User blog comment:Zippertrain85/"Why the Empire Should Prevail Over the Stormcloaks! Part 3 (Economics)" Refuted/@comment-1822253-20140101234739/@comment-1600847-20140102151018

Look, I'm going to try to stop both of you from arguing as I've been in this position with Zipper myself before.

All of these points you're both making, i.e that the Dominion had no forces left, that the Altmer are the only ones in the Dominion military, that the Ulfric could unite Tamriel against the Dominion, what Cyrodiil will do regarding Mede's assassination and trade, is all speculation on both of your behalfs. While there are little knick-knacks and bits of information for both your arguments, there is nothing conclusive. There is no concrete piece of evidence that will firmly and decisively prove the other wrong: the information we'd need is simply not present in the game because, to be honest, Bethesda wasn't thinking very much of these points when making the game.

So, here's what I propose: we simply stop. Until TES VI: Whatever It's Called comes out, all we have is speculation and interpretation of in-game facts/evidence for these points. Debating it is fruitless without the vital pieces of info and will only get us annoyed and/or frustrated. So why don't we quit while we're ahead. I'm sure we all have better things to do.