Honestly, the most notable one in setting I am aware of, in Canon had problems with a family spat, which is virtually impossible to not have escalated into a full blown civil war due to just how bad the fighting between the two got.
Technically speaking, the king's supporters are whomever they are when the monarchy was formed, so a king's supporters can be just as big, if more distant, as a democracy. The thing that keeps the monarch's powerbase small is the existence of old institutions that the monarch has to please to stay in power. Take two different New World monarchies for example: Mexico under Maximillian II was fairly liberal, but his main power-base was the illiberal Catholic authorities and the old land-owners. As a result, Maximillian lost power because the liberals wanted a native republican government, whilst the illiberals whom were willing to tolerate the foreign-imposed monarchy did NOT want any liberalism to spread. Max couldn't satisfy either group because he fit neither of the conditions.
if you mean the Luna vs Celestia thing, It probably simply didn't have the TIME to become a civil war.
I think that makes a lot of sense, especially since that one story in episode one has quite a bit of the broad strokes of what happened, only at the time of the anime, it was dismissed as a legend, or fairy tale, and thus not something that was important, until twilight came along a few days before the emphasized date.
That is one of the WORST EXAMPLES you made. Rome LOATHED KINGS at every level, and that is EXACTLY what perception he gave after he took control. The public support was doomed to disintegrate by his own actions if I remember my facts correctly.Edit2: I may have mis-remembered a few articles
The point about key supporters are true in every government, the only difference is who those key supporters are.
Edit: The main reason the position did not fall was because, when his Protege finally took control after a very long and extensive conflict, they were relieved it was all over, and the state of affairs normalized under him.
Sorry, I did phrase it poorly. What I was trying to say was that we have what seems to me like a statistically improbable number of very benevolent monarchies at the same time (us, neighpon, canterbury, and equestria). I assumed that was because of some feature of the setting, but maybe I assumed too much. If nothing else, we don't really know for sure just how benevolent Canterbury will actually turn out to be.
Thanks for telling me about these examples, I hadn't learned about them before.
The reason they are still "good" is that they have all only just came into being. More or less.
Actually thinking about it, in this timeline, if it happens, it could look very different, and might turn into a civil war.
That can also apply to democracies, because people may gain more influence on the government through various means. Take a look at Rome for a historical example. Moderen-day, look at Adolf Hitler, who earned enough influence to outright take over the government.
Well, yes, I was just saying that things haven't been settled for long enough that power structures would have had the opportunities to ossify into arrangements that disfavor the lower classes.
Oh, we already got confirmation of that I think. It's literally up to the dice.
In Germany, that is true.
By 'good,' I mean actively improving the lot of the common people, outside of natural increases in quality of life due to new technology or the world economy growing. I would say that while it can certainly take a few centuries for a monarchy to end and be replaced by something else (like another dynasty), it takes a much shorter amount of time for a monarchy to stop acting in the best interests of the people. Generally by the end of the reign of whichever king decided to start acting in the people's best interests. If they're very lucky, by the end his heir's reign. Note that often times the end of that king's reign is also the end of his dynasty because helping the people often gets kings killed for reasons I mentioned before.
Would you mind telling me what time period/vice president you're referring to? I'm genuinely interested in learning about that.
He's referring to William McKinley's assassination putting Theodore Roosevelt in power. Roosevelt was initially seen as a populistic bluster of a politician and warhawk whom the party leaders put on the VP ticket to quiet and ensure he would never come to power, since VP was seen as a dead-end job. By chance, McKinley was shot and Roosevelt, to the surprise of the party bosses, became the president.
The interesting thing about both us and Koryu is that we were initially handed genuine power when it would have been easy for the people doing the handing to just not. Koryu could've easily gone the way of Emperor Xian and played the role of the conch from Lord of the Flies, and literally nobody had to care about our ancestry. I'm sure future historians will have a lot to say about what that meant about the nature of power in the post-Discord world, but I'm not equipped to do so.
And that's why adopting a dragon was a good idea. Really stretch those generations out.
Another bonus, she could serve as a check to help ensure things don't go to hell in a hand-basket. Bad leaders have a tendency to make things go bad very quickly, whenever they only care for themselves and their circle of friends, or just being that much of an idiot. Our dragon daughter, could help minimize the damage such individuals could do, whenever it is limiting the actions of those that would exploit the position for their own gain, or by helping the leader not screw things up as a wise adviser. Of course, this is relying on her both having influence and the means of doing so, and that she would serve as a moderating influence.
Thanks!Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th president. A well-known antitrust politician who was made vice president, a dead-end political position to deal with him and as an empty concilitary gesture.Ninjad
Come to think of it, does this mean that the single most important thing we can possibly do as Garrick and Gawain is to make sure that Gwindlyn is fit to rule well? If she becomes a bad ruler, our country would be in for a very bad time.
Top three, definitely.
Come to think of it, does this mean that the single most important thing we can possibly do as Garrick and Gawain is to make sure that Gwindlyn is fit to rule well? If she becomes a bad ruler, our country would be in for a very bad time.
number one would be making Gawain or Garrick ascend alicorn-style, but I already talked a lot about my hopes for that, and I acknowledge that it's unlikely to happen.
Especially if said immortal ruler ends up becoming the keystone of the country like Celestia in canon.
define "keystone". We mostly meant that without her there is panic in the street. They're so used to having an immortal princess in charge that most wouldn't know what to do once she disappeared, and that's without considering nobles like Blueblood trying to get the throne for themselves.
