Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4290456-20140319121732/@comment-14138255-20140421173258

Have you forgotten that the Nods hate the Dunmer? They launch racial slurs and sequester them to Windhelm's ghettos? And as for your charismatic leader, as noble as he may be (and he is, he is not that bad a guy, he is honorable and true in his intentions of freedom) he is not a statesman, he can't rebuild Skyrim in a day, land to distribute, prisoners to punish, resistance to crush. And then a Reign of Terror (most likely, this often occurs after a successful revolution, though the American Revolution is an exception). The people of Hammerfell may or may not join, they seemed to be doing fine before. Now for the treaty, what choice did they have? They had this one chance to end the war and regroup before they become destroyed by the Thalmor (who had much more powerful units and resources at the time). And before the Civil War, people could freely worship Talos in secret (I believe in Talos!), but Ulfric Stormcloak drew attention to Skyrim with the war when he didn't let the Forsworn worship their gods (not saying the Forsworn are right, they are evil people, barbarians).

Before you start spitting out your hate rhetoric, denouncing reasonable theories as "propaganda", at least look at all angles and possibilities first.