The problem with his power and talent is that you'd think Kuvira would be smart enough to be really cautious with him, maybe even lock him up, not have him work for her. Ghazan took down a freaking mountain, how could she not think Bolin had the potential to do that as well?

There's just so many elements to this story that are impossible to address without more episodes. Every character that isn't in focus just seems to be sitting on their ass, all the world leaders, the White Lotus, Tenzin and the Airbenders, etc. We should be seeing a response to Kuvira's actions, but without the time…

She never actually said that, just that she wanted to reclaim the original territory.

Couldn't agree more!

I agree to some extent, but perhaps I'm just tired of the power-hungry villain trope, much less the power-hungry dictator. Zaheer was such a different character from the rest, it feels like he should have been in Kuvira's place and she in his.

Try not to skim and actually read it, its very clear why we don't need an entity with a monopoly on violence. The end result of that monopoly is inevitable with or without an informed populace( which is very near impossible with the tiny minority who actually vote in this country). The state is synonymous with…

Just remember, stop attacking straw man and actually listen to the argument

This will explain it better than I ever could. Please read it.
http://mises.org/daily/2429

I just rewatched this episode and realized what an amazing character moment Varrick had. Its like if Oppenheimer blew himself up with a prototype A-bomb!
He is now the best character in the avatar series, past and present!

Even without the state, there are STILL consequences. You try to burglarize a home, the owner has the right to defend it.
Look at reality, rather than hypothetical- whenever a major-figure or media-promoted figure gets away with a major crime, when your beloved justice system fails(as it so often does), they still…

Taking away the obstacle is also taking away the taxes, the prohibitions, the licenses, etc, etc, and all that grants more freedom. Without government there is no government corruption, there is no abuse of power.
Competition and cooperation, that's the argument for a successful anarchic society. Poke holes in the…

Because cooperation is how you profit, not just survive but thrive. Imagine the minority of criminals grow smaller if you take away prohibition, and grow even smaller still if the the free market exists to help further prosperity and education. Whatever remains, the sociopaths and psychopaths can be dealt with by the…

Large groups can't function without some method of cooperation, not governance.Voluntary courts could be set up to aid in disputes. These sorts of courts have popped up a few times in history to good effect. People naturally want to cooperate with each other and with other groups of people to survive. Trade is just a…

At one point, there were only 50,000 humans on the entire planet. We would have been extinct had we not cooperated and cared for each other. We know now that our ancestors cared for their elderly, sick and disabled.
And when 99.9% of the Earth's species have gone extinct, humanity's survival for that period of time…

Re-education camps AND slave labor…. that right there is Expanded Universe Palpatine.

He's still more sympathetic than Kuvira, mostly because his character is fleshed out and his relationship with P'Li and the rest of his friends.

It might also have had to do with the fact that the Earh Queen bankrupted her Kingdom, taxed her subjects heavily and left a terrible infrastructure. If he had wiped out the Fire Lord, the Fire Nation probably wouldn't have descended into Mad Max

You can't "share" something that doesn't belong to you… remember that. That's called stealing. Whatever resources Zaofu has, they made and earned them.
And do you realize that we as a species have had nearly non-stop war since we learned how to write? Governments are very good at creating conflict, let's not forget we…

"(like sharing Zaufos resources)" -You have no idea how scary the way you phrase this is…

And imagine if what a lot of people on this site and elsewhere have predicted came to be true, that Kuvira was in fact responsible for the banditry affecting the Earth Kingdom? They couldn't possibly make her character sympathetic after that, even if they gave her a tragic backstory