Watching the German Republic's economy running on a successful path despite experiencing the Ruhr crisis, I begin to have fundamental questions about this Treaty of Versailles.
The Treaty of Versailles, which prevented nothing and achieved nothing.
Though it's full of various military and economic restrictions and content about paying enormous reparations to Belgium and France, if there's one thing the victor nations commonly agreed on while making that treaty, it's just this one thing.
'Originally they planned to raise them up to eat them.'
Looking rationally, the Treaty of Versailles' victor import bans, export restrictions, and tariff abolition all come down to just one word.
Trade deficit.
Yes. That treaty wasn't meant to make reparations and prevent Germany from rising again, but rather when Germany grows, rebuilds, and develops the nation, the victor nations hoped to share that growth.
