User blog comment:JoshofBlades/Why the Empire Should Prevail Over the Stormcloaks! (part 2)/@comment-201.52.249.198-20111120045857

Well I agree with you in some points. The thing is, the Empire has lost the hearts of the nords, so Skyrim is doomed to enter in a cycle of rebellions, unless the Stormcloacks take control (a example is Legate Rikke, a Nord who have "sympathy" with the cause of the stormcloacks). First thing the Empire needs is a Leader who would not submit to anyone and the second people loyal to the banner.