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Ah yes Prussia the military with a state
Interesting way to militarize a nation.
Moar
Shouldn't it be purple?
I think you're a bit paranoid.
Ah. How, very unfortunate.
Fair enough, I suppose.
You're gonna have to learn to delegate.
From what I've seen from the show, that sounds about right.
Yes.
Not to mention, Sombra left things a mess.
Moreso a bit paranoid.
Really now?
A fair question. Unfortunately, the Empire's military isn't exactly very developed since a lot of them have been reassigned to unfucking what Sombra fucked up.
Hopefully, said army won't be needed.
I think so.
Neat.
Communism:
"A theory or system of social organization in which all property is owned by the community and each person contributes and receives according to their ability and needs."
What's so bad about ponies that want to prevent exploitation through rich land and company owners and give all people the means to live a good life?
"The best way to destroy a political faction was to make its existence unimportant and unjustified. If workers in the nation were happy with the system I had in mind, then there was nothing any communist could say without actually facing some serious opposition to their program." - it is if considering communist faction to be in any way problem. Communists wants to be not abused by others and that most of their work to not be gone in some "owner" pockets but to be spent on bettering lives of everyone - roads, cheap or even free houses, free skools, free clinics, etc. Just remove unnecessary link from the chain. Exploiter class.
I am so waiting for how that big flash will turn into a political scandals with the rest of the empire.
Though when you think about it, if you "own it flaunt it" I say. And I say it definitely looks like she got it good from the two boy's reaction.
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That explanation is overly-summarized and polarized over the good points of communism while shadowing the bad ones. All ideologies have good and bad points, but in the end there is no flawless ideology to truly stand on.
But in-story explanation is that Stalliongrad has three possible paths, two of which are expansionist in nature (careful with Vasiliy and more aggressive with Sinister) and one which is peaceful submission to Equestria due to the pseudo-famine caused by Collectivization they should start to suffer very soon in this time period.
1.
Yeah, these devices won't work for many reasons:
-It will detect normal illusions magic
-Normal changelings who arent spies will be also detected
-It probably works like a lie detector, which means it doesn't really work.
2.
The best way to win this situation with changelings?
Make Chrysalis like you in some way.
Either by being friends,so they won't invade the whole continent
Or by being lovers, the marriage alliances happened before.
How?
Human history ,weapons,everything
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I hope that in your fanfic Dark Wing will become leader of Stalliongrad
I'm sure that he doesn't betray Equestria at some point and proclaim the creation of nazbol state
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Name past and present communist countries where it wasn't a dictatorship and abuse of power.
I will help out and name 3 of them where it is/was a dictatorship,for the start :North Korea,China ,Soviet Union.
Communism was proven to be just an illusion of equality.
Another "The road to hell is paved with good intentions" situation.
Just another Our Town, Starlight village
Political ideology can't win with sentient creature nature
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Collectivisation don't lead to famines or pseudo-famines. On the contrary, it eliminates famines.
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Wrong answer.
"Communism was proven to be just an illusion of equality.
Just another Startlight village"
Said one that don't know history nor what communism is. Starlight village was a cult. It had nothing with communism or socialism.
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You didn't answer the question and choose the easiest argument that was just a small piece of the comment.
You even took part of the comment that you didn't even answer to but still mentioned it
Wonder if she is a xenophile or if she just has a thing for commanding bipeds.
Mmm... chocolate spice.
Wait, I got confused, the four ponies left…before the meeting properly started? Or was that like a jump in time of when the meeting ended?
Also, wow Chocolate didn't waste time, now I wonder how will he fair when he meet the more humanoid species, if any of them show interest on him.
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"Communism was proven to be just an illusion of equality." - who said that communism is exactly equality? It's equality of rights (in capitalistic countries it's you have money - you have rights, if not then none), equality of opportunities (no matter what family, rich or poor, you've been born in and what settlement) and equality of respect. If some think of themselves as nobles or some other snobs and complain that they aren't being treated as such, that they should actually work to gain money (gasp!), it's not unequality.
While at first it may seem like the empire is doomed especially with recent decrease in army due to the sudden change of government leaving us with only five deployable divisions, three of with are currently busy protecting the newly established borders and restoring order.
And let's not forget that we are completely unequipped and behind tech but despite our dire situation we are not completely hopeless.
First of all our newly re-established Alliance with Equestrian with has already proved fruitful.
Royal Sisters of Equestria have already shown that they honor the old treaties and are willing to support us if a conflict were to start.
And let's not forget are empire greatest advantage, It's terrain!
While the empire is but a shell of it's former glory the hard to pass terrain and cold temperature combined with it still lack of railroad will give a nightmare to any invading army and it's supplies.
Returned just recently from banishment, The empire economy is completely self sustain and will not be effected by any form of blockade and/or embargo.
And lastly but not the least is the country level of industry distribution.
Whit more then 50% of industry being near or from crystal city our army can take the lost of land much easier without effecting the production of the nation.
I of curse still recommend more military spending specifically in air department but the final decision is for his majesty to make and no matter what happen I, Deimos Falafel and everypony else in Army officer corps will support his majesty till the end.
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The inevitable fact that greed overpowers the goodwill of every man, past and present, that's what's so bad.
Besides that fact, communism isn't a complete abolishment of the system, application often has a group who controls the legislation, they are the elite to communism as the wealthy private investors are the elite to capitalism.
You're essentially trading one form of subversion for another and you better believe that both elite want the best for themsleves, damned be the common man who supplies his meat.
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No disrespectto but have you ever played Equestria at war mod lad?
If no then try playing it first and comment latter
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All depend on how this group being elected and being withdrawn if not performs their duties. Soviets are much better democratic system than typical democracy.
And don't forget that in capitalistyc system those rich elites never do anything to better lives of common folk if it don't give them even more money. Though socialism/communism have its flaws (what system don't?), capitalistic one is worse from the start. All for chimerical dream that it is you who will be the one who don't work and gain all money.
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And this is fanfiction and not a scripted mod
And yes I played Equestria at war mod so I know that there are 2 ideologies for changelings.
But even these 2 ideologies don't matter , because when historical focus is off, everything is random and the player's input matters more.
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Indead but it won't change the fact that the changeling land is a military dictatorship united with it people need for love and heated toward ponies .
taking a peaceful route here is the same route Neville Chamberlain took and we all know how it ended up .
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You just admitted that authority is spread among the same type of people, democratic representatives who hold the power of the government, a commonality between Capitalism in and of itself.
At the end of the day, pure Communism is a dream and Capitalism is the expressed gene, even if it goes by a different name.
The nature of humanity is to be greedy, greed brings ambition, ambition brings innovation, innovation brings more greed, the cycle repeats with enough cheap labor, abolishment of worker rights and unlawful arrest to bankrupt a small nation.
The nature of humanity is greed, the system that expresses this greed is Capitalism.
I Like communism, I like the philosophy of it. If it were possible, I'd welcome such a thing.
But I do not pretend it is sustainable with a society that has ingrained the idea of destructive consumerism and active sabotage into its youth for the past century or so.
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That means John should try harder than Neville Chamberlain and be peaceful while being taken seriously
So not like this 6:13 -7:10
In before the dumbass trying to defend communism next says all of the past attempts at it wasn't real communism, and that it can work.
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My main problem is, that you declare communism as something bad and evil without explaining what communism is or why it is so bad. I know it isn't a perfect system, but its goals are still better than those self-enriching ones of capitalism.
Like right now in Texas, were the energy companies can raise the price for electricity by 10000% for the people that just don't want to freeze to death without anyone opposing them.
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1) John is a monarch. His friends are monarchists (and sure we can go through the fact that they are more into the democratic bits of monarchism but it's still opposition to communism);
2) John is allied to Equestria, which is the nation which Stalliongrad seceded from;
3) I will repeat myself just once: Communism, like other ideologies, is flawed. Not only on a political stand point, but also an economic one. The fair goal of Communism is unattainable because it's geared behind something that is called free will. The moment free will exists, someone with wishes to exploit people one way or another;
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the best solution is to attack them when they are weak.
The current changeling land is divided by hives becuse of the failed invasion and Chrysalis army is weak and disorganized it will take 5 years for it to become a threat, we must prepare our army while we can and strike first.🔪
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Regulations should be applied of course. To cover most of flaws. Greed could be suppressed. Or could be inflamed. Depends on course of propaganda (in inspirational sense, not of lies).
Also how exactly collectivisation (making unions of farmers with division of labor, training of specialists such as engineers, designers, physicians, veterinarians, etc, providing tractors and other agricultural technology, in contrare to individual farmers without any of it) is making famines and not prevents it? In Soviet Union collectivisation increased labor productivity up to 700% which provided possibility to train and transfer working hands to cities and make industrialisation possible at all. Of course farmers that used to save almost all harvest to themselves were outraged that now they should have been sell most of it to government by fixed prices. Even considering that what they were left with were more than before collectivisation. But that's another story.
Uh, oh. Seems like he is going to be beating them off with a stick soon!
The ideal behind communism isn’t evil, it’s the implementation by power hungry Tyrants that makes it evil. He is erring on the side of caution in this case as all he has to base Equestrian Communism on it his own worlds example. Least that’s my take on it.
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Please explain 3). You make declaretions but give no explenations.
I know that the egoistical nature of humans makes it hard to achieve, but likewise brought us this egoism slavery, what by todays social standards is an inacceptable practise. What points of politics and economy doesn't agree with the fairness that communism wishes for? What are those flaws?
It seems some people no matter where blindly vote for posts that said that communism is bad, everyone should hate communism because Duh! Even if post is crap in itself. And downvote any comment that favors it, not even adressing points at all. Just because.
That's sad. It's like muslims or devoted christians attack atheists. Just because.
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I will put this here once and for all, and I believe I will get some agreements from the readers:
The perception of the MC is his own to master when it come to opinions. In the chapter himself I have shown that he was extra-paranoid for nothing. Like in this case, 'his opinion will change' because of circumstances happenign to him. I wish to also remind that, while this world has Communism, it isn't the same as the one present IRL. Most of it stems from pure socialism and only a few nations within EAW takes the steps to genuinely turn into radicalism.
Different world, different ways to implement radical reforms and different politics. There are elections within Stalliongrad, just like some of the Red countries that exists already in that world or those that have yet to form. But mind you that there are nations that are defined Communists but go several steps beyond when it comes to dictatorship. Like MARESOC (yep, 1984 reference).
So while there can be an endless debate of 'communism is good or bad', in the end I still stand by my opinion. All ideologies are inherently bad, so I don't see why the MC should strive to turn the Crystal Empire in a red nation when there is no proletariat, there is no economy to sustain any major strains that are required by Communist-based economy, and there are three countries (Equestria, some Changeling Tribe, and Yakyakistan) out of four that would invade the Crystal Empire the moment it turns red.
The only thing I can say is... don't expect any big-brain politics when it comes to ideologies in this story since it would just be messy, create messes in the comment section, and create issues. I still have plans for Altidyia, Sinister and Vasiliy. Mostly Vasiliy.
And Wingbardy.
I don't know why so many are so focused on all the commie stuff you put in the story. There's a bunch of other stuff the human is worried about. The changelings, his new allies with Equestria, other national threats, internal instability. Speakin of which, are we going to get more out of the Crystal Empire and its lore/fluff?
With a lot of of well... nation-rulling fics I have noticed that paperwork is essential and is what keeps most nations occupied but...
Every author is so keen on reforming everything from the industry to the military and so on and so forth but...
Why not reform the entire paperwork system for it to be actually efficient?
Well there is a distinction between unions, socialisms and communists, but they exist for very good reasons, to serve as a counterweight to the abuses and excesses of the ruling class and for the people to organize to get their voices heard and improve their living conditions. If the dude really want to stay autocrat to 'better' manages to administrate the nation effectively with sound social policies with a efficient bureaucracy good on him and actually lends a carful attentive ear of the population. If it actually reaches the point where all basic need citizen needs are met, and that their isn't a two tear justice system, criminal code, labor laws, where these three aren't need that would be great, assuming that he doesn't abuse's his power and that his underlings don't do that same and that their is a clear and easy way to root out any and all corruption that doesn't need to reach pitch frocks and torches levels that would be great; Sadly regality have a way of creeping up on them. The dude will probably need to make a few examples of ponies abusing their position and show that they can expect faire trial and justice.
Still seeing that the population is 1k out of date, the whole population, including it's leadership, with have to be reeducated from the ground up, if you want them to be an effective labor force if their plan is really to industrialize as he is hoping to. This will require a uniform education system reform, and testing on a massive scale that only the Soviet union managed to achieve, from nearly 90% illiterates peasant to 99% educated worker in the space of one generation, they CAN'T afford to crew up.
Still, he can't he can't govern by himself and his army can't do everything for him at the point of a spear, so will still probably have to create a council, delegate power to get the city and the other settlements to properly govern the nation to get the best cooperation out of the population, so some level of democratization will be needed for the Empire monarchy to survive. Everything will need central planning and will need accurate reading from the field reports.
Also I am sure the guy is going to suffer plenty of assassination's attempts from the ponies he is supposed to trust to get his throne.
Still Celestia managed to do this in 1k, without being totally disconnected by her subjects, so there is a slim chance
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Too little information.
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Yes, I will bring up also stuff from the Comics to further fill up the lore of the kingdom.
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Easier said than done, but it will be addressed. The reason why a good portion of paperwork becomes so troublesome is tied to old and archaic taxation system and bureaucratic devices within the legal system. The best way to do is tied to reorganizing stuff to stand up to the current times and that ain't an easy job.
Plus, old solution (but not the ultimate one) is to delegate what can be delegated.
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To be fair though she probably had it easy because nothing really happened at that time.
These 1 thousand years were probably like a time skip in a game, where time drastically moved forward and nothing happened.
Like in some RPG's like Skyrim, you just wait, skip time to start the mission
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He can either have Thorax or Chrysalis.
I would choose Chrysalis beceuse the experience.
Also she isnt that far gone yet
The best plan is making friends of the commies , a a benevolent and proworkers monarchy is an instant friend of a good comunist state ( not warmonering troskist or nazbols) . The best form of defecting and enemy is making friends with it. With a front cover you can fortify the chanchelling border and a good logistic plan
Free helicopter rides for commies
Mayor Chocolate Spice! Did you just flash the Crystal Emperor in his own court!?
...I approve.
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I prefer free economics lessons. They will learn, or die of boredom.
Thanks again Buckharin for another awesome chapter. I wish you good luck with the next one, and as always have fun writing.
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It's like communism isn't economic model. Did you ever read Das Kapital?
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I did, and quite a bit more besides, which is why I know it is defined as a political and economic ideology.
Now, back to the story.
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That's good. Economics and history lessons - besides reading Marks - is what lead me to preference of economic system. And it is not capitalistic which is less efficient and makes social inequality, sometimes even to almost slavery and cast system. Libertarian idea is even worse.
But story don't progress much, nothing new appeared that would be needed discussion.
I'll know I'll get downvoted but...
Any economic system will fail when it's led by a moron.
Most communist countries failed because their rulers were either uneducated thugs (Stalin), or idealistic philosophers (Lenin, Pol Pot) - neither with any clue on how to run a nation.
When a capitalist country is led by a fool, and/or moron, their economy will fail as well (Drumpf, W., Jellybean Ron) - if not collapse.
The biggest flaw of communism, like many other systems, is that it can not work on a large scale. Any large nation needs to cherry pick and run a hybrid system.
Keep up the good work JBukharin. I look forward to the next chapter.
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"Most communist countries failed because their rulers were either uneducated thugs (Stalin), or idealistic philosophers (Lenin, Pol Pot) - neither with any clue on how to run a nation." - do you even know hystory? Do you even know what https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All-Russian_Congress_of_Soviets is? Failed you say. In 30 years Lenin and Stalin made out of third world agrarian uneducated country industrial superpower and second economic in the world that won WWII facing against dozens times more nazis than second front of united nations, and were first nation that make it to space. Don't forget that all capitalistic nations were against this socialistic country, by all means sabotaging its development, including direct intervention https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allied_intervention_in_the_Russian_Civil_War
They still against it, spreading anti-communistic propaganda even today. It is threat to those in power today if people would even think that their situation could be better and that there was example of it. The iron curtain was erected for a reason.
"it can not work on a large scale"- on the contrary. It better work on large scale. If means of exchange of information allows it. With inventing computers and internet it's easy.
p.s. I don't downvote comments just because they disagree with me. Only crappy ones, even if they agree with me.