Hidden Message in House of the scorpion

In the novel House of the Scorpion, Nancy Farmer talks about capitalism using a story about a five-legged horse. In this story it is explained that individualism can get in the way when people are trying to work together. The story says that if a horse were to have a fifth leg ( aka "individualism") it would just topple over. HERE(WEBSITE) <--- this shows that capitalism can prevent individuals form earning more than another and helps prove that this is what Nancy was trying to say. That if everyone doesn't have equal shares it could be chaos.