User blog comment:Thedoucheinthenorth/A question of morality/@comment-5709731-20121212201209

I fight for the Empire because Skyrim can't win a war alone, and the Empire can't win a war without Skyrim. Skyrim needs the Empire, the Empire needs skyrim. I am not going to pull up the racism here, but I do think that if Ulfric became High King, things would only get worse for the dark elves and argonians, and anyone who isn't a nord. If adrianne hadn't been married to a nord, she would be out of business if the Stormcloaks took over. I think either side can be good, and bad, but I just see the Empire as the lesser of the two evils. If you noticed, in Cyrodiil, there were many Khajiit in the cities, some were even nobles. In skyrim, they are hardly allowed in the city. Another thing, the Stormcloak jarl of winterhold hates the college, the Imperial jarl embraces it and defends it. Under Ulfric, things would get hard for outlanders and the college and many other things. I do not like the stormcloaks because I think they are exaggerating the battle for the imperial city. I mean, the Emperor surrendered. If the Aldmeri dominion were strong enough to fight themselves through to the emperor, they would've won the battle, surrender or not. The emperor saved many elven and human lives by surrendering. I don't see the stormcloak logic when they say the emperor shouldn't have surrendered. That's about as bad an argument as the racism. Nords are a quite stubborn race, and quite conservative. The Empire represents progress, unity and equality among the races. And that hasn't changed, Dragonborn emperor or not. I really don't get it when the stormcloaks say the empire destroyed talos. If the empire hadn't banned talos, the elves would've invaded skyrim themselves and done it anyway. None of the stormcloak arguments for destroying the empire seems legit to me. Sure, the empire tells lies about Ulfric "murdering"  the high king, but the stormcloaks ARE rebels, they DID start the war, and many lives HAVE been extinguished just because of them. And the Markarth incident. The empire promises free Talos worship, the elves meddle, stormcloaks blame the empire. Why do they not blame the dominion? I just do not get the Stormcloaks. If anyone can explain to me how what they do is great and awesome, and better than a unified empire, then tell me.