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Are we living in the same world? Encryption, weed, appliances don't do their jobs in the name of efficiency?

Seems like half the time it's the blood of the lobbyist or spook who didn't realize how heavy that suitcase full of benjamins was and the other half of the time it's the blood of whoever got trampeled when the moral panic turned into a moral stampede.

Cheap quips like "regulations are written in blood" are just high brow ways of saying "because I said so".

As the top level commenter points out, these sorts of messages coming from untrustworthy entities who's best interest only aligns with yours in passing are not held in high regard unless they come with some sort of justification since the entities in question (be they oracle or the EPA) do not have the reputation for honesty that they can rely on. If there's really a hazard, communicate the hazard and don't lie about it. The vast majority of the regulation of which you speak is far closer to the "no user serviceable parts inside" end of the spectrum than the "warning, landmines" end and that is why it's not taken seriously.