Because the American (referring to the story in link) would push through his own grand visions, create an empire and crush the little man, either as a strugglin

Because the American (referring to the story in link) would push through his own grand visions, create an empire and crush the little man, either as a struggling independent or as a underpaid cog in a large machine. If not enough people (majority?) agree on this philosophy, those that do are going to find themselves on the outside of productive society without the means to live in it. Think small grocery stores, book shops, bakeries, really anything that has been disappearing the last half century. And think how many people can't any more afford to live in the city they were born in.