I mean, this was during discussion about competition and innovation.
Henry Ford, one of the literally multiple dozens of Americans who were trying to develop a mass market automobile.
Check out this list of defunct American car companies, paying attention to the ones that were operating on the first decade of the 20th century, when Ford Motor Company began.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_defunct_automobile_manufacturers_of_the_United_States
I guess it's the classic "If i don't know about it, it didn't exist" argument.
Another frequent argument is Ford ran all his competitors out of business and that's unfair because it's a monopoly.