#mylittlepony - #The EAA and Equestria's Isolationism: An Establishment of Blissful Ignorance. (a fan looking way-far-too-deep)

The EAA and Equestria's Isolationism: An Establishment of Blissful Ignorance. (a fan looking way-far-too-deep)

Thesis: The World outside of Equestria has not been a part of any level of the Equestrian Education System under the EAA, due to a centuries of prosperous self-sustainability.

I've taken that Equestria has been as such a sugar-sweet fluffy borderline utopia for centuries. Really a lot of evidence suggest that their society is very progressive and quality of life overall is very comfortable...

for ponies.

I imagine those with power among this blissful and stable society have derived their long kept comfort is due to a deep rooted and well-tended foreign policy of isolationism.

It's not a malicious isolationism per say. It's more so it appears that the world outside of Equestria is simply not part of Equestria's education curriculum, as it's been deemed not necessary.

A lot of evidence speaks to this. Evidence that infers there is a common lack of knowledge of races outside of pony kind.

We have a few noted points of international relations, such as the Equestria Games, but then we have points that lead to Equestria's population as a whole is incredibly out of touch with the rest of the world.

• Twilight, BookHorse McPurpleSmart, had completely incorrect information in her library on the current state of Griffonstone.

• Dragon's are a complete enigma other than being "Big, scary, and greedy."

• Zebras are still mostly a mystery!

• There was zero consideration for a buffalo migration on the ?frontiers? of Equestria's southern border. That very episode it shows the settlement wasn't a malicious act, but one of clumsy ignorance, one that the naturally agreeable nature of ponies relatively quickly got over and resolved.

You could chalk this up to Equestria just being ignorant because that makes exposition of new races easy, but what if failure to teach ponies about the world outside of Equestria is an intentional act by those in a position of power in Equestria's education system...

A school for ponies to better protect /themselves/.

What do you gain by not teaching about the outside world?

You get a population content with what they have in their own borders, and no one voicing real concern about atrocities and poverty outside of them.

Economic crisis, natural disasters, war mongering conquerors? These are not concerns of the Equestrian citizens as they hardly have any knowledge of these other places beyond, maybe at best, they exist, and arbitrary notes of historical conflict in the context of ponies. You have a content populace.

On an economic level, when you are the most comfortable and self-sustainable nation on the planet, there is no reason to extend contact to those that can risk being a drain on your nation. There is nothing to immediately gain out of that deal.

Let them suffer. We are comfortable.

You don't even need a standing army if your nation is lead by someone with a sort of celestial MAD contingency.

Not that Celestia would ever use it, but only a few types of factions would try to conquer a nation with a SOLAR MAD back up plan.

Ones that don't need the sun to live (Love Fed Changlings underground) and ones that have a plan to seize control of the sun for themselves (The Storm King).

Now lets consider the Chess Master Celestia angle from School Daze.

A thousand years of stoic isolationism and tradition, now she's suddenly emboldened by the return of her sister and the potential power from her trust in Twilight and her friendship-driven methods.

Celestia doesn't approve of the fact that her subjects are not taught about other nations and her centuries old wisdom can see the long term gain from a more global policy can ultimately prove to be better for everyone involved.

Celestia too closely knitted into the establishment to take risks. A heavy hooved rule or action could easily be spun into an act of tyranny by detractors, so she subtly works through multi-time national hero Princess Twilight Sparkle to garner support for these radical new ideals.

Celestia suggested Twi to the EAA, knowing that it wouldn't be compatible with Twilight's ultimate goals between her and her friends. She set the pieces in place to put a crack in a century old education system, and perhaps start a new era of globalization.

That's why she's the best princess.

Submitted March 29, 2018 at 03:21PM by SharpEdgeSoda
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