To be sure, the geography of attachments and identities is not fixed; indeed, it has changed over the course of history. That means that we should not entirely dismiss the likelihood that a true global consciousness will develop in the future, along with transnational political communities.
但可以肯定的是，情感依附和身份定义的地理因素不是固定不变的；事实上它一直都随历史的进程不断改变着。这意味着我们不应完全否定一种真正的全球意识以及跨国政治社群在未来出现的可能性。