[uncommonsense]

"but there is an inherent conflict between the two, and the complete domination of either one would eliminate the other."

Then you do believe that:

Libertarians = anarchy
... and ...
traditional-values conservatives = fascist theocracy?

[ek_hornbeck]

I don't believe that libertarianism and conservative personal values are mutually incompatible as firebrand would suggest (though, again, state enforcement of personal morality does run counter to libertarianism).

That being said, the alliance between fiscal libertarians and social conservatives is not one of logical necessity. The most obvious counterexample is someone like William Jennings Bryan, who on theological and social questions was a "conservative" by today's standards while being economically to the Left of Obama.

In other words, there's no necessary connection between what we call social and economic conservatism, it's just the coalition of convenience that we have today. Similarly, there's no logical connection between economic socialism and immorality, although as I said in another post, it is much easier to live a dissipated and immoral life with a nanny state propping you up.

[firebrand]

Only at their most extreme. Most people have more sense than that.