Let me put it this way: love and hate, self and others are inseparable duos. Let me also mention that I never completely read any of Marxist works. Now that we are clear with that, let's see clearer where I stand. First let's put democracy into Marxism, and then we already have the modern view of Marxists around the world, in the U.S. and Russia at least. Marxism talks about an idea that is transcendant and achievable - that of Global Communism. Objectivists would like to support human life on an individual basis, so that's good. How do we combine the two, so that there is a virtuous individualistic impulse and a shared common goal?