I think this comment is conflating "regulation" with "shutting down". As a society, in the USA, we have created the FDA and empowered it to cast a watchful eye

I think this comment is conflating "regulation" with "shutting down". As a society, in the USA, we have created the FDA and empowered it to cast a watchful eye over certain types of marketing and manufacture. Regulation limits the rate of innovation in exchange for attempting to limit harm.