Trust, governance and its alignment with democracy

Trust thought for today - trustworthiness of government and activity aligned with what democracies are supposed to be about.

This is top of mind for my next article in my ambitious August 10 goal.

I am reading the Varieties of Democracy Report.
https://lnkd.in/eDzvRJir

Here are the indicators of democracy and countries declining in what areas.

Interesting considering the government actions: Including Executive respects constitution, freedom of expression, self organisation (CSO repression?) media censorship, freedom of academic and cultural expression?