The mane 6's political ideology. (PLEASE NO POLITICAL DEBATES!)

[Miles 2,514]

Monarchy/Oligarchy. That's what they live in and all they've ever known, and for the ponies the system works great so I don't see why'd they want any change or think that something could work better when the ponies already live in a literal utopia.

 

Wow, you missed the point entirely.

 

This is a hypothetical subject.

 

Take the ponies' personalities, pretend they are human personalities, and match them to a political stance.

 

It's called critical thinking.

 

~ Miles

 

P.S. "Monarchy/Oligarchy" are not political stances.  They are government types.  Even if they did live in one of those, that doesn't mean they can't have their own personal political stances.

Edited August 7, 2015 by Miles

[SilverComet 170]

This is a hypothetical subject.

 

Take the ponies' personalities, pretend they are human personalities, and match them to a political stance.

 

It's called critical thinking.

 

~ Miles

 

I think there is a problem here between:

A )  The kind of political ideology we could infer from their (known) accumulative experiences and [suppositions] we had about the way of life and culture [based on their origins].

 

B ) The actual stance they will took towards an specific problem [more based on the particular interpretation of the current writter for plot reasons].

 

I thinked about this the second time I watched "Princess Twilight Sparkle - Part 2" [s4E02]; in the scene were Rarity took a "prompt" political choice against Discord (with Rainbow Dash and Applejack joining with their elements with her). 

Sadly, Twilight & Pinkie Pie were not even in the background in that scene (I would like to see their faces in those moments before Fluttershy wisely perform a "SCRAM" in the process before things were going nuclear).

 

Trough season 4 there have being other ocasions were important things were discussed, but always were more calm, delay-able situations; never with the heights so high [since trough the Tirek event, the more relevant choices were always outside the sphere of influence of the remaining five].

 

In season 5 there was some "ideology retcons" for both Twilight and Fluttershy: Tthe former probably for meta-plot reasons [concerning future episodes involving Starlight Glimmer]; and the latter seems to be a case of "sucking up" what her bio says about her in the S1 "Bible of the Show" (her initial refuse to go against the town´s people) by taking account of her "baby steps" lessons as an integral part of the mechanism for her choices.

 

I must watch again "The Lost Treasure of Griffonstone" [s508] to reevaluate Pinkie Pie & Rainbow Dash; to see if they are not  the same characters (re-defined by Amy Keating Rogers in this episode), with whatever she and Lauren Faust pre-programmed in stone before S1.

 

In general, "Party Pooped" [s5E11] SHOULD give us a good example of the particular viewpoints of the mane six regarding foreing relationships (but I think this episode was thinked as a comedy, flander-izing some traits of the characters instead of taking them seriously).

Edited August 7, 2015 by SilverComet

[Miles 2,514]

I think there is a problem here between:

A )  The kind of political ideology we could infer from their (known) accumulative experiences and [suppositions] we had about the way of life and culture [based on their origins].

 

B ) The actual stance they will took towards an specific problem [more based on the particular interpretation of the current writter for plot reasons].

 

I thinked about this the second time I watched "Princess Twilight Sparkle - Part 2" [s4E02]; in the scene were Rarity took a "prompt" political choice against Discord (with Rainbow Dash and Applejack joining with their elements with her). 

Sadly, Twilight & Pinkie Pie were not even in the background in that scene (I would like to see their faces in those moments before Fluttershy wisely perform a "SCRAM" in the process before things were going nuclear).

 

Trough season 4 there have being other ocasions were important things were discussed, but always were more calm, delay-able situations; never with the heights so high [since trough the Tirek event, the more relevant choices were always outside the sphere of influence of the remaining five].

 

In season 5 there was some "ideology retcons" for both Twilight and Fluttershy: Tthe former probably for meta-plot reasons [concerning future episodes involving Starlight Glimmer]; and the latter seems to be a case of "sucking up" what her bio says about her in the S1 "Bible of the Show" (her initial refuse to go against the town´s people) by taking account of her "baby steps" lessons as an integral part of the mechanism for her choices.

 

I must watch again "The Lost Treasure of Griffonstone" [s508] to reevaluate Pinkie Pie & Rainbow Dash; to see if they are not  the same characters (re-defined by Amy Keating Rogers in this episode), with whatever she and Lauren Faust pre-programmed in stone before S1.

 

In general, "Party Pooped" [s5E11] SHOULD give us a good example of the particular viewpoints of the mane six regarding foreing relationships (but I think this episode was thinked as a comedy, flander-izing some traits of the characters instead of taking them seriously).

Honestly, I don't think that is an issue at all.  We as humans can say we have a certain political stance for the majority of things, and yet on some specific other things, we may choose a different position.

 

For example, I'm a Libertarian, and I support civil rights and liberties... But, I'm pro-life.

 

So, I think that this hypothetical question is more regarding their overall stance, and not specific issues themselves which may differ from the stance they have the majority of the time.

 

~ Miles