Communities are the basis of values {communitarianism}, because social customs and institutions develop individual activities, including social relations. Values develop from community, not by imposition from outside sources, such as ideologies. Completely individualistic societies are impossible. Communitarianism {value communitarianism} can emphasize shared values, such as trust, group feeling, give-and-take, and intimacy, and public goods, such as air, markets, and government.
People achieve happiness by their decisions as agents motivated by values {distributism}, so people must have private ownership and personal liberty. Distributism is communitarianism against capitalism and socialism.
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