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Yep, that seems like the right practical approach to me! And joking aside, that includes engaging with people like you who've worked in the problem space through different political eras and approaches.
I guess a grander point on the nature of realpolitik is that it's as much ideology as any alternative. Fixing complex systems starting from a moral position will always require a level of pragmatism, but if pragmatism for pragmatism's sake leads to odd policies like supervised toothbrushing then it's all gone to pot.