Well, the nation as an organizing principle and identity arose in revolutionary France as a way to fill the hole left by the collapse of god and the king as the

Well, the nation as an organizing principle and identity arose in revolutionary France as a way to fill the hole left by the collapse of god and the king as the feudal system was abolished. But the nation, too, as a concept has its limits. In some cases I think it will be replaced with more local identifications and political structures; in other cases more global ones. But in every case those structures need to be democratic.