[Reverend Wright]

yes, but it has grown into a regulatory monster that is the source of a million idiocies and irritants.

For example

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/05/10/eu-to-launch-kettle-and-toaster-crackdown-after-brexit-vote2/

[caveat emptor]

Get used to it, get mad, go live at Ruby Ridge, whatever. It's very hard to escape the bureaucratic state - Red Tape.