It is possible to love one's country and not its magistrate. The rightly ordered love of country actually makes the dissatisfaction with and rejection of bad governing bodies all the more acute.

Im not arguing against going where one is treated better—a second passport can be prudent—rather, against the idea that patriotism is idiotic.

As an interesting side note, the word idiot in the Greek means "pertaining to ones own self." As I understand it, the context is of a private person (a plebian!) not engaged in public affairs (not contributing to the public civil sphere and only to his own affairs).