Cowbee [he/they]

Ultimately, what is moral matters very little in geopolitics. While decisions are often in the hands of leaders, the conditions that put leaders in their spots and put decisions in their laps are a monstrously large chain of cause and effect, material processes of matter working itself out. I think that’s more practical for analyzing why the war happened in the first place, so we can figure out how to end it in the best way possible.

Centralization is an inevitability as production becomes more complex and interconnected. Humanity will adapt and develop the necessary structures to support this, regardless of any individual’s will.

You’d get a job in the public sector, now the only sector. Various economic decisions are made at local, regional, global, etc levels by councils, planners, elected officials, etc.

All work would be paid for. Volunteering to help someone out isn’t the same as working a job, and moreover the need to volunteer would be minimized before such a system could take place to begin with.

NCD is basically a NATO fanclub, so that checks out.

How so?

“Libertarian” is far more broad than, say, Marxist-Leninist or Anarcho-Communist. When you go from “Marxist” as an umbrella to “Marxist-Leninist” as a category within Marxism, you are generally conforming to that specification’s tendencies. At that point of specificity, there are more “solved” questions than unsolved.

The answer is no in both instances, hence why labor vouchers are only sensible in a centralized and publicly owned and planned economy that has gotten rid of the necessity for small commodity producers.

That’s certainly the western viewpoint of Euromaidan, but it wipes away the real materialist analysis of the events to conform to a western-friendly narrative. The truth is that the West was dramatically and intimately involved, and the sepperatists in Donetsk and Luhansk existed before Russian aid.

Your goal overall seems to be divorcing Russia from any coherent and materially explainable goals, and as simply subject to the rule of a mad king’s whims. This isn’t the case, and is, frankly, an awful and idealist framing of history that suggests ideas drive history, and not material reality. It also whitewashes NATO imperialism and absolves them from any involvement, when NATO has been very clear about its interests and hasn’t strayed from its origins as a millitary pact of the worlds most powerful Imperialists.

Sure, but I do feel that by the time you’ve picked a niche label, you’ve filtered out where you disagree.

Sure, but I think it’s an entirely different thing at that point even if it is used for distribution.

You’re conveniently ignoring Euromaidan, the fallout of it, and the entire nearly 4 decades of incredibly complicated fallout from the dissolution of the USSR.

Putin has input, sure. However, his actions have popular support among Russians because the invasion has material reasons for happening, not just the whims of a leader.

I’m asking what’s wrong with money that carries over to LVs. Why is money an issue?

I don’t understand how the issues of money persist if you can only earn LVs through labor, and can’t be accumulated through Capital ownership. Why would you kill your neighbor?

Some Communist theoreticians consider Labor Vouchers to be distinct from money, as they would be destroyed upon first use and serve more as a “credit” for labor, and would eliminate the concept of accumulation of money from labor exploitation and exchange.

I think a large part of that is magnified by being on Lemm.ee, rather than a specialized instancd, like Hexbear or slrpnk or dbzer0. The most productive conversations generally tend to be between people who mostly agree but have alternative viewpoints, otherwise it becomes a shouting match.

I don’t really know what constitutes a “political creed,” really, so I don’t know how to answer.

Depends on what you consider “money” and what Mode of Production you have.

You can join an instance that has downvotes disabled like Hexbear, or votes disabled entirely, or disable your ability to view them if that makes you more comfortable.

Believing history to be driven by the egos of a few individuals and divorcing it entirely from materialist analysis is Great Man Theory, though. Ego may have played a small factor, but certainly not the driving force.