A POSTCAPITALIST PARADIGM: THE COMMON GOOD OF ...

over time, but unsustainable in the long term without the parallel development
of the forces of production with the participation of the workers
that Che Guevara had in mind. 185 It is very difficult to correct such a situation,
as is indicated in the measures to bring about change that were
adopted in 2011. Such difficulties are not only in the economic field, but
also political and cultural. Nevertheless, the partial failure of this experience,
is obviously not an argument for following a model that is increasingly
destructive of the planet and of the lives of a large part of humanity,
as is being carried out by rightwing forces.
Understanding that it is possible to achieve another approach to human
development is evidently the main task of a socialist project and a new
paradigm for the collective life of humanity on the planet. Giving its basic
elements a practical orientation seems to be the right path to follow.
This is not an illusion because there are numerous partially successful
attempts and many struggles to broaden them. In various social movements
and within progressive Latin American governments there are individuals
and groups that are struggling to make this new paradigm the
objective.
The economic growth culture and the absence of a sufficiently clear socialist
prospect for developing productive forces were two of the first
obstacles for making a transition towards a new paradigm by the progressive
countries of Latin America. But there was a third factor: the relationships
between these countries and a monopoly capitalism that is
increasingly concentrated in the multinational corporations, which possess
technical superiority and considerable financial power. They have
juridical instruments that they can impose without consideration of local
legislation. The support that they receive from their respective political
centres, especially the United States and the European Union, as well
as the dominant logic of the international organizations like the WTO,
the World Bank and the IMF, puts these countries, particularly the small
185 Carlos Tablada, El Marxismo del Che y el Socialismo del Siglo XXI, Ruth Casa
Editorial, Panama, 2007
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