Right. For me (and maybe other commenters as well) the term &quot;citizen&quot; implies paying taxes to an armed entity in exchange for some protection and rights. So &quot;global citizen&quot; in this sense definitely implies some form of a global government. But of course the article doesn&#x27;t talk about anything like that. I guess it intentionally uses the flashy term &quot;global citizen&quot; when its main message could be expressed simply as &quot;more and more people don&#x27;t feel much loyalty for their respective states&quot;.