I am not at all saying that authority can be depoliticized, I am simply pointing out that the underlying politics are what guides adherence to or rejection of a

I am not at all saying that authority can be depoliticized, I am simply pointing out that the underlying politics are what guides adherence to or rejection of a particular authority, depending on whether the authority's politics are in alignment with the recipient's or not. So I feel that statement that 'people just don't trust authority anymore' is not accurate, as people seem perfectly willing, in fact sometimes overly-willing to trust authority, with the caveat being that that authority must align with them politically. To clarify: I am talking about the reception of authority, not the innate linkage of authority itself to the authority figure's politics, but the linkage of the authority figure's politics to the politics of the people deciding whether to be receptive or not to that authority.