Well according to most conservatives corporations ARE people.
Really they are made up of people, in my opinion, and driven by those people's goals. Governments are the very same thing. regardless of what the populous wants...in many cases the personal goals of the controlling party or in our current case a minority of it, are being driven.
You CAN be a patriot...and love the country....and not love the government. It's simple. If you can't grasp it....maybe YOU are not a patriot.