Functioning democracies depend upon trust: we, the people, must have faith in the powerful individuals to keep us safe and treat us with dignity. Whether we are the accused or the victim, we expect those in authority to act with apolitical decency which would protect any person in the eye of a judicial storm. Trust in powerful bodies and their actors was already at an all-time low, but Trump’s guilty charges have left millions of Westerners with a dizzying sense of vertigo. It is terrifying to feel the ground of corruption and injustice come hurtling towards you. We easily take for granted the…
