That is something I do not agree with or understand on a moral level.

Why are you bringing morality into this though? Putin is not a communist to my knowledge, so I doubt people are studying his every word to guide their praxis as if he was the second coming of Lenin.

Putin is an ally against Western imperialism and its unipolar world order. That should be THE single most pressing issue to focus on for any Marxist in my opinion.

And on a strategic level I do not see Russia as a reasonable or competent potential ally anymore after the recent years.

Why not? Isn’t Russia literally fighting the West and supporting anti-west movements in the global south? You might be seeing this through a more static lense maybe? As in, thinking that just because he’s an ally now, he’s always going to be an ally. But that’s not really a Marxist mindset. Things constantly change and evolve.

(I’m answering to “test” my knowledge on this as well. I promise I’m not attacking you, only the ideas, to see if what I write makes sense because I too am learning)

(For simplicity’s sake, I’ll reply to both comments here)

What you said about the supply chain and not being aware of all the details of the business because in the end it’s not our business, made a lot of sense. I can look around all I want, but there’s a natural barrier put in place, I see.

I think trying to organise your workplace is a good start though.

Fair point! I need to look more into this. I’d imagine starting asking colleagues for their political affiliation might be too much too soon lol maybe a first start would be asking for possible issues to address within the company?

Another thing to keep in mind regarding ethics is that even in a more socialist way of working you can have a lack of ethics as well […] I think ultimately it boils down to the system they too are forced to operate in.

This is exactly what motivated this question! Obviously just saying shrugging off all criticisms with “no ethical consumption” is intellectually lazy, but also… The system still forces your hand at times. And finding that balance can be very hard without external input. Especially if the input is not from like minded people like you illustrated with your example with that Mondragon company

Unfortunately I don’t remember where I got that from, I just had it saved on my device because of the high quality.

For the rotation, I’m not sure. Maybe is just the perspective? Because in all honesty, it looks exactly the same to me lol

Is something like this what you were thinking of? :)

Edit: I also found this other image that was too big to attach to this comment!

You did an amazing job with that, thank you for sharing! :)

I had to make this real quick after reading this lol

Edit: the black background remained sadly :(