Dutch shipbuilding and German design politics

Could Dutch shipyards and naval designers have fixed German cruiser and destroyer building problems?

Dutch practice would have helped technically, but the German problem was also political because ideological appeals could keep disrupting sound design decisions.

Dutch naval pragmatism contrasts with German programs that kept changing designs, roles, and requirements. Dutch destroyer and cruiser practice offered sound technical examples, but the deeper German problem was political. In an ideologically driven state, rivals could attack technical decisions by appealing above the designer's head. Shipyard competence and practical doctrine could accomplish little when governance kept destabilizing the program.