“Die normative Kraft des Faktischen” or “the normative force of the factual” is a thing and usually not seen as necessarily bad. It recognizes that legitimacy

“Die normative Kraft des Faktischen” or “the normative force of the factual” is a thing and usually not seen as necessarily bad. It recognizes that legitimacy often emerges organically from social acceptance rather than top-down imposition. In technology we often see that evolving reference implementations work better than elaborate specifications.