But then that is the tragedy of hard-line socialism - it always comes down to caring more about the concepts than the human beings, despite bleating loudly that the latter's interests are it's raison d'etre.
I read a comment the other day in the CiF section of the Guardian, it went something like this....

"The left think that they can do anything when in power because they believe thier cause to be just".

Sums up the mindset beautifully.