How is any of that "conservative"?
1. The concept of Family exists and is espoused on the left, just not in the "white aryan brotherhood" way. Family can include friends and others not related to you by blood, a far more progressive take on the concept that the show mirrors.
1. The concept of Family exists and is espoused on the left, just not in the "white aryan brotherhood" way. Family can include friends and others not related to you by blood, a far more progressive take on the concept that the show mirrors.
https://twitter.com/ConnySpaceplone/status/1355345853251284992
2. "History needs to be remembered" is again, a concept on the left that is expanded upon. Whether it be the teaching of inconvenient facts about Native history, black history, and ESPECIALLY queer history (stonewall riots) the left actually scores better on this than the right
3. "Find your strengths and work hard" is literally just a buzzword on the right, and usually means "find some way to fuck someone over without being caught".
And even taken honestly this is not a strictly conservative idea. Its so basic as to be applicable anywhere.
And even taken honestly this is not a strictly conservative idea. Its so basic as to be applicable anywhere.
5. Lastly "the government won't save you". Have you ever talked to an anarchist? The abolition of hierarchies is something discussed and supported widely in ancom circles. Its not a strictly right-libertarian viewpoint. The idea is the same, there's just slight differentiation.
I don't understand how you can see leftist movements like Abolish the Police and BLM and think we're in love with the goverment. Do you think antifa loves Joe Biden?
Lastly...I can SEE how someone could interpret the show as conservative. See a lot of FIM's writing has a really milquetoast, liberal centrist slant to it (Sorry Faust!). It is not explicitly leftist OR right-wing. It teaches the most basic lessons...so its open to interpretation
Media properties with subtle, nuanced and centrist values are ripe for being co-opted by fascists. I think part of the reason the brony fandom turned out like this is because its lessons are easy to ignore or misinterpret. You can just turn your brain off and enjoy horse.
There are people who unironically think Equestria is a pony ethnostate that supports "traditional values".
Something as subtle as Celestia actually enjoying the chaos wrought by the Mane 6 at the Grand Galloping Gala easily disproves that. But its not explicit.
Something as subtle as Celestia actually enjoying the chaos wrought by the Mane 6 at the Grand Galloping Gala easily disproves that. But its not explicit.
And you know what? I actually mourn the loss in subtlety in a lot of modern media. You can't just have grey morality and nuanced viewpoints because some asshole will think it supports their political extremism.
Sometimes you literally have to say "RACISM BAD" in all caps.
Sometimes you literally have to say "RACISM BAD" in all caps.
I mean I could easily make a video essay on how MLP supports far leftist viewpoints, but it'd be a bit of a reach even for an obsessed horse nerd like me.
The show's main message is just "friends good, don't be a dick."
The show's main message is just "friends good, don't be a dick."
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