We are living through a crisis of liberal democracy and trust. Researchers have shown that this “trust crisis” is connected to the loss of a “shared reality,” including the ability to agree on basic facts or to argue disagreements civilly. Ethan Zuckerman (Mistrust, 2021), argues that:
Estamos viviendo una crisis de democracia liberal y de confianza. Academicxs han demostrado que la "crisis de confianza" está relacionada con la pérdida de una "realidad compartida", incluida la capacidad de ponerse de acuerdo sobre hechos básicos o discutir los desacuerdos civilizadamente. Ethan Zuckerman (Mistrust, 2021), argumenta que: