[another_poster]

Trust involves multiple factors, e.g.,

• Character. Is the public trusting? Are they anxious?

• Framing. Is the institution described compassionately, for example, as a national champion or underdog? Or is it described as a villain?

• Sectarianism. Are there motivated partisans who want to disparage the institution?

• Evidence. What particular evidence exists for unethical behavior?

• Ethics. What unethical behaviors have the institution done?

I am skeptical that institutions have become less ethical today compared to the past (e.g., today we would be appalled if a European country waged war against another state to sell narcotics, but Britain literally did that 150 years ago), so I have a hunch that other factors are the primary drivers for declining trust.