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less social inequality and more like in general, the council just isn't a good idea in korra's time. during aang's time when republic city was first being built and being advertised as this place where all of the nations could mix, you would have some trouble getting all those people getting to live side by side peacefully. a lot of them would also still be heavy on the traditions and culture of their homelands, hence the representatives being from different countries would be able to better understand their needs.
in korra's time, you still do have people coming in from the other nations (artbook confirms mako and bolin's parents actually immigrated to rc) but a majority of the population is mixed and don't have very strong ties to their ancestors' homelands. it would be like asami saying she's fire nation and should be treated as such, even though she's lived in rc her entire life and is more familiar with the culture found there (or for a more realistic comparison, a white american saying they're irish because of a drop of blood and then they go out and start wearing green and talking in a shitty irish accent when they actually have no fucking idea what irish culture is like). the council and the concept it was developed around just doesn't work anymore, so they either toss out the part about them being from the different nations and election people from the UR, but how would you go about determining that? and obviously they aren't going to do royalty, so the next thing to do is elect a president.
also, while i'd wager the guy is a non-bender i doubt the position is only allowed to them. that would be discrimination.
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