Talk:Princess Celestia/@comment-74.120.190.101-20121219073432/@comment-4987919-20121219170657

While there isn't anything oxymoron about enlightened despotism, that would imply that the Princesses gained their power by social contract. Whereas I believe they got their power by divine right, since the ponies call them goddesses after all. In that case, I would say Equestria's government is an enlightened absolute diarchy. Putting 'absolute' and 'diarchy' together? Now that's oxymoron. I agree with them being the highest authority in national security however. After all, national security isn't only military.