Widespread and lasting trust resists deliberate creation. [causal]
There are at least three reasons to believe that a socially extensive and enduring trust is not an easy thing to create. The first of these is clear in Bernard Williams's contribution to this volume.
XREF: Relates to social capital literature and institution-building, where trust is often treated as a by-product rather than a constructible asset.
Diego Gambetta, Trust - Making and Breaking…, loc. 1499