RE: What Happened to Compromise?
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What you say about the 1990s simply means that today's conservatives are yesterday's progressives. That's to be expected. In 1925, they'd want to go back to the 1890s.
The tribal conflict between two parties is unique to the US. You don't see that in Commonwealth countries which have a similar voting system.
There is bitterness between the left and the right across the world, probably due to the media and social media environment, but I don't see much of a gap in actual policies. In Europe, there have been social-democratic governments limiting immigration and conservative nationalists expanding the welfare state.
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It's good to know that the tribalism isn't as prevalent elsewhere. I would have assumed it had spread to all western countries. I don't see any way around at least some degree of secession here in the US—the differences between the perceived ideologies of the left and right are just too vast. A whole lot of people don't even take the time to learn the facts—they read headlines, snippets of stories, memes. Then they're influenced by the ways social/mainstream media spin the stories to inflame their emotions. More like sheep who rely on others to tell them how the should feel about this or that.