Societies have failed to develop industrial scale investing for centuries. E.g. the Ottoman Empire and its successor states, due to high levels of endemic corru

Societies have failed to develop industrial scale investing for centuries. E.g. the Ottoman Empire and its successor states, due to high levels of endemic corruption. A societal trust/faith breakdown may indeed bring an end to investing as we know it. The countdown for the crumbling of the spiritual foundations of Western Civilization continues apace.