People forget that institutions take time to develop. They also forget that high-trust institutions frequently begin with a dictator. The end-point is high-trust/low-coercion, but you can't get there from low-trust/low-coercion. First you have to go through a high-trust/high-coercion state, after which you can gradually taper off the coercive elements as institutions mature and the individual actors get used to the new normal.
This is exactly how the liberal societies of the west evolved. But don't remember that any more, though.
This is exactly how the liberal societies of the west evolved. But don't remember that any more, though.