But but but....muh Germanic engineering? I thought just a few months ago you were praising it as if it was God's creation?you think every product over engineered ,unreliable that contribute to complex supply chains with net result is environmental degradation below and above the surface across Europa is some kind of intelligence. this worked as long as rich North America/Mideast and now Asia could afford it. Most of German innovation and quality of university education is due to Eastern Europeans and Jews.
Germany never had responsibility of empire but provided supporting role to Ottomans/British. since Germany played role of intermediate power it always had interests in creating conflicts to increase its importance. even in cold war it played Neue Ostpolitik to balance. and today it will be in German interests that US vs the rest to raise German importance.