Talk:Ba Sing Se/@comment-60.52.17.62-20101202031036/@comment-3292710-20101223183513

Because by the time the general population found out, it was already too late. the Dai Li had basically ruled the city for years. No one it the city ever saw he Earth King, they mearly followed his (supposed) commands as relayed by Long Feng and the Dai Li. They could have removed the king years before and no one would have known.

It's probable that right up until the firebenders marched into the city the people of Ba Sing Se thought the Dai Li were acting on the Earth King's orders. And the citizenry knew anyone who caused trouble or questioned the Dai Li had the nasty habit of dissappearing.