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From the get-go, we, the audience know that Amon and the Equalists wants to rid Republic City (if not the ''entire'' world of Avatar) of benders. From a distance, one would see them clearly as a rogue group of villains who clearly want their ultimate goal fulfilled. However, there may be some legit points they raise.
There is a clear drift in social classes in Republic City, as the sudden appearance of Sparky Sparky Bush Man clearly indicates in the first episode. There are also [[Street Urchin
* Amon is intended to evoke comparisons to the Communists (and to a lesser extent, the various fascist movements of the 1920's).
* Skoochy is actually an earthbender street urchin, according to the Welcome to Republic City flash game.
* In the ''[[Magic:
In "The Legend of Korra's" parent series, [[Avatar: The Last Airbender]] there was already the seeds, if not the outright saplings, of [[Steampunk]] technology. Much of the Avatar world was quite primitive, due to a combination of reliance on bending, a lack of resources and technological isolation. For example, the Water Tribes were able to build elaborate cities thanks to their control of water, but still relied on sail-boats. Travel in the Earth Kingdom seemed mostly [[Mix and Match Critter|Ostrich-Horse]] driven, with the occasional aid of Earth-Bending.
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Whether the development was too slow or fast, no one can deny the creativity and ingenuity the show's technology shows off, thanks to the inclusion of bending into the world's tool-box. Earth and metal-bending allowed for taller buildings and better infrastructure. Fire Bending is used to weld, while the related lightning-bending can generate electricity (definitely cleaner than coal!). We can imagine that this is only the tip of the ice-berg. With something as fersitile as the bending arts, one can imagine that its helped spur and aid industry in all sorts of ways.
Another question raised about The Legend of Korra's technology is whether or not it can truly be classified as [[Steampunk]]. This was the way much of the advertising described the setting, and some of the art style does seem reminiscent of it, especially when we catch glimpses of the factories. Many have noted that actual ''steam'' power seems fairly scarce in the new series, as most things seemed powered by electricity. Also, [[Steampunk]] as a genre is usually combined with Victorian England in terms of style, since that's where this technology was most prevalent in [[Real Life]]. Some might argue that the distinctive Asian stamp of the Avatar universe erodes a lot of the tropes and styles usually associated with true [[Steampunk]]. Perhaps a better classification would be [[
Despite its name, Republic City is not at all a democratic republic.
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* According to Tenzin in Episode 9, there ''is'' due process for people, and he gets upset at the police chief for violating that right.
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