Political trust structures hinge on both historical inheritance and human agency

Evidence

Whether or not such structures will be established depends upon two sorts of factors. It depends obviously, and passively, on the way things already are, on the historical inheritance of the society in question. But it also depends, pace de Maistre, on human agency; and this in its turn depends upon human intelligence and practical skill. — Diego Gambetta, Trust - Making and Breaking Cooperative…, 1144

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Democratic institutional health determines how long vulnerability to the unprecedented lasts — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 1645; Inherited legacies shape politics by constraining, framing, and shortcutting — Anna M. Grzymala-Busse, Redeeming The Communist Past: The…, 133