This argument only works if you ignore what Korra actually went through. Saying she had peace, mentors, and resources is technically true but completely misleading. Korra was raised in isolation, overprotected, and trained in a controlled environment that actively stunted her growth as an Avatar. She had bending teachers, not real-world experience, which is why she struggles when she finally faces actual political, spiritual, and ideological conflicts.
And ‘peace’ doesn’t mean ‘easy.’ Korra didn’t inherit a war, she inherited a world full of systemic problems: inequality (Amon), spiritual imbalance (Unalaq), anarchism (Zaheer), and authoritarian expansion (Kuvira). These are far more complex than a single enemy nation, they’re ideological conflicts with no simple solution.
Also, she didn’t ‘make things harder,’ she made decisions under uncertainty without the safety net of past Avatars after Harmonic Convergence. Unlike Aang, she couldn’t rely on accumulated wisdom. Every mistake she makes is part of her learning curve in a world that doesn’t have clear answers.
Reducing all of that to ‘she had it easy and messed up anyway’ ignores her trauma, her growth, and the complexity of the problems she faced. It’s not analysis, it’s just flattening the character.