User blog comment:AveryWood/Reasons Why Going With the Empire is Better/@comment-1786741-20120817053847/@comment-3202167-20120818211234

That Civil War happened because they went against one of the biggest Nord traditions. It is common sense not to ban Talos as a divine. It is like banning the worship of Jesus. It guaranteed a rising. The Empire fell to the Thalmor. They gave in, people of Skyrim did not.

And I have to disagree. If he wanted only the throne, he would not have waited for a Moot. But just took it from the get go.