I, a Bavarian born German am unsure what to think of Otto von Bismarck. On the one hand, he created the foudations of [Social market economy] (That is what Wikipedia tells me is the translation of "Soziale Marktwirtschaft), if only to twart the Social Democrats, on the other hand his system of treaties created the clusterfuck that caused the First World War. Please, Onkel Kontext, dispense your wisdom.