Prudential Reasoning

If the Millennial Generation is fed up with politics, that is because they believe, rightly or wrongly, that modern politics is divorced from prudential deliberation, slavishly tied to personal success at the expense of the community. The young people are, however, extremely interested in prudential reasoning, and that is the way to talk to them. Apply moral philosophy to their personal problems, and build up to reasoning about community life.

But begin by treating your own problems. This is what I learned from Mark Helprin's novels: aim at beautiful action, and don't be afraid of radical solutions to distressing obstacles.

Don't kid yourself you have properly answered political questions when you have expounded an ideal. Supplement Plato with Aristotle. Roger Scruton does this sort of thing admirably. I recommend his A Political Philosophy: Arguments for Conservatism as an example of practical philosophy.