Communitarians and Libertarians or "It's all a collective action problem, man"

This one is going to be tough.

I think these people have more in common than they would like to believe

Communitarians see the world's problems as rooted lack of human cooperation, sharing, and social equity. Philosophical and political extensions of this attitude tend to manifest themselves in laws and initiatives that promote increased contact among diverse individuals, an aim for a distribution of wealth according to need in order to overcome inequalities, a recognition and embrace of the social construction of problems and solutions and finally the importance of cultural sensitivities, especially to marginalized groups.

Libertarians see the world as a place best inhabited with out inhibitions to individual liberties. This attitude is typically manifested in an appreciation of capitalism and markets to efficiently allocate resources, wealth and services. Communitarian institutions and attitudes are seen as an opposing force to the expansion and exercise of individual liberties - chiefly the right to create and use property. Taxation and public institutions are anathema as they exist through the excision of property for collective benefits and services; hence restricting individual freedom. Such services, libertarians would argue, would be most ably provided by private firms in a loosely regulated market setting.

However, both promote an extremely idealistic portrait of humanity. Taken to either extreme, both simplify the problems in the world and overstate the ability of either utopian discourse to establish the ideal world each system of thought implies. Implicit in libertarian assumptions is the idea that all individuals will effectively exercise their liberties in a creative, dynamic and entrepreneurial fashion. In emphasizing the capabilities of individuals, we must minimize the implications of the actions of multiple individuals. It must be then assumed that everyone will behave the same (self-interested, yet socially altruistic) and that the interests of each individual will somehow be accommodated by all other individuals. If not, how can libertarians otherwise assume that in their ideal world a government is not necessary? Crime and threats to public property/safety would have to be virtually non-existent. Therefore, there is an implied social harmony and order apparent in the first steps of constructing a hypothetical libertarian world view.

This precondition is same idea as the 'ends' toward which a communitarian worldview is aimed.

As libertarians already implicitly assume some level of cooperation and communitarians seek to establish this level of social harmony/equity, I'm led to believe that we can never become free market libertarians until the goals of communitarians are approached - equal protection under the law, equitable distribution of resources and income and an accessible system of public education and health care.