User blog comment:Zippertrain85/Why The Imperials Are Wrong/@comment-99.28.126.64-20130710082807

You have to Keep in mind the more problematic and unforseen oversights in each faction as well as the racial and political views. The Empire which is a strong Roman like force is more or less concerned with its expansion they dont want to stall that so anything that moves them forward such as the White-Gold Treaty is a great proposal. They also do not have the same considerations you get from Stormcloaks for nords and religious beleifs but they are more racially tolerent. Stormcloaks on the other hand want to limit outside influence and be a more racist society. Windhelm is a good example since Dark Elves live in the slums and Argonians can only be on the docks not in the city. They also worship a dead king this is a moot point but seeing the worship of a dead mortal king as blasphemy is a good point of view to the treaty and the Dominions reasoning. (I dont sympathize with the Dominion but I get the reason for their dislike of this religious following.) The Stormcloaks also are a large cause for the ease of the return of Alduin as they started a Civil War almost as soon as he arrived. You also have to recall that the Stormcloaks tend to be the more violent of the two and that their Jarl murdered (Yes murdered fighting a duel with the High King in honorable combat then disabling him immediatly as the fight starts with a Thu'um is pretty unfair especially when said high king still worshipped Talos as much as Ulfric and wanted to make things better.) the High King of Tamriel to declare a civil war. I sympathise more with the Imperials but the Stormcloaks have good points but to many downsides if you put them up on a scale the Imperials side would be high in the air with the Stormcloaks hitting the ground.