Did you notice this about the White Lotus? 

No you forget that Aang's first teacher was Monk Giato. Non of the Lotus members where even born let alone that they thought the monks how to airbend. Also we can even wonder who trained Appa? did Aang do so or did the monks at the western air temple do that?

Unless the badgermoles are secretly part of the white lotus too🤷🏻‍♂️

Also one thing to add: their social standings are parallels as well. Iroh abandoned the war due to the death of a loved one, while Aang abandons his loved ones and that results in their deaths. Pakku was the oldest and most experienced master in the North, while Katara was the last water bender of the South. Pian Dao most likely earned his reputation fighting for the Fire Nation, while Sokka takes those same skills to fight against them. Bumi is seen as a decrepit, mad king, but is actually quite powerful and cunning, and Toph is seen as a defenseless, blind rich girl, but is actually more aware then most and arguably the strongest Earth Bender besides Bumi himself. Then there's Jiang Jiang, who is Zhao's master, and considers Zhao a failure of a student for not understanding the true essence of fire bending other than destruction, while Zuko defeats Zhao and learns this lesson over his journey and then directly from the source of fire bending. Absolutely phenomenal video man

@@ItsThatKidGreg no the best earth bender is Momo.