Legend of Korra was one of the most devastating attacks on the left in decades
AtLA: Let& #39;s tell a story from the perspective of the lower classes from all cultures & walks of life

LoK: A love letter to elitism & the technocracy
AtLA: Let& #39;s make the world& #39;s most powerful earthbender a blind girl who betrays her class in order to selflessly save the world

LoK: She& #39;s a cop now.
Amon: Our social order is oppressive.

LoK: lmao hierarchies rule. capitalism rules. stfu

Zaheer: No, but like, there& #39;s a LOT of oppression & these governments need to be toppled

LoK: DiD i sTuTTeR????
LoK: We should really kill the leftist villains off before they convince the audience that they& #39;re kinda right.
AtLA: Nature is sacred and must be protected.

LoK: Big laser machine goes booooooom
AtLA: We& #39;re gonna make the whole show about how imperialism is evil.

LoK: The characters don& #39;t notice the fascists until literally the last minute because they have cool trains.
AtLA had some SOLID class consciousness

& LoK UNIRONICALLY GLAMORIZES THE GILDED AGE.

Like...

Huh?????
@alirodmur @JosiePinto @nomorekkkops since y& #39;all were wondering
Can we also talk about how fucking AMERICAN it was?!?!?! Hell, even the character designs were Westernized, not to mention the setting!

Y& #39;all had the chance to imagine a whole future w/o colonialism but all you could come up with was Chicago but with more explosions
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