You may be right; in fact you must be right. As a long time follower, I see F1 reaching the abyss of stupidity now and destroying itself. Even here on this forum, we argue among ourselves about silly rules that have absolutely nothing to do with motor racing. This, I can tell you, didn't exist years ago. I am glad I saw what I consider F1's Golden Age in the 60s and 70s.
On the rules side what F1 needs are some stronger personalities led by a dictator. like my friend said, had Charlie Whiting been in Abu Dhabi he would have told anyone barking in their ear to F&@$ off and that person would have listened because they would have to answer to Bernie otherwise!