Metren, again, you can do that without associating with your country. The country is around you anyway, that's neither your fault nor your achievement. Obviously you want to change it. But why try to BE it?
Well the question is why the community is connected to a country to you. The whole world is a community. And in my book that's the only one that counts.
What if public criticism causes the government to reverse its policy of sending young (or any) people into illegal and meaningless foreign wars? Does this not have a positive impact on both the world and the country in question?
