If you hate your government, and you leave to another country in other words, defect. Are you a traitor?

Are you a traitor if you hate the country?
Then, how do you show your patriotism if you despise the system?

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If you are against HOW the government functions ... and against the basic philosophy the government supports for resource allocation ... then you are a rebel.

If you take illegal shadowy steps to defeat how the government operates ... then rebel rises to traitor.

But if you support a system of governance, where the people determine their own future ... you are a patriot.