Thread:Mesektet/@comment-9062114-20140604051045/@comment-3581997-20140607182226

True on most counts, except Tulius, and nearly all the Imperials, realize the are pawns. No one like that treaty. Ulfric was conned by Elenwen into believing the empire was victimizing him and the Thalmor were just the hands on the whips. As for the racist thing, no that is pretty clear through-out the game. See while Ulfric himself isn't exactly KKK material he stops caring about any countrymen who are not Nords, he is very protective of any and all Nords abused but can not be bothered to put forth any effort to stop abuse towards non-Nords, Whether they are elves, beastfolk Imperials or Bretons. That is racism in essence, soft-core-racism to be sure, but racism none the less, Consider the Stormcloaks are ONLY Nords, with the possible exception of the Dragonborn. The Imperials, while mostly Imperial have Redgards, Orcs, Altmer and Dunmur spread through-out their troops. As the article says Ulfric himself is not hard core racist but he intentionally ignores or enables acts of prejudice to occur while getting extremely protective of his, and only his race's right.

As for the empire, it really can't be justified either, not as a whole, that is for a player by player call. If you participate in the civil war arc you will either need to justify loss of stability/safety, with a side of racial supremacy for the basic concept of cultural/religious freedom, or you will have to justify oppression and subjugation for safety and stability. But I know how you feel, the dilemma the game creates for players is really well done since different players can get passionate about a made up game like it is actual politics, it's a mark of good writing.