For centuries, Equestria has been lead by an omnipotent regent that knew right from wrong, guilty from innocent, brave from cowardly, truth from lie...
But there was an earth pony settlement, founded only a hundred years ago, which didn't fully accustom to this form of state. They elected a mayor to act in their name, over their own, though bowing to the higher ladies.
With a princess of their own, there no longer was a need to hold elections, choose one of them to represent them, rule them self to a distinctive degree. Democracy had been abandoned.
All this, Twilight Sparkle has put thought into, and she has proposed a letter to the princess, informing her of her plans. Princess Celestia's reaction might be a lot different to Twilight's suggestion than the newly crowned Princess of Friendship had thought.
There is a reason why Celestia is still in charge after so long, and she will explain to Twilight why that is.
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Celestia is a B$^#@
So, democracy is always fated to end badly and Celestia is the best option for Equestria period, no questions asked?
I think this has potential to become an epic. I know this story is complete, but it could be made much longer and better. Perhaps you could set it up so that in a later chapter it's discovered that any outbreak that threatens to become major has been silenced with a swift sword, an order by Celestia to ensure that "peace" would remain in Equestria.
Upon Celestia's abdication of the throne, Twilight could discover this. Enraged, she would immediately work as hard as she could to work out as many of the kinks in democracy as possible, then set up the government. However, during that time, her friends would be running the scene and grow accustomed to the power that comes with being a monarch. Once they had to go through an election, they would all lose and the presidency would be given to somepony else.
Furious, the power-hungry Mane 5 would lead a revolt with what friends and followers they still had. Twilight would try to convince them not to, but in their haste to get the throne back, they kill her. Nopony stops to mourn.
The rest is up to you, and that's just an idea. The ponies' review of this is:
5570035 That does sound like a real balance on a knife's edge. I don't think I'll be able to do that, though. However, you could try and write it yourself, or hit up another author who would like to pick up the challenge. Thank you very much for he idea, but the way this has turned out so far, I don't think the crowd of Fimfiction is quite happy with such a kind of story
5569959 You do have to realize that it's Princess Sunbutt in person who tells Twilight about this. Twilight does ask some question, but when your idol, the symbol of wisdom from you childhood, and furthermore teacher tells you that you are wrong, and thus backs it up with historical facts (OK, those might be headcanon), then there's not much for you to say in the first moment.
I personally think that democracy is not the ideal form of state for anyone. People are too different in their opinions; sure, they might agree in one point, but the background of their thoughts will always be different. A state lead by a righteous dictator is better than a democracy of fools, simple as that. This (the story) only applies to Equestria, though and should not be taken as MY opinion on how our world should work. I think that the only form of state that actually works, and that we deserve is anarchy, but those are just my thoughts.
I should have known beforehand that people wouldn't be taking kindly on this one, but you're always wiser in retrospect.
Republics always lead to disasters like genocidal dictatorship and corrupt oligarchies. Monarchies are the best form of government
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A dictator is still a dictator. You can't expect one person to know what's best for everyone and everything.
5571336 And what do you thing does Celestia represent? From what we know, she is at least over a thousand years old. I can only imagine the what she has seen in her life, what sort of decisions she had to make, the huger amount of ponies of all sorts she has to deal with. As Karl Marx said, "History repeats" and I think there are few experiences Celestia has yet to make. Imho, Celestia is the closest what we have to a perfect leader.
Say what you will, but experience is the key to pretty much everything, and there are few (Discord maybe) who can compare themselves to her.
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Discord for president!
Nice though ended kind of abruptly.
Anyway equine biology (lead mare, herd behaviour) would throw a wrench in it.
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”You have to understand, Twilight: Democracy might seem like the best way for everyone to unfurl one's personality, but the harsh truth is, that through this form of state, opinions clash, rivalries are formed, bonds shatter, and friendships wear away."
Ouch. That's painfully true.
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Because Monarchies never led to disasters like genocides and corrupt oligarchies.
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If your country breaks away because of politics then the problem is your society not the form of government.
The same can be said about Monachies.
7896332 The biggest mass murderer of all time was a Chinese REPUBLICAN named Mao Zedong. Deal with it!
7896332 It's a toss up with any political system. In a monarchy, you might get Joseph II or Henry VIII. In a republic you might get Washington or Hitler. We've never developed a system for weeding out lunatics. Personally, I favor giving any political leaders psychological examinations and six months of therapy before beginning their term/reign.
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Mao was communist not republican.
If you compare a Representative Republic with a Communist Regime you don't know anything about Representative Republics or Communist Regimes at all.
Also why don't you ask the armenians how the ottoman empire was benebolent with them? or the japanese empire with the chinese? or the spanish empire to the native americans? or the brazilian empire with their slaves?
7897015 Why don't you ask the Tibetans how benevolent China is with them or how Soviet Russia was with the Ukraine or even how America is with the Native Americans, African slaves, Mexicans, and Hawaiians?
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I suport this idea.
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China is a Communist Regime not a Representative Republic, not an argument.
The Soviet Union was a Communist Regime not a Representative Republic, not an argument.
Also with America you have a point, so do i with the belgian kingdom.
Also whe should stop using the amount of genocides done by our respective forms of government and use real arguments and facts to defend our opinions.
So tell me why are monarchies beter than Republics?
7897117 The official name of China since the Communist takeover in 1949 is The People's REPUBLIC of China. The full official name of the Soviet Union was The Union of Soviet Socialist REPUBLICS. Not all monarchies are like Saudi Arabia or Swaziland. Have you ever heard of Denmark or Canada? Please explain why a constitution republic like America has done all those bad things?
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If you look into history you will find that Communist Regimes of the Soviet Union and China never rose to power by democratic means and they never established a democratic sistem.
A beter example of why democracy/representative republics had failed would be Hugo Chaves in Venezuela, Hitler in Germany, etc.
I never said that all monarchies are like saudi arabia.
I don't know nothing about denmark more than it's the least corrupt government in the world.
I know that canada is very friendly to inmigrants, has a large number of inclusive policies, corruption is low, racism (i beliebe) is low, and it's a land of opportunities, also their prime minister Justin Trudeau seems to be a good fella.
America beliebed in something called manifiest destiny witch practicaly gave them the right to conquer everything from the eastern coast to the western coast.
7898482 The Kingdom of Denmark is a monarchy headed by Queen Margrethe II who is one of the most respectable monarchs today. My country the Dominion of Canada is a monarchy headed by Queen Elizabeth II who is also the queen of Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand, and others. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is an national embarrassment and he will lose the next election. A lot of the republics in the world were established in rigged referendums and/or military coups. America has a habit of going to war with other countries to "make the world safe for democracy."
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Fun fact: all of these countries are democracies and their royals only serve to look pretty.
Thats because few monarchs left power by peacefull means.
Painfully true, you also forgot to mention the wars and massacres done by monarchies to "stop the spread of democracy".
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Are you speaking about direct democracies or indirect ones?
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Also in my opinion the best forms of government are Representative Republics and Neo-Monarchies.
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7899469 The best forms of government are constitutional monarchies and benevolent autocratic monarchies like pre 1979 Imperial Iran. Monarchies were only defending themselves from invading "democracies." A lot of presidents were removed from office with bloody means like in Libya 2011 and Romania 1989.
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Not going to argue with that one.
Invading democracies? Witch ones?
And a lot of these presidents rose to power by non-democratic means, not a failure of democracy and military coups/ revolutions/ civil wars also happen in monarchies (and the last are often started by a power hungry heir).
Now seriously google Hugo Chaves and you will get a very good argument against democracy.
7900347 I do know about Hugo Chavez and how he turned Venezuela into a economic basketcase. Also look up another disastrous democratically elected leader who is destroying her own country as we speak: Angela Merkel of Germany.
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The cultural suicide of germany, yes i know of her a populist leader who uses a political ideology to mantain herself on power (thats a short description)
Look up some good democraticaly elected leaders Toomas Hendrik ilves of Estonia, Pedro Pablo Kuczynski of Peru and Jonh Key of New Zealand.
7900776 John Key is a bit of a double speaking slimebag. If you want real good democratically leaders, look up Stephen Harper of Canada and Tony Abbot of Australia.
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It's hard to disagre with these guys, i specialy like Stephen's Federal Accountability Act.
See even you agree with me.
Anyway, no form of government is perfect, as i said before i support Monarchy as a form of goverment because it works and its not necessarily a bad form of government.
But i also support Representative Republics because of the same reasons, it works and its not necessarily a bad form of government.
Both sides have their pros and cons (see Venezuela and Saudi Arabia)
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Of course, you could avoid most of those problems with a constitutional representive republic.