Equestria has a lot of things going for it, some may even say it's a utopia. There's magic, mystical creatures, and accurate weather reports. It's possible to have everything you could ever want, you know, unless you're a farmer and want a stable living.
One day Applejack decides she and her farmer friends should get together and do something about this. But starting a union isn't a something you can do without getting some very varied reactions, and it's even worse when the most varied reactions come from your closest friends.
And the weirdest reactions.
Thanks to TitanShield for proof-reading
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XD THAT ENDING!
As a business owner, a union isn't really the best thing for Applejack.
What she wants is a lobby group.
Thank the gods they didn't resort to balls hunting.
Mare's struggle?
Amusing story. Enjoyed the ending. However, the PoliSci major in me is going a little berserk. I've got to agree with PiMan that what AJ really needs is a lobby group, not a union. She's not a mere farmhand; she runs Sweet Apple Acres. That by definition would put her at odds with workers if she ever hires any. They would probably want to join a union… like the United Farmworkers of Equestria.
I'm going to refrain from discussing any of the other characters, because I don't want to headdesk or (worse yet) start lecturing.
PS – I found the following typos…
Should be "have" — sorry, this mistake is one of my pet peeves.
Should be a question mark.
Should be "Too".
Should really be a semicolon there.
Starting a Consortium would work. They get together and hire a security force to guard the area.
And Pinky, there is so much less smiling and laughter when there is no reason and ability to improve your quality of life in communism.
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6637480 not really sure where you two live (guessing America or another country where lobby groups have a lot of power), but in my country we don't have many lobby groups and the ones we do have don't have as much power as unions so I didn't even think about having Applejakc join a lobby group; that would be silly idea here.
But it did get me thinking if lobby groups would have any power in Equestria, I'm not sure how much legislating people do at a local level or do without the princess, and you can't exactly lobby a princess (or maybe you can, I've never tried).
anyway I corrected all the typos you gave me Soufriere
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I'm in Australia, where both unions and lobby groups are very influential. Unions suit the worker while lobby groups, think tanks and professional groups better suit the business owner. There are exceptions to these, but the exceptions are less influential.
6642892 Yeah I agree, but I don't really think Applejack is a business pony, sure she owns the land, but she's and her family are the workers on the farm as well. In countries where farmers the different patches of land they work on (like some in latin America) they normally will be part of union. Where I live we don't even have a farmers lobby, I was surprised when I heard some places in Europe do, so the thought never crossed my mind.
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It's a pun on Hitler's Book "Mien Kampf."
Silly ponies, Communism doesn't work.
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No shit. I was implying that the equestrian version was actually based on sexual discrimination.
"Mare power!"
Applejack is gonna strike,
Send her to the moon~
Pinkie's planning social strife,
Send her to the moon~
Rarity is helping out
Send her to the moon~
Twilight ain't part of this
Send her to the moon~
Fluttershy is a Marxist,
Send her to the moon~
Rainbow Dash ain't doin' jack, but
Send her to the moon~
Also,
So you're an MMMMM *Buy some apples!*
That likes MMMMM Communism!
Well, I know where you can practice Communism! On the moOOOOOOOOON!
Dear god this triggered me on so many levels.
I HATE communist and Marxist regimes.
I'd rather run into a nuclear power plant and remove the control rods and laugh insanely as the world around me melts and vaporizes then submit to the wills of a caste system....oh shit, never mind.
Massive threat appears that needs the Mane Six appears.
The wording at a few places is... questionable, let's just say.
Also, the end is honestly disappointing, you know.
Pinkie the pinko commie clown. It all makes sense now. Silly mare with her parasitic collectivist ideals.
IS A MARE NOT ENTITLED TO THE SWEAT OF HER BROW?!?
"No." Says the mare in Stalliongrad. "It belongs to everypony."
Seems Fluttershy has the most realistic assessment of what sort of regime they live under.
Gotta be honest, the end didn't live up to the middle in this story.
Derpy walks in with a sign hanging from her neck that reads “Support a constitutional representative republic Equestria today! Help impose term limits on our politicians. Below it is a flag of a red earth pony, a blue unicorn, and a white pegasus hooves locked around the four princesses cutie mark’s.
She gets insta teleported to Mares.
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What part of the world do you live in? I’m not in a place lacking a strong lobbyist presence?