> "Commune" businesses would be relatively generalized and have employees as their primary customers. Aren't those called "communities", i.e. towns and cities?

> "Commune" businesses would be relatively generalized and have employees as their primary customers. Aren't those called "communities", i.e. towns and cities? More specifically, ones before the advent of railroads and cars, where trade was geographically limited to the immediate surroundings. Except in your "commune" version, everyone in the town works for the mayor, and they have to apply for membership before they can move in. Sounds like some form of distributed communism.