Imperatives Of Trust In Politics

Politics is different from other spheres of human life by conflict of ideology, identity and interest. But when other spheres of life become political, political trust turns vulnerable to social, economic, cultural and geopolitical forces. It erodes the condition of trust needed to establish norm-based order, an order vital to foster freedom, justice and peace and reap benefits of its cultural radius in the transnational sphere. Trust harnesses the benefits of cooperation while distrust arouses acerbity, misunderstanding, animosity, manipulation and conflict. Politics is rooted in human nature. Its selfish gene cannot be modelled in ideology or biology though it has not deterred political leaders from deregulating politics and disarming democracy from its adaptability.