No it doesn't. The only important thing is what YOU will do right now.
In the end, all we have is our own personal integrity and honor, which is solely dependent upon what we ourselves choose to do, or not do.
If you're waiting for some sort of group ok for you to make a choice, then you will never understand, nor appreciate real freedom. Neither will you fight for it.
It’s a chess match. like it or not, that is what we are in. A good chess player is playing 5 moves(or more) ahead of the game play. Therefore, what we do right now may not be as important as you think. just my opinion.