A Question About Developments in F1 and the Role of FIA and Bernie

I'm reading about all the politics going on in F1 just now, the changes FIA/Bernie want, the resistance of the teams, etc. My first reaction is always to want to "shoot" Bernie and Max for their seemingly ridiculous ideas and the ocean of changes they have been and are proposing and implying. So often I tend to think that Bernie and Max (not that they are always on one line) are only driven by their lust for money and power and do not have the interest of F1 and its fans as a priority. BUT is that really true? Are a lot of the protests (not all for sure) not simply motivated by a dislike of change as such? Change is often initially rejected by powerful organizations and by large groups of people, only to find out that the changes really brought improvements and fresh air in the end... So my question to you, F1-writers of BR, is: if you look back to the time just before the FIA (or rather Max) and Bernie became powerful and if you compare it with the present situation in F1, have they really ... (link)