Leftists vs Bureaucracy?

Bureaucracy runs through every part of modern life — from the forms we fill out to the corporate policies we never agreed to. Once, the left fiercely attacked bureaucratic power, seeing it as a tool of both the state and corporations to control ordinary people. Today, that critique has all but vanished from mainstream politics.

In this discussion, we’ll explore this topic of bureaucracy, using as a starting point this Graeber's interview about his book The Utopia of Rules. Here's a quote to get a taste:

Traditional fascism was based on corporatism. It’s based on the idea that workers and bosses have common interests in their bureaucratized corporations.
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We’re not going to have that kind of fascism. What we have instead is this almost individualistic fascism, where everyone is like a little fascist corporation. Everyone is like a little fascist nation.
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Democracy is the idea that people, if left alone, can govern their affairs collectively in a reasonable and relatively egalitarian fashion. That form of democracy is profoundly anti-bureaucratic. That’s the thing which always gives me hope

The Introduction for the book Utopia of Rules is well worth reading as well, if you have a bit of spare time.

Bring your ideas and experiences. Let’s ask: if bureaucracy now runs everything, what can we do to take power back?