"We don't do that here" is not a show of power. Cultural norms don't come from a boss or an authority figure, they come from a team. This (and a lot of other

"We don't do that here" is not a show of power. Cultural norms don't come from a boss or an authority figure, they come from a team. This (and a lot of other related arguments in this thread) would probably be a lot clearer with less contentious examples, like "don't push a deploy after 4pm," than with hot-button political topics. If you go to push a deploy at quitting time and someone says "We don't do that here", you wouldn't think they're on a power trip, you'd think they don't fully trust their automation tests.