Pretty much ANY nationality has the high ground over Germany.
Let's review:
- Hordes of German barbarians ransacked Rome, all over it like savages, and plunged the world into the Dark Ages.
- Centuries later, the Germanic region rebounded with the Holy Roman Empire, which Voltaire derided as neither Roman nor an Empire
(translation: it was insignificant).
- Italy actually saves a declining Western Civilization with the Renaissance.
- Some good philosophy and music came from Germany (more so from Austria, whose accomplishments are always attributed to Germany for some reason). You were still behind the English, Scottish, French, and Italy during the Age of Enlightenment, though.
- Started WWI for barbaric reasons (wanting to dominate Europe). Lost.
- Plunged into economic and social ruin, becoming the laughingstock of the world.
- Elected an impotent (possibly sexual) failed artist with a gy mustache to power because he was good at speeches.
- Said leader called physics "Jewish science" and thought it would be a good idea to throw Germany's best-and-brightest (Jews) into ovens. Many of those Jewish minds (from scientists to artists to filmmakers) fled to the United States (a more developed country) where their talents were welcomed with open arms. Meanwhile, Hitler was burning books and reading up on the Occult
- Said idiot leader thought it would be a great idea to start a war with two superpowers (Britain and the Soviet Union) on opposite fronts. Nazi fanboys of course say, "It took the whole world to defeat our ubermensch!" Well, yeah, the world vowed never to have another World War after the complete cluster of World War I, so many countries decided to focus on beneficial things, like industry and society. Meanwhile, the bloodthirsty Germans were pouring everything into their military because Hitler read some obscure books, was too stupid to understand Nietzsche, and had penis envy of the Jews.
- Germany loses. Again
- West Germany is occupied by the blessed United States of America. Many funds are pumped into West Germany via the Marshall plan. West Germany soon becomes an economic power. (translation: the United States taught you savages how to finally be human
).
Germany. Most overrated country of all-time. If Western Civilization is the 90's Chicago Bulls, Greece is Michael Jordan, Italy/UK is Scottie Pippen, and Germany is Bill Wennington.
You could also be called the Utah Jazz of Western Civilization since you lost back-to-back just like they did