* not German by AFAIK its governance by appeals to authority. There is a bit of dominance power play where you each try to establish that your rules have the m

* not German by AFAIK its governance by appeals to authority. There is a bit of dominance power play where you each try to establish that your rules have the most authority. Appeals to correctness are best done with an authoritative determination on said correctness. One way to avoid the power play confrontation is by letting them make the new rules which incorporate the changes you want. It’s different to the Russian powerplay on who can get away with telling the biggest lies without being called out on it. The more outlandish and obvious the lie the stronger the signal of dominance.