Of course, “global citizenship” will always be a metaphor, because there will never be a world government administering a worldwide political community. But the more we each think of ourselves as global citizens and express our preferences as such to our governments, the less we will need to pursue the chimera of global governance.
当然，“全球公民身份”往往只会是一种比喻，因为永远也不会有一个世界政府来管理世界性的政治共同体。但我们越把自己当全球公民来看待并向自己的政府表达这种偏好，就越不需要追求全球治理的幻想。