I'm sorry to see you get down voted, but I share your sentiments and agree that it was something that could be reasonably called a conspiracy. Unfortunately it has become part of the intellectual furniture of left-wing ideology, which makes a lot of otherwise perfectly nice people support extremely inhumane building patterns.
Some books on the topic that I have read, if you haven't are:
A funny side story: I realized I was some sort of reactionary my freshman year at Berkeley, when I was standing in the memorial glade, swinging my gaze back and forth between Doe Memorial Library and Evans Hall.
Some books on the topic that I have read, if you haven't are:
https://www.amazon.com/Bauhaus-Our-House-Tom-Wolfe/dp/031242...
https://www.amazon.com/Old-Way-Seeing-Architecture-Magic/dp/...
https://www.amazon.com/Geography-Nowhere-Americas-Man-Made-L...
A funny side story: I realized I was some sort of reactionary my freshman year at Berkeley, when I was standing in the memorial glade, swinging my gaze back and forth between Doe Memorial Library and Evans Hall.