Notably, the Germans weren't the ones going on about self-determination, the rights of small nations, democracy, and so on. The Western Allies were. It might not have been unfair, but it was abominably hypocritical.I have a pet peeve about the unfairness of Versailles. Admittedly it was a "Dictated Peace" but it was easier than the treaty Germany forced on the Russians in 1917.