>>3808390
This conflict does a good job of outting right-wing nationalists as the lying death cult faggots they truly are.
>muh empire is decaying anyway
>muh chad Nords shouldn't debase themselves with Imperial politicking
>killing the High King based on ancient Nord traditions is based
Notice how these aren't real arguments based on any empirical evidence. They're just appealing to vibes. If you accept any notion of strategy at all, it's just fucking obvious that starting a whole ass Civil War while a hostile foreign power is preparing to conquer you is a really retarded idea. That's why said hostile foreign power is actively meddling behind the scenes to secretly support Ulfric and prolong the Civil War.
The real Stormcloak position is "I would rather die than accept any compromise to my way of life" but they're too chickenshit to actually say that because they know it would crater support. So instead they lie and insist they're so chad and manly that their rural backwater with limited manpower, resources, and industry can totally take on every foreign power at once. And stupid peasants with no knowledge of the military situation or outside world fall for it.