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The ones passed in response to fat campaign donations. eg:anti municipal broadband, ever-ratcheting copyright laws

Sounds like you dont have a problem with regulations, but with political corruption.

Obviously, if we just get rid of regulations entirely, the corruption problem will be solved.

.. or maybe the carton of milk i buy can now kill me.

The presence of corruption poisons the soil for well-constructed, effective regulation. Corruption fueled regulation thrives in those toxins.