If I may, I would say that the best choice is difficult, but not “tough:” it requires no sacrifice. That choice is "A New Liberalism" (here in Medium, but--for the benefit of any 'guest readers'--not behind the paywall). Liberty would be maximized, but as a product of justice (not its source, or foundation, or predicate, etc.). Equality is dismissed as an unnecessary complication: in this New Liberalism all that matters for justice is that the beings involved are humans. Any existing Liberal society that came to be governed by this approach to just governance would not have to change one bit structurally, but its functioning--its effects on people--would be transformed (most obviously in the economy).

Advocates are needed.