I didn't say that you can't do anything about it. I just said that claiming regulation, as a whole, is bad is definitely not doing anything about it.
As stated in my previous post, you need to fight specific regulations and the politicians that push for them. Telling the government to stop regulating is to tell it to stop existing-- if that is what you push for then your words will fall on deaf ears.
I have no doubt that there are tens of thousands of regulations that are dubious at best and probably more thousands that are down right worthless. What are they? Who pushed them into law? Why? What interests do they serve? How do you combat them to be repealed?
These are all questions above my pay grade, but I think many people are all for streamlining government. What they will consider alarmist is statements like REMOVE ALL THE REGULATIONS.
Look at something like nuclear power. It's one of the most highly regulated industries to exist. It has, without a doubt, made nuclear energy safer over the past three or four decades to the point that we don't really have to worry about a meltdown like the Fukushima disaster in 2011.
Look at something like fishing regulations. A nation like Japan has few regulations, and they are over fishing the waters multiple times over in reference to their size compared to other nations fishing industries. These are sustainable actions enforced by governments to prevent disaster. We like fish. We like having clean, cheap power. We don't like fish disappearing. We don't like cities getting covered with nuclear radiation.
These are rational regulations that, overall, provide good outcomes for our nation's interests and long-term health. Now look at something like GMO regulations from certain states which are not in any way made with scientific backing. These are bad, alarmist regulations.
Like you've noted there are tens of thousands of these regulations, and plenty more if you include state and local levels. They cannot be generalized as you have stated. Like I said, you see a general trend that needs to be reversed; I see a million different battles that need to be fought separately.