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CynicalEarth wrote:

They also believe "Skyrim belongs to the Nords'", and as you pointed out, care very little for other ethnicies... but can we blame them? Rikke points out that many Stormcloaks are former legionaries; many of whom fought during the Great War.

Tell me: if you'd been sent against a genocidal elven empire that mercilessly slaughters every human man, woman, and child, only to see yourself casted aside and declared a heretic by the very people behind whom you rallied, would you still retain an open mind towards Elves and Imperials?

Ulfric isn't a racist: he suffers from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.

So on one hand, you have a weakened Empire holding an uneasy truce with the enemy whilst gathering its second wind -- one which will allow every race to oppose an elitist elven government. Exactly. Some say that Ulfric and his followers are fascists. Personally, I only a nationalist movement.

There's an interesting social effect whose name I can't really translate to english, but the closest would be "The Spring Effect". Once a spiral spring is pressed/compacted for a long period of time, it will gain a high potential energy. When the thing that was holding it vanishes, the spring doesn't return to it's balance point. First it stretches beyond it, then bounces back and eventually return to equilibrium. Some social groups and/or movements(the spring), when oppressed(compacted/pressed) may get a little bit over the top once the oppression stops(the stretching beyond the equilibrium point), but will eventually calm down (some say the feminist movement IRL is a Spiral Spring Effect).

I think that the Stormcloaks are very similar to a Spring Effect. I guess they would eventually calm down were they to gain control of Skyrim.

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I use to say that the Imperials fight for Order, while the Stormcloaks fight for Freedom. Both are equally important and essential to civilization as we know it.