are non-benders actually oppressed, really? we've seen plenty of non-bending characters in powerful positions. to name one in lok, hiroshi sato is a leading industrialist, whereas, as we saw in the scene where mako works in the factory, many/most ppl in low-paying industrial jobs appear to be benders. and the there doesn't appear to actually be a social system that privileges benders over non-benders
imo the equalists are more like MRAs, or yt ppl who freaked out when obama became president, the only difference being i don't think benders are really oppressed either and everybody's on p equal footing. plus, tho i can't guarantee the writers were thinking of these connotations, who calls themselves "equalists" irl? mostly ppl who think words like "feminism" exclude the poor men and stuff like that
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(Anonymous) 2012-04-25 01:27 am (UTC)(link)are non-benders actually oppressed, really? we've seen plenty of non-bending characters in powerful positions. to name one in lok, hiroshi sato is a leading industrialist, whereas, as we saw in the scene where mako works in the factory, many/most ppl in low-paying industrial jobs appear to be benders. and the there doesn't appear to actually be a social system that privileges benders over non-benders
imo the equalists are more like MRAs, or yt ppl who freaked out when obama became president, the only difference being i don't think benders are really oppressed either and everybody's on p equal footing. plus, tho i can't guarantee the writers were thinking of these connotations, who calls themselves "equalists" irl? mostly ppl who think words like "feminism" exclude the poor men and stuff like that