See good intentions. Why did she never ask about this. Like, yeah, they lied to her, but she never asked why. Instead, she jumped in front of the first person who dangled the carrot and played like a fittle. Also, for a second, let's ignore the whole avatar eraser thing. Why on God's green earth would she leave the spirit relm wide open after witnessing Wan's whole anime back story? Like hardly anything good has come from it and now it's more than likely the reason why the world is fucked now!
in universe reason, a freer exchange can alloe for actual communication and understandibg. As it is Unalaque was a damn psycho but could get the spirits on his side and also knew spirit stuff better than most.
Korra also probably saw few people, outside of immediate family and her teachers. Unaloque was just one more person she mever saw. The White Lotus meant well but their decision was ultimately the wrong one, though i will admit that hindsight is also 20 20
Also, even after the air benders were brought back, why would she leave it open? There's no reason to. They actively gain nothing but more problems from keeping it opening, like people figuring out they can make weapons with the destructive power of a mini death star.
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u/Templarofsteel Mar 02 '25
Or because she was kept on a compound for most of her life. Korra was poorly served by people with good intentions.