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I guess the German government set itself and the German economy up as the winners in all of this but then they might as well just have won the war. It's part of the German psyche,their inherent fault,to always want to win and be the best no matter the cost.... I guess that can be an advantage but all too often it seems rather a negative trait,a trait that once more threatens to divide and destroy Europe... what good is being the best if you have no friends left? 
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The German psyche is no more controlling or dominating than others. It always amuses me when people bring that up, usually in connection with the war, conveniently forgetting that one of the biggest Empires that the world has ever known was British. We came, we saw, we conquered and took their resources. The Germans aspire for power no more than we do. It's also pretty faulty logic to assume such traits are genetically passed down the generations. Countries use the circumstances to their advantage and we do the same.