

That 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 🤣


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.


Sawtooth: bugging Twilight
Twilight: 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.


could you please make other ponies talk their original voices?


I haven't watched the video but the title got my gut churning 😂


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.


one problem is that if you have an alicorn whos a bad ruler get voted out they could just ignore it. alicorns are really powerful


Here’s the thing- Equestria is pony land. You wouldn’t try to put a pony in charge of the Dragon lands.

yes but you dont have ponies living in the dragon lands its diffrent now

@Perludio Music due political relationships at least, yes.

But like, do the creatures all have legal protection though????

Exactly. Equestria is still a pony country, therefore it is ruled by a pony.


"Sawtooth waves definitely a earth Pony "<br>Me: wait aren't you a changeling * brain.exe is processing *

"Sawtooth waves definitely a earth Pony "
Me: 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.


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.<br>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

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 feel like all of the maid 6 should have become princess’s as well not just twilight


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.


0:56 ok Twilight levitating you was just legit 😆🤣😁

3:29 is legitimately scary though 🥺


"Definitely an earth pony"
DECEIT!
I mean
CHANGELING!

"Definitely an earth pony"
DECEIT!
_I mean_
CHANGELING!

※★➷♡𝓟𝓮𝓪𝓷𝓾𝓽 ♡➹★※

Ah yes, I see you are a man of culture as well

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I mean, monarchs are all dictators if they're actually monarchs. And Celestia was a dictator, too.


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.


Well,  Twilight  saved  equestrian so that kinda sounds like an vote?


It'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.


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 ?

@Ronen Shachar I hope you'll like it. It may be one of the greatest mod I've ever seen.

My my ! So this is a few points but I am not being rude k

You just indirectly taught me about an entire new game, AND a really good mod made by this great community! thanks Bronies

@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.


0:47 I had that Celestia doll when I was little!


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 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?

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?

I noticed that! I'm not sure why Gallius was Magic though. I guess he's the leader-?


"Sawtooth Waves: definitely an earthpony" :') your a changeling


Don’ t they all have different kingdoms like the dragon lands, griffon stone, etc


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.


Yes to democracy,but a changing would have the best chance of representing all species as they can change at will.


If there were still changelings which hasn't been reformed they could transform into any pony and win the vote Sawtooth.


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


Equestria 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.

You mean " Warring States of Equastria " ???


Technically Sombra isn't even a pony. He's an Umbrum (whatever that is)

@Stark Solutions <br>I think Sombra is actually a normal pony with shadow powers

@Stark Solutions
I think Sombra is actually a normal pony with shadow powers

Plus he took power by force. In the comic he "killed" the true ruler of the Crystal Empire.

Umbrum's are shadows.  Sombra is considered a "Shadow Pony", the comics even elaborate on the Umbrum race.


Omg, the reference to Monty Python in the first scene is divine


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.


When I first watched this I knew nothing what the fuck a dictator was because I knew nothing about politics

Guess 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


“If Someone is bad they can vote them out” ha, <b>funny</b>

“If Someone is bad they can vote them out” ha, *funny*

@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

@Nocthe Medic Jesus a pissed trump supporter oh noes

@Nocthe Medic Jesus a pissed trump supporter oh noes

So can we vote Biden out now after he abandoned American's in Afghanistan?

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

Enough with THE FIGHTING PLEASE , YouTube is not a place to fight

@Nocthe Medic what does that have to do with anything 😭😭

@Nocthe Medic what does that have to do with anything 😭😭

@Catherine I dunno bud, maybe someone that brings a tin of masks to suffocate me?

@zMøonlight wish we could but we sadly can't. Though.

@zMøonlight wish we could but we sadly can't. Though.

@Nocthe Medic I'm with Trump. I got so mad when he lost the elections, even if I'm nowhere near a US citizen.

@Margaret Bush yeah I feel like, in itself, communisism is a good idea, a good concept.<br>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.

@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.

@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."

@Catherine ok. Jeez. I was pointing it out to prevent a 2nd war that the Auto-Cons and DeceptiBots would have to fight in.

@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!

Bad people can still have a chance at becoming president.

Bad people can still have a chance at becoming president.

@JustAnArtGremlin because your just making a seen saying crap like this

@Catherine lmao why would I be mad I found it hilarious

@Catherine lmao why would I be mad I found it hilarious

@JustAnArtGremlin I also made that comment in 2020 so just let it be like lord

@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

Snailkat: *makes comment about bad leadership but does not mention trump's name *

angey dumbasses: TRUMPS NOT THAT BAD >>>>>:(((((

@Margaret Bush to accentuate that non-native Americans aren't the "ogs"? I'm awful at explaining things, sorry 😅

Governments laugh at that quote XD, if it were that easy then corruption wouldn't be a thing

@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.

@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 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 no I'm an American who loves his country. You have no place to speak

@Fischy speech to text was used and I didn't feel like editing it

@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.<br>So like your entire argument is kind of destroyed by your thesis and uneducatedness

@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 well yes, subjectively he was the best but not objectively lol

@Nocthe Medic yep all of what you said was a lie

@Nocthe Medic yep all of what you said was a lie

@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 classic Trump supporter calling everyone a communist. So stop lieing

@Nocthe Medic then tell me. What is communism? Please, enlighten me 😂😂😂

So what. Literally every nation in the world was built off conquest. Bitch about it elsewhere.

@Nocthe Medic oh and btw, "Americans" are all descendants of European immigrants who just claimed the land of native Americans~

@Nocthe Medic do you even know what communism is 🤣🤣🤣

@Nocthe Medic do you even know what communism is 🤣🤣🤣

@IsABell were you American born or an immigrant

@IsABell were you American born or an immigrant

@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

@Catherine oh you're one of those people. Gross

@Catherine oh you're one of those people. Gross

@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.

IT IS FUNNY. In my country even with democracy we still have a horrible goverment 😥


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


"ah, now I see the violence inherited in the system-"


Well, yeah. I can agree, but corruption is a huge problem for every democracy in every country that could happen.


I love that Monty Python reference there


Yeah. She is. Every leader in MLP is. This isn't some huge revelation.


Love how the comment section is basically democracy vs monarchy..

Greetings from the United Kingdom (Both democracy and monarchy lmao)


Technically, Twilight was elected. Chosen by the Two Sisters to take their place.


If Twilight was a dictator, all i'd have to say is-"What else is new?"XD

@Zenux [GD] Dictator definition-"A ruler with total power over a country, typically one who has obtained control by force."


Things should not change, I like alicorn dictatorship. It's proof they have good princesses in charge, even if they mess up sometimes.


Maybe changelings could represent all the species because they can shapeshift into anything?


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.


I just wanted to say that discord should never be aloud to rule because we have seen what can happen when he is in charge.


I can’t believe I actually understood the reference at the beginning


Me: doing homework
Sawtooth Waves: Twilight Sparkle is a dictator!
Me: K I'm procrastinating.

Me: *doing homework*
Sawtooth Waves: Twilight Sparkle is a dictator!
Me: K I'm procrastinating.

Eris de L'amy? More like...being Eris de L'azy, amirite?

Lol, same<br>I'll have a lesson of chemistry in a minute, but Sawtooth Waves's video is more important 🌚

Lol, same
I'll have a lesson of chemistry in a minute, but Sawtooth Waves's video is more important 🌚

Omg I actually was doing the same thing this morning, and hell I might of even commented that too lol


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


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.


How 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


Gods, this guy got me back to mlp, again...


dies of laughter that intro though

"HELP! HELP! I'M BEING REPRESSED!"

*dies of laughter* that intro though

"HELP! HELP! I'M BEING REPRESSED!"

My fav part was “I didn’t vote you”. Lol

@The Commenter Dragon any time my friend:D

@Mistrious Night Mare Oh i see, well thanks for telling me :)

@The Commenter Dragon also it's fine my friend

@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😅

Hi there, if you don't mind me asking, where did you get your profile pic?


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


Sawtooth is definitely an earth pony not a changeling (im Rubi Rock show an I approve this message)


"Sawtooth Waves, definitely an Earth Pony"
(Sawtooth begins to sweat as he changes uncontrollably due to being so nervous)

"Sawtooth Waves, *definitely* an Earth Pony"
(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

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.


There are problems in every legal system. We just have to choose the one that would seem the least problematic for the people at large.


It is true that alicorns can go corrupt, but their wings and/or horns can be taken away.