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Some people, perhaps most people, don't mind being told what to do. But I have never met a successful startup CEO I'd say that of.
This has all sorts of implications. For example, it means that success as an employee of a large organization is no predictor (in fact is probably a negative predictor) of success as a founder.
Intriguingly, it also imposes a limit on the degree to which the economy can be consolidated. Some people don't want to work for someone else. (This was temporarily suppressed by oligopoly in the mid 20th Century: paulgraham.com/re.html.)
The independent-mindedness of startup founders even puts them at odds with their own employees, many of whom don't mind being told what to do (and thus also don't mind the government telling everyone what to do).
