User blog comment:Thedoucheinthenorth/The Civil War - Why it is great/@comment-5469467-20121101051603/@comment-1600847-20121101200005

It easy to demonize the Empire for upholding the Concordat, but what we need to remember is that they have no choice. The Thalmor would launch another war if the Condordat is not enforced. The Empire wants to worship Talos, even General Tullius. They want their freedom, but they can't have it so long as the Thalmor threat is there. The Empire is just as oppressed by the Thalmor as Skyrim is.