A better real-life example might be whether or not Chinese citizens in the 30’s and 40’s should have come out in open support of the Japanese vs Communists vs Nationalists. There were times where it wasn’t certain who would come out on top, and there was justified fear that those who picked the wrong side would lose everything.
Or in Germany, during the inter-war years, the early 30’s. As far as “future judgement” is concerned, should you proclaim allegience to the NSDAP? Donate to their cause? Criticize them? If they provoke the great powers, Germany might quickly fall and then where does that leave you and your family? But the Nazis are now the dominant political force in the republic, and there’s a good chance that you and yours will be left out of the new Germany if you don’t get with the program.
~Max