Bismarck? Or >his liberal father Might be a stretch to imply that the Wilhelm II was a mediocre illiberal. HIM was (for a time) interested in protecting work

Bismarck? Or >his liberal father Might be a stretch to imply that the Wilhelm II was a mediocre illiberal. HIM was (for a time) interested in protecting workers' rights. However great he was, Bismarck couldn't overpower a "mediocre" populist https://germanhistorydocs.org/en/forging-an-empire-bismarckian-germany-1866-1890/kaiser-wilhelm-ii-s-decree-to-bismarck-on-workers-protection-and-social-policy-february-4-1890 https://germanhistorydocs.org/en/forging-an-empire-bismarcki...