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#364051 from Singapore
@Ed: Well our side is supposed to be getting some kind of coalition of opposition parties to stare down the PAP only they can't seem to get their act together for that. At least the PAP itself is somewhat competent :V

But yeah, pony politics. I like to imagine that the Earth ponies, especially the old farming families like the Apples and the Manehatten business moguls, are slowly shifting the balance of power away from Canterlot's old aristocratic Houses, especially the really old-fashioned ones that have not adapted to modern Equestria. Also Celestia is quietly helping her little ponies become more independant so they don't become too reliant on her to save their hides all the time, and would not actually object to divvying up her administrative power.

edited 5th May '13 7:54:35 AM by AceOfScarabs

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#364052 from Over there. Maybe?
A constitutional monarchy, maybe?
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#364053 from Singapore
Well she still governs the Sun AND protects the Kingdom with her vast power, so more like delegating her power back to the ponies.
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#364054 from Appleloosa
Maybe she's a constitutional monarch and also the political leader.
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#364055 from Over there. Maybe?
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#364056
But yeah, pony politics. I like to imagine that the Earth ponies, especially the old farming families like the Apples and the Manehatten business moguls, are slowly shifting the balance of power away from Canterlot's old aristocratic Houses, especially the really old-fashioned ones that have not adapted to modern Equestria.

I assumed that was the case from the beginning. Earth Ponies were always the big merchants (even in modern times) and had de facto control of the economy, and still do because the other tribes have never been culturally inclined to business what with pegasai being more civic focused and unicorns being manorialist.
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#364057 from Singapore
@Mio: It would have become more evident when Manehatten got modernized as the old aristocratic Unicorn families never really decentralized from Canterlot and the Pegasi still have a monopoly on the weather and will never lose their importance.
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#364058 from Appleloosa
The closest we've seen to non EP buisnesses are the Flim Flam brothers, right?
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#364059
[up]And that one pegasus in Feeling Pinkie Keen and Putting Your Hoof Down I guess.

[up][up]I think it's fairly safe to say that Canterlot is a giant sized Versailles to keep the unicorn nobility (and other gentile rich) from doing stupid things.
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#364060 from deep within the Time Vortex
I know this is all conjecture, but do we have any evidence that the nobles actually rule anything?

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#364061 from Appleloosa
No we don't.
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#364062
[up][up]Save the princesses, no. In fact we don't really see any non-alicorn nobility other then Prince Blueblood and Shining Armor (whom married a princess).

edited 5th May '13 8:46:38 AM by Mio

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edvedd avatar
#364063 from Over there. Maybe?
@dark: Let's hope they're just rich and snooty.

edited 5th May '13 8:53:45 AM by edvedd

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#364064 from Delamare
next part is up

And there is also Filthy Rich and the Apples for Earth pony buisnessponies.

But yeah seems the "elite" just snob around in Canterlot while the rest of Equestria, sans some like rarity that want to join them, just ignore the assholes.
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#364065 from Appleloosa
They're probably not even particularly rich.
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#364066 from South Africa
Well, Shining Armor implies that their ae several princes.

Sorry about your political situation, Edvedd. Our ruling party doesn't bother.They just keep promising stuff to the poor without ever delivering and using propaganda. It works very well for them.

@Sereg: Oh. Oh. What other painful pony terms have you come up with?

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#364067 from deep within the Time Vortex
Which begs the question, why just let all that scum and the sheer amounts of wealth be wasted on them and not something to improve Equestria? Either ponies in general don't value wealth as much, or Celestia would rather have them in a predictable situation where she can watch over things.
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#364068 from Singapore
The Canterlot aristocracy probably still live well on their Old Money and on the freehold/rentals on their property, as well as on the returns from investments in veraious businesses.

I reckon to some degree they deliberately prefer funding unicorn-run businesses.

[up] They're too soft to survive outside of Canterlot, so Celestia keeps them in a gilded zoo-town near her castle and Guards.

edited 5th May '13 9:00:22 AM by AceOfScarabs

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#364069 from deep within the Time Vortex
I don't know how the United states government compares, but I'm just about sick of things over here. Both sides act like idiots while nothing gets done.
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#364070 from A pond in a lake
Oh, boy. Politics.

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#364071 from Over there. Maybe?
The Pony Thread is... in the serious place.
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#364072 from Texas
We're going to the serious place again!
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#364073 from South Africa
Hey! There are dcent ponies in the Canterlot elite! Like Fancy Pants!
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Mio avatar
#364074
[up][up]Well that's refreshing.

edited 5th May '13 9:19:36 AM by Mio

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#364075 from Over there. Maybe?
Do we have a macro for that?
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