What Undermines Trust?

• Opaque Systems & Unanswered Questions
• Conflicts of Interest in Public Office
• Accountability That Never Comes
• Gaslighting by Institutions
• Performative Consultation & Token Engagement
• Silencing, Retaliation & Fear of Speaking Out
• When the System Works for Everyone but You
• Unequal Enforcement, Unequal Justice
• Intergenerational Distrust & Learned Disengagement
• When the Narrative Feels Rigged
• Distraction, Delay & Bureaucratic Fog
• Weaponized Transparency: Flooding, Shaming & Misuse of Openness