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| A '''world citizen''' (or ''citizen of the world'') is a person who wishes to transcend the geopolitical divisiveness inherent in the ]al ]s of the various ] ]s and countries. In this respect the concept differs from ], which is still based on the idea of nations. By refusing to accept a patriotic ] dictated by any national government, world citizens assert their independence as citizens of the Earth, the world, or the ]. | |||
| ==Overview== | |||
| The first people to identify themselves as "world citizens" were the ] philosophers (see ]). | |||
| The perspective of a world citizen has affinities with an ] philosophical outlook in that world citizens: | |||
| * do not want to be categorized by any artificially imposed categories | |||
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| * wish to identify themselves first and foremost as ] beings and then by any groupings to which they may seem to belong. | |||
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| Some world citizens may also: | |||
| * work for a reformed, strengthened, yet sufficiently decentralized ] which represents and responds to the will of the people of the world, more than to ] hagglings, and adheres to the principles of the ], similar to a federal system on the national scale | |||
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| * work toward other developments to strengthen a common identity and harmony between their fellow world citizens on the planet, while respecting local and national loyalties and diversity. | |||
| World citizens are not limited to any specific ] or ], but will often adhere to the following: | |||
| * ] from all ], ], ], and ] ]s | |||
| * belief in the basic ] of all ]es | |||
| and support | |||
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| * elimination of ] | |||
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| * uniform system of ] | |||
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| ==Promoting world citizenship== | |||
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| The World Service Authority promotes world citizenship today. | |||
| * Promotion of the concept and its implications in ] among students toward their building a sense of world identity and building support among them for the development of and progressive adherence to justly constituted global institutions and ], just as national identity and loyalty has historically been promoted in most if not all countries<br><br> | |||
| * Advocacy of the concept in ], drawing attention to the perceived inadequacy of attempts to rally people together sustainably solely under a national flag or identity | |||
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| ==Famous world citizens== | |||
| Some famous people who have identified themselves as world citizens: | |||
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| ==See also== | |||
| * ], a Esperanto-based movement for the suppresion of nationalism. | |||
| ==External links== | |||
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