The Stormcloaks are just generic racist proto-fash

Imperials suck too but not for any of the reasons the Stormcloaks hate them. Even their chief deity, the guy who founded their empire, was like "yeah these guys kinda suck, probably need to try something new" 200 years ago. and that was while his descendants were still on the throne. the ones you see in skyrim are ruled by some random warlord('s descendants*) who took over after the end of the septim dynasty. it's the decaying zombie of an already dysfunctional empire