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I really don't have a horse in this race, but:
Marginalism explains value... by not trying to explain it. Marginalism explains prices, which, sure but that's not the point here; from what I understand, LVT attempts to explain the social dynamics emerging from and underpinning economic production, which is where the "all value comes from labor" idea really shines.
There are plenty of Marxian economists out there, but also mainstream economics tends to skew right (with often disastrous results), so economists aren't a representative sample of social scientists who deal with how the economy functions.
You can buy labor, you can buy lifespan, you can buy time itself...
Sounds like explaining prices explains value, to me.
It describes exchange value. It does not address use value.
Reductionism is useful as an analytical tool, but only in specific cases, not generally, and thinking that any economy can be reduced to being driven by purchasing power is like saying that all a car needs to move is tires.