Municipalism and Beaurocracy

Following from some brief comments about libertarian communism and municipalism, I would have to state that it is the form of social organisation that determines the economic relations. Any kind of governental relationship would be over and above any kind of co-operative economic relationship.

In the kind of municipalism Murray Bookchin expounded, if the co-operative economy is capable of running itself independently, then the Polis, so to speak, can only assign specific roles to be undertaken individually.

In this case, the municipal system has a very limited role in a non-hierarchical society, unless, of course, co-operative ventures require the existence of managers and specific technical staff on occaision. This creates a new "hierarchy of labour", with a minority either labouring less or profiting more than others.

Of course, if it were possible to completely automate industry or have an economy that did not require co-operative labour than there is some scope for municipalism in the context of a anarchical society.

Municipalism can only redeem itself by integrating itself with a more democratic form of capitalism, in the context of locally regulated economies.