Unless you belong to special class of enlinghtened elite,which do not need some pesky reality,only their most glorious ideas !
Then,you could ignore it...till your state collapse.
I read some polish memories from 18th century - forget title,as always - where our polish traitors,who take money from russians or prussians after last partition not only do not get any money,but must pay taxes biggger then those which they rejected in old Poland.
Only after that they undarstandt,that betraing their state was bad idea...maybe americans elites would have the same problems,if USA collapse thanks to them.