1) Uh… Probably not. Only times I ever watched a video stream of a game for more than a few minutes were the Twitch videos the City of Heroes Devs did. And those were the developers of the game talking about and showing upcoming content while answering questions.

2) What joy? You can’t appreciate the freedom you have because you’ve never lived without. You can’t enjoy good food because you’ve never survived on scraps. You’re incapable of comprehending what a good bed feels like because you’ve never slept on stone. What’s a vacation to somepony who’s never really worked a day in their life?

What privilege? Compared to me you’re barely alive.

3) Only in the sense that you should recognize it and try to control yourselves. Same as everypony else.

4) Isn’t the Crystal Empire a part of Equestria?

5) You are still just trying to get me to say “no,” right? You can’t be serious.

6) Uh… What are you asking?

7) Of course. Once you replace soldiers with automations, be they machines or enchantments, it removes mortality from the battlefield. If citizens no longer need to lay down their lives for a war, the only limiting factor is resources. And if winning means gaining those resources back, why stop fighting? Ever. Why allow peace to limit wealth?

War can certainly change, but not for the better.