I don't think there was ever much trust in (western) governments. People only put up with the politicians' crap, because they were well off. Bread and circuse

I don't think there was ever much trust in (western) governments. People only put up with the politicians' crap, because they were well off. Bread and circuses is now over in many places, at least compared to the recent past, and people are facing the reality of the political fuckups of he last few decades.