This is called regulatory uncertainty and there is a long history to it. Its also part of why you want a stable polity that listens to the people it rules, why

This is called regulatory uncertainty and there is a long history to it. Its also part of why you want a stable polity that listens to the people it rules, why you want lobbying to be legal (but not bribery), and why you should be careful about building businesses in areas that have regulatory uncertainty. In terms of society, regulatory uncertainty better than no regulation, hands down, and is a spectrum whether the risk is too high to engage in the market profitably.