User blog comment:Zippertrain85/Why The Imperials Are Wrong/@comment-172.6.60.43-20130709154014/@comment-172.6.60.43-20130710235752

They kinda lacked a real choice. Even if it was oppresive, it's possible for it to be temporary, and if they didn't sign the Concordat, what would've happened? Kind of hard to say nothing would happen, especially if Skyrim is the birthplace of their age-old enemies, the Nords.