Another apt metaphor would be death by a thousand cuts over 100 years, but to add to the Star Trek analogy game I'm playing with myself, I present to you the Tholian Web of Regs.
It all starts so innocently. You don't want to eat maggoty meat do you? Why nooo, it is good that a non-partisan organization like the US Department of Agriculture is checking for maggoty meat. Thank you USDA! What's that across the sky?
