Does Equestria run on Capitalism? Do ponies have to pay tax to

Special ponies like Twilight and Starlight doesn't. The rest, yes. Fluttershy is a welfare case.

Even Rainbow Dash used to have a job before becoming a Wonderbolt.

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Fair warning: behave.

>>30958932
So if a pony gets a cutie mark in something that isn't profitable at all like rock farming for example or making finger puppets, are they screwed for life?

>>30958986
You can make money off of both of those.

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>>30958932
>Does Equestria run on Capitalism
Since Equestria seems to be a functional society, yes.

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In The Ticket Master, Applejack inadvertently suggests that a hip replacement for Granny costs money as it's one of the things she wants to buy with the money she might earn at the Gala. Later in the episode, a background pony says she'll do Twilight's taxes in exchange for a ticket.

TL;DR literally answered three episodes in. Have this image for asking this.

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It's a medieval mercantilist society under an enlightened absolutist political system.

The ((merchants)) do eventually turn it into proper capitalism, as seen in in The Cutie Re-Mark.

>>30958986
>Rock Farming
>Not profitable

Pinkie's Dad was rich enough to raise four daughters and send them to university for a doctorate. And we've literally seen a pony with a talent for puppets before.

>>30958932
A mix between 18th and 19th Century Europe or a less shitty version of Russia in the 20th). Industrialisation is big and permanent feature however its not dominant, likewise whilst the country is ruled by an aristocracy there arent many feudal privileges left.