Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-13417807-20130726023954/@comment-15145664-20130816064137

You, my friend, are generalizing. The Altmer are known to be a very haughty race, that is not in question. Neither is it disputed that the races of men hate them. (especially in the 4th Era) But, and I see this a lot, you are associating the entire Altmeri race with the ideals of the Thalmor.

The last Aldmeri Dominion existed back during the 2nd Era and was thoroughly crush by Tiber Septim. Afterwards, No one decided to bring it back for the longest time. Why, because they didn't need to. The people of the Summerset Isles, Valenwood, and Elsweyr (for the most part) were probably perfectly content to be a part of the Empire and only the weakness brought about from the fall of the Septim Dynasty caused some (the Thalmor) to break away.

Granted, the Thalmor (widely recognized as extremists) DO want to annihilate the races of man, but that is not to say the the Altmeri race as a whole does.