Transparency & perception that the government, NGOs, & corporations help rather than hurt people would help to create public trust. The problem is that there is not much reason to trust these authorities so measures to Manufacture Consent decrease in effectiveness.

Hence conspiracy theories naturally arise due to the lack of trust. Attempts to crack down on "misinformation" & "conspiracy theories" only create more distrust, & the cycle continues...until a critical mass of the population has distrust authorities. History has many examples of what happens afterwards

Another consequence of growing mistrust is that the authorities lose potency on the Geopolitical stage.