So basically the United Republic only instead of leaders chosen by the people, you'd have us lead by the Spare Apparent. A man who's only qualification for leadership is that he was born into the right family and outlived his father.

[Color Bumi unimpressed.]

The Equalist Movement, if their literature is to be believed, wants Non-bender equality, and they're more than willing to remove bending from the world entirely in order to achieve it.