The Mane 6 literally stopped Equestria's industrialization

>>42266937 (OP)
good, heavy industrialization is enhanced during times of war, especially in peaceful societies like Equestria.

>>42266937 (OP)
Good

>>42266937 (OP)
>The Flimdustrial Flamolution and its consequences have been a disaster for ponykind.

>>42266937 (OP)
something something based ecoterrorism
ignore the fact that industrial revolution in our world let millions to live in conditions kings had

Say thank you to Applejack for delaying the invention of the smartphone.

>>42266937 (OP)
good

>>42266975
Smartphones were based back when they were only used by businessmen and tech nerds. The enshittification began when the iPhone made them accessible to normies.

>>42267006
Cider was based back when it was only drank by apple farmers and Ponyville bumpkins. The enshittification began when the Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000 made it accessible to normalponies.

>>42267016
So true!

>>42267006
Normies ruin everything they touch.

>>42266937 (OP)
I wonder if they managed to built tanks and cars on that timeline

>>42267039
normal timeline already had "tank" as a word for "strong", so "tank"s are a thing in magical horse land even without proper machinery

>>42266937 (OP)
good

>>42266942
>nooooo you can't cut down the spooky scary forest that serves no purpose except endangering ponies because we already control all of nature

>>42267274
>City Slicker talk.

>>42267274
t. Amazon Rainforest logger

>>42267279
>>42267281
Name one benefit of the Everfree.
>muh nature
ponies don't go there because it's dangerous and they can create their own animal sanctuaries anyway
>muh magical ingredients
most of them cause harm

>>42267303
it gives the ponies somewhere safe to retreat to when something is super fucked with Ponyville, eg when Trixie takes over and Twilight goes to train in the Everfree with Zecora
they could do the same thing if, for example, a dragon or changelings took over Ponyville and the Mane 6 had to get away before they can regroup and reclaim it because most baddies that wanna take over ponyville wouldnt want to enter the Everfree

also the Everfree having tons of magical ingredients is still insanely useful so long as they consult an expert like Zecora and dont just rub themselves in random plants they find like retards

>>42267303
t. Donald Trump

>>42266937 (OP)
Industrialization can happen with regulation. Maybe Celestia could have approved of a law that declared the Everfree Forest a national park.

>>42267303
>we don't need to preserve natural habitats because we have zoos and aquariums
>gathering Madagascar periwinkle for its cancer-killing compounds isn't worth it because there are also some dangerous animals on the island

>>42267322
>it gives the ponies somewhere safe to retreat
except it's not safe, ponies are (rightfully) terrified of it

>>42267354
yeah but its good to have for situations where ponyville is even less safe

>>42267330
I dunno why people think Equestria has no industrialization. Manehattan literally exists.

Flim and Flam are just the extreme end of it.

>>42266937 (OP)
Good

Good. All the benefits of industrialisation Equestria already seems to have, so the only thing it would result in is unnecessary social change and damage to the environment.
>>42267303
I can’t begin to describe how much I hate this worldview. Wild nature has an inherent value, not everything has to be judged by the economic advantage it provides to people/ponies
>>42267322
This is shown in the Cutie Remark when Chrysalis takes over

>>42266937 (OP)
Based as fuck.

>>42266937 (OP)
Based, Flim and Flam are the worst type of industrialist anyway

>>42267439
Except industrialization also means that medicine can be developed in mass capacities and so can toilets. People in pre-industrial times even had numerous children for fear of not being able to have living children at all.

>>42267525
Humans are not ponies, human society is not pony society.

>>42266937 (OP)
Cringe, Flim and Flam are the best type of industrialist anyway

>>42267525
why do you need medicine, just drink a health potion idiot

>>42267590
But who manufactures and ships these potions? It would be one thing if we had people looking to produce and sell these the world over, but they may only be available in certain places.

>>42267810
Why it's all about and mass and scale with you? Truly the children of winter.

>>42267815
Because if potion makers were able to produce their potions en masse, they would not have to charge as much for each individual unit sold in order to make up for the cost of the equipment used to produce them. Otherwise, they would only be able to sell to customers willing to pay a an arm and a leg (a foreleg and a rear leg?) to be able to use them.

>>42267815
Because if potion makers were able to produce their potions en masse, they would not have to charge as much for each individual unit sold in order to make up for the various costs of operating their businesses. Otherwise, they would only be able to sell to customers willing to pay an arm and a leg (a foreleg and a rear leg?) to be able to use them.

>>42266975
The minute I saw a smartphone in equestria, I knew it was so fucking over

>>42267303
Everfree is like /mlp/. if you remove it, all the inhabitants will spread all over the rest of the site and ponies don't want no timberwolves and other creatures sperging around

>>42267525
>All the benefits of industrialisation Equestria already seems to have

>>42267893
So did they stop industrialization from getting out of control instead of it happening at all?

>>42267904
I think all the toilets around Ponyville are artisanal unique creations made completely by hoof.

>>42267914
Then how come we don’t see more of the M6’s siblings? Shouldn’t there be more of them if their parents wanted to mitigate the risk of not having living children in that case? Imagine cholera outbreaks being a regular occurrence if toilets are that hard to come by.

Based

>>42267920
>parents wanted to mitigate the risk of not having living children
PONIES ARE NOT HUMANS AND EQUESTRIA IS NOT EARTH YOU DUNCE
>if toilets are that hard to come by
Hundreds of respected and valued earth pony artisans churn out porcelain thrones all around Equestria, there's no shortage of those.

>>42267934
>PONIES ARE NOT HUMANS AND EQUESTRIA IS NOT EARTH YOU DUNCE
Except this behavior is not unique to humans. Rabbits, for example, are evolutionarily driven to reproduce as much as possible in order to protect their genetic lineage from ending due to being eaten by predators.
>Hundreds
But can they all together support the millions of Equestrian citizens who need their products?

Best thing they've ever done hooves-down.

>>42266937 (OP)
The industrial revolution is already upon equestria. There are just a few hold outs in places like ponyville that have yet to see the light on that issue. Our heroes film and flam go out to spread the knowledge of industry to these backwards luddites to make their lives easier and better

>>42267920
I know people have already pointed out that Humans≠ponies but to sate your Victorian worldview for a moment think about it. We do see the siblings of ponies whose parents wanted to mitigate risk because both Earth Pony reps, Applejack & Pinkie do have multiple siblings as we see.

In fact Rainbow Dash is kind of an exception in being an only child among them. While the Earth ponies have three siblings each we see the Unicorn or Pegasi Mane Six with one sibling, meaning two children. Equalling a stable population. We see Unicorns occupying many upper class positions in Equestrian society, so we can understand there's less need for labour, less danger in their childbirth, so on.

Pegasi we know come from an original martial tradition, which would mean many children, but by the Mane Six's time we see the most popular jobs in Cloudsdale is the weather factory, or the service industry in Las Pegasus. Which once more gives them more urban amenities, less need for children than the overwhelmingly rural Earth Ponies.

>>42267920
Why do you assume cholera even exists in Equestria?

>>42268761
Why wouldn’t it?
>>42268489
This would also mean Pinkie Pie and Applejack would have siblings who didn’t make it past being a few years old.

MLP's view on industrialization reminds me of Tolkien. The Shire is basically this idyllic, tight-knit land of green hills, fertile crops, homely people. Saruman and Sauron use metallurgy, industry to fuel a war machine that completely destroys anything good or beneficial. Since Ponyville is like The Shire and Equestria ME, such a drastic technological leap would be devastating for it.

>>42268955
Then there also must be rape, pedophiles and foal molesting, murder, genocide and war. How about we just ditch the colorful ponies because that sounds just like humans now and some generic fantasy setting would fit much better for it.

>>42269741
Yeah, I just don't get people who think Equestria must be 1-on-1 with Earth.

For me, anything that is not explicitly shown in the show by default doesn't exist.

>>42266937 (OP)
So they stopped Fallout Equestria from happening?

>>42269798
So does this mean everypony was spontaneously born at their respective ages when the show began, barring anypony’s childhood backstories appearing?

I can't wait for the Equestrian workhouses to take off.

>>42266972
only good post

>>42270293
>implying the (ab)use of child labor won’t become a “friendship problem”

>>42270298
Parroting of overused memes can't be good. Neutral at best.

>>42269536
MLP has Las Pegasus, Manehattan, Whinnyapolis, and Fillydelphia. Even in the Mysterious Mare Do Well, Ponyville also has construction akin to modern humans.
Not to mention the things in Equestria that would require industrial production like ovens, stoves, trains, theaters, film and projectors, and more.

>>42267386
I bet 10 bits these "people" don't watch the show and are touring this board before fucking off elsewhere.

>>42270261
Yes.

>>42270328
It would be nice if they watched at least the first season.

But I'm pretty certain that's the one they mostly skip.

>>42267303
Hi Lemondrop.

>>42266937 (OP)
Who are the Flim Flam brothers of the human world?

>>42267303
>most of them cause harm
that ain’t a problem, that’s a benefit! just more things to punch in the face with no consequences

>>42266937 (OP)
Legends of everfree canon ending.

>>42270323
Everything in Equestria is produced by skilled artisans, their craft an embodiment of their special talents. Forcing ponies onto a production line is the kind of thing a sombra tier villain would do.

>>42266937 (OP)
I've felt a bit of Tolkien's perspective recently when I was in VR and visited a vrchat world called the friendship express, which was a sceneic train trip through the Equestrian countryside with instrumental tracks from FIM in the background. It was supremely cosy and relaxing, almost felt like I could fall asleep in it. Made me wish that much more it was real. I'm no treehugger, but I can't say it didn't give me a bit more distain for the Flim Flam brothers timeline than I used to have.

>>42271053
Not a Cherry Jubilee-tier villain? And that still doesn’t explain how those cities got so large with high-rise skyscrapers.

>>42271444
The visuals are just for illustrative purposes and are not in-universe accurate. The human artists were not provided sufficient information, but they had to draw something so they just made shit up based on their human experience.

>>42271444
Imagine this but with cute and magical horses.

This is starting to feel very similar to every cosmology discussion about every fantasy world, people simply just can't imagine anything else than spinning spheroid orbiting in a star system, even though there's fucking magical pastel equines in the equation.

>>42270323
Those are all modern cities that completely clash with the identity of what the show's intention was. A proper evolution of their architecture would be Canterlot, their Minas Tirith. But by your logic it would be 100% correct if Coruscant was just 10 blocks away from Rivendell or if Rome bordered Chicago. And I don't count random visual gags either.

i liked that one anon's idea of a setting for a new mlp series in something like equestria's version of renaissance venice

What is it about nerds that attracts them to low tech fantasy settings so much?

>>42272140
Never gonna happen, american franchise will only make fantasy america. Gen 6 will take place in not-LA with more nigger and even hijab wearing ponies and you will like it.

>>42272396
>Gen 6 will take place in not-LA with more nigger and even hijab wearing ponies and you will like it.
I hope it does, because then I can at least have a good laugh.

If you're going to make cancer, at least go all the way.

>>42270856
>Saxton Hale opens a portal to Equestria
>finds out that bits are Australium
>doesn't give a fuck since not even Gravel War ended