Talk:Equalists/@comment-98.118.141.162-20120506193429/@comment-5045137-20120521231811

How about the French Revolution where they executed a bunch of the aristocracy and anyone who seemed even slightly opposed to equality? That's one example.

I agree that sometimes you have to take  away oarts of society to reach true equality though. The act of freeing the slaves in the south took away a huge part of the southern economy.

However not all of the bending society uses their bending to opress non-benders. It would make sense to take away the bending of dangerous criminals but taking everyone's indiscriminantly seems really wrong. It would be sort of like dismembering athletes because people in good physical condition have an advantage over people who don't.