There are issues where compromise is impossible. Reproductive rights, marriage equality, and separation of church and public schools come immediately to mind.

There are issues where compromise is impossible. Reproductive rights, marriage equality, and separation of church and public schools come immediately to mind. There are also issues where compromise leads to a death of a thousand cuts with one position becoming more and more extreme to force movement in their preferred direction. The basic problem is that government at all levels has too much power. Less coercion and more voluntarism is the only long term solution to battles over power.