I'm torn between the two "equations":

On the one hand,
Regulation = control = red tape => decay

On the other hand,
Regulation = control = trust => development

The only thing that's unclear to me is which of them turns out to be true in reality.
And the problem is you never can tell which way it goes until you try, but having tried something like that might become a point of no return... That's what I'm scared of.