Magneto's gaze on Schiller was somewhat complicated. Schiller's Plan had achieved almost everything they wanted, but not at all through the open and honorable means they had hoped for. On the contrary, it was half absurd and half evil—but it had indeed succeeded.
Many years ago, Magneto had also walked the path of using any means necessary, because he had seen too much cruelty in the world and knew that good people were not rewarded. If no one stepped outside procedural justice, mutants would never obtain the justice they wanted.
But many years later, Magneto realized one thing: being a good person was far simpler than being a bad one. The things he had once thought could be gained by casting morality aside were, in reality, still very far from him. Facts had proven that achieving one's goals through evil often required more brilliant methods.
Because if you chose to be a good person, universal morality would stand on your side no matter what. But if you wanted to outrage the entire world, you had best have the courage and ability to defeat it alone—and the latter was the crucial part.
In Magneto's view, Schiller's maneuver had perfectly demonstrated what people meant by "politics is the art of compromise." First, he had used the captured Stark Industries drones to pressure and divide the other forces on Earth, exchanging that for their compromise on the issue of mutant statehood. Immediately after, he had compromised himself, giving up on founding a nation and instead establishing a Nature Reserve and a foundation, playing the environmentalism card. Finally, he had used Krakoa's unique properties to promise benefits to the other factions among mutants, making them take one step back, dissolving internal pressure, and ultimately achieving unity inside and out. The moves had been smooth