The trust thing has largely been sacrificed to placate the shareholders chasing that 3% annual growth.<p>This even though said growth only really showed up during the industrial revolution and after WW2.<p>The first because it was the first ever industrialization, and the second because much of Europe&#x27;s industrial capacity had been blasted to bits.<p>In essence, shareholders (and their useful idiots, the economists) expect infinite compound growth while living in a finite environment.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Wheat_and_chessboard_problem" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Wheat_and_chessboard_problem</a>