Some critics of globalization might welcome such an outcome. But the result, as we saw after 1914, would be the worst of both worlds – reversal of the economic globalization that spreads technology and power, but reinforcement of negative dimensions of military and ecological globalization, such as war, terror, climate change, and the spread of infectious diseases.
某些全球化的批评者可能愿意看到这样的结果。但这样的结果，正如我们在1914年后看到的那样，将会导致在两个领域出现最糟糕的状况¾那就是传播技术和力量的经济全球化趋势出现逆转，同时军事和生态全球化的消极后果进一步巩固，比如战争、恐怖、气候变化和传染病的传播。如果真是这样，平坦的世界会成为一片沙漠。