I am sorry if I seem prickly, I'm just very used to that kind of attitude and see it too easily. Informed discussion and criticism on these topics is valuable and gives good perspective, especially on international strategy. I definitely think that as things advance, more openly and loudly opposing the Washington Consensus will need to be high priority. In my mind it was probably better to gain a reputation on these efforts before announcing them, if only to not scare anyone early, but other cases could be made contrary. In all of these threads people should remind themselves though: any socialist project is bound to meet challenges against material reality and will not always be perfect even in the best of times. Denying these problems outright is opportunism. Rejecting the project as a whole for being imperfect is utopianism.