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The gradual, often unnoticed erosion of institutional legitimacy over time. Unlike legitimacy crisis, drift operates slowly enough that no single event triggers response, but cumulative effect is severe. Distinct from Legitimacy Drift in corrective institutions, which focuses on loss of alignment with empirical conditions.
Trust in an institution declines 2% annually. No single year triggers alarm. After 20 years, trust has halved. The drift was invisible year-to-year but devastating cumulatively.
LD Section 1