The "no committees" takes away autonomy. The "no politics" takes away purpose. All you are left with is mastery. They just killed intrinsic motivation. See Daniel Pink.
committees increase your autonomy because you can participate in decision making that could affect you.
obviously if it ONLY affects you and nobody else, then a committee should not be involved.
The alternative is someone unilaterally making decisions for many people, and where I'm from, that's called authoritarianism.