ECS Files: The Great Division: How Did It Happen? (w/@LightningStripe25, @WindStriker)
Channel: Equestria Exploration
Date: 2023-03-21

A somewhat speculative follow-up analysis on what we know regarding the history of Equestria between the end of generation 4 and the beginning of generation 5 based on real-world info and the limited knowledge available.

ECS Files: The Great Division: What Happened? A Quick MLP Rundown: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlthmvIV80U

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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:39 How did Opaline divide Equestria?
5:14 Why didn’t the Windigoes interfere?
6:34 Why did Twilight’s plan fail?
8:07 Outro

Sources:
YouTube - Innuendo Studios - The Alt-Right Playbook: Mainstreaming: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gq0ZHgKT2tc
Scientific American - The 25% Revolution—How Big Does a Minority Have to Be to Reshape Society? By David Noonan on June 8, 2018: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-25-revolution-how-big-does-a-minority-have-to-be-to-reshape-society/
The Effect of Segregation on Intergroup Relations: https://scholar.harvard.edu/files/chriscelaya/files/enoscelaya2017.pdf
People in more racially diverse neighborhoods are more pro-social: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=6358&context=lkcsb_research#:~:text=If%20people%20in%20more%20racially%20diverse%20settings%20have%20more%20inclusive,act%20more%20prosocially%20toward%20others
The effects of repetition frequency on the illusory truth effect: https://cognitiveresearchjournal.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s41235-021-00301-5
Riverhorse - Tails of Equestria - Creature Feature: Hurricanter: https://riverhorse.eu/tails-of-equestria-creature-feature-hurricanter/
YouTube - Sawtooth Waves - The TRUTH About the Crystals 💎: [Unavailable] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0D8wV1GrBPc
YouTube - Sawtooth Waves - The Secrets of Sunny's Lighthouse: [Unavailable] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTBpmFsgn8A
The Neighbourhood Contact Hypothesis: Evidence from the Multicity Study of Urban Inequality by 
Keith R. Ihlanfeldt and Benjamin P. Scafidi: 
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00420980220119499?journalCode=usja&

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