Four years ago, I attended a workshop on global democracy in Berlin, organized by Democracy without Borders. One of the highlights was a film about Garry Davis, known as world citizen number 1. Davis, a former bomber pilot during World War II, chose to dedicate himself to peace, solidarity, and humanity after the war. He founded the World Service Authority, which still issues "world passports" for a small fee.

One of Davis' messages was that while he was culturally American as an individual, he saw himself as a global citizen. He saw no contradiction in this and believed that as a world patriot, he should care for and improve the entire world as his country. His ideas are now promoted by world federalists and campaigns advocating for a democratically elected world parliament, which could initially function similarly to the European Parliament.

However, being a global patriot/citizen is often challenging in practice. We still live without global laws, justice systems, and welfare. How we move, work, and interact depends on where we happen to be born and the passport we possess, if we can even obtain a legal identification document. In addition to the similarities between nationalism and racism in how people treat each other, one can also argue that humanity lives in a kind of global apartheid, where we are segregated into different nations without common democratic institutions.

While you read this text, discussions about complexity and human behavior in the future are taking place worldwide. Complexity is a term used to describe something difficult to understand or analyze due to its many parts, connections, and interactions. It is a situation where small changes can have significant and unexpected consequences, much like when an ecosystem loses a species. It can also be challenging to predict and control the outcome of systemic changes.

Complexity primarily pertains to climate issues concerning oceans, warming, emissions, species extinction, pollution, etc. Climate issues are intertwined with many other aspects of human life, such as food, energy, water, economy, etc. Global problems and challenges make all nations and other governing bodies interdependent, yet political and popular conversations often focus on myths and notions of independence.

Therefore, recent celebrations and observances of national holidays contain several inaccuracies and exaggerations. While it is true that the Swedish state has experienced periods of political independence from other states and organizations, modern Sweden, including its membership in the EU, is dependent on others. It is worth acknowledging Sweden's positive and constructive contributions to global development over the past 30 years. The ground we walk on and the biosphere we are part of, everything is important simultaneously when people are interdependent.

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