The problem is, the whole universal ‘citizen of the world’ concept tends to be a modern one. It comes of our being able to travel the world fairly rapidly, and communicate all over the globe instantaneously. But many of our regressive habits and thought patterns have been passed down through the generations- from times when none of that was true- or even possible. **********************Centuries ago, people were more acutely separated by physical distance, and getting word to or from another part of the planet was a slow business. So, in an ironic sense, the concept of ‘one planet one people’ has its own tendency toward myopic vision: when we forget that people have not always lived as we do today
The problem is, the whole universal ‘citizen of the world’ concept tends to be a modern one. It comes of our being able to travel the world fairly rapidly, and communicate all over the globe instantaneously. But many of our regressive habits and thought patterns have been passed down through the generations- from times when none of that was true- or even possible. **********************Centuries ago, people were more acutely separated by physical distance, and getting word to or from another part of the planet was a slow business. So, in an ironic sense, the concept of ‘one planet one people’ has its own tendency toward myopic vision: when we forget that people have not always lived as we do today