Yes, and in my work I point to the parallel between the lose of public trust in institutions after WW1 propaganda and after the invasion of Iraq as key moments. Both moments required rebuilding public trust in foundational democratic ideals, but its not really happened post 2003
I mean the Iraq war and general response to 9/11 severed my connection with the liberal mainstream, drove me further to the left.
Plus we then had the financial crisis, and time and time again we saw the institutions we had trusted to perform the verification, deliberation and accountability functions fail to live up to expectations, or wildly violate those expectations.
And my argument is that neoliberalism also hollowed out our capacity to form effective democratic counterpublics to respond in an effective manner.