The currency of trust

Distrust of public institutions, corporations, politicians, media, and executives way things are.

The erosion of trust didn’t happen overnight. Little by little, one micro agreement by the public at a time.

The public, you and I, are complicit. Functioning society is a participatory act, not something that you passively observe.

We must know as people, in our agency and as a collective, that we have always held the power. Power never wants the people to know this, for an empowered public is what Power fears the most.

The cycle of history repeats. From the amplified erosion of trust comes hard-right fascism.

Followed by complete fracturing.

The cycle is repeated.

The currency of trust is sacred. It must be enacted each and every day, with every decision taken, from small to large. It requires transparency, access, knowledge symmetry, (great universal education) collaboration, guardrails against violation, and diligent practice of trust — as if trust were a martial art.

Power likes to think that people — the public — are not capable of exposure to difficulties and must be protected from back-room decisions. Not everyone needs to know everything, simply because there is too much to know. Yet when people are denied access through inquiry, we must ask what or who is being protected.

To rights of access comes the responsibility of engagement. Rights and responsibilities are complementary pairs. One without the other is like a one-sided coin.

The currency of trust is a whole-system response involving everyone. It begins with everyone living trust and not stepping over violations of trust in self or others.

In Syntropic World we use a Trust Manifesto as the cohering architecture. Then, we Dare to Care in all relationships to maintain an ecology of trust.

Photo Taken June 30th 2024

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