In my view, the scene surrounding the reception of Ryan Al-Hamzaoui should not be interpreted as a direct political stance or merely as a passing emotional reaction, but rather as an indicator of deeper transformations within the political sphere, most notably the erosion of the ruling power’s discourse and its declining ability to produce a convincing narrative around events and public issues.

However, this erosion of the regime’s discourse does not automatically imply a transfer of trust toward the opposition. Rather, it reveals a fragmentation in the very nature of trust itself: trust is no longer unified and granted to a single person, political force, or institution. Instead, it has become selective trust, built on social proximity (proximité sociale), direct familiarity, and local perception more than on political affiliation or ideological alignment.

From this perspective, the most important lesson for the opposition is that the media and digital sphere, despite their importance, are no longer sufficient either to measure political weight or to build legitimacy. Genuine political effectiveness is constructed through networks of proximity, everyday social relations, and the ability to become a “familiar social presence” before simply being an oppositional discourse.

In other words, what is eroding today is not only the discourse of power, but also the traditional model of opposition, which assumes that public visibility alone is enough to generate influence. Reality shows instead that legitimacy is built from the ground up, and that politics is gradually returning to the local social sphere, where trust is tested before positions are openly declared.