What you’re describing sounds a lot like syndicalism, which is an idea that many people interested in structure without hierarchy end up at! Including Noam Chom

What you’re describing sounds a lot like syndicalism, which is an idea that many people interested in structure without hierarchy end up at! Including Noam Chomsky[0], who is perhaps better known here for his hierarchy (lol) of grammars. [0] https://chomsky.info/19760725/ https://chomsky.info/19760725/