The diverse works in world have become so intertwined that they...

The diverse works in world have become so intertwined that they need each other in order to maintain their own individual existence and continuity.

Much like the interdependency of Mother Nature's diverse creations such that the current natural ecology will soon collapse if just only all the flies in the world were eradicated overnight, or even just only all the pseudomonas bacteria disappeared overnight.

Those who claim that shares offer no value beyond immoral gambling have very poor insight and analysis.
They are effectively claiming that all the essential companies in the world shouldn't be backed by shares. They are denying the existence of good laws, sound ethics and principles of probity purposely created to protect the integrity of the shares system.
They are also denying the existence of decent people, men and women, who do the right thing by their consciences.

But these holier-than-thous are more than happy to benefit from the conveniences of finance, IT, food, water, housing, medicine, transport, education, entertainment, etc., all of which economies are currently sustained by the mechanism of shares investments into various means of production.
Hypocrisy much?

Brings to mind the priest/pastor standing at the Sunday pulpit condemning with brimstone and fire the evils of sex work, but are happy to receive tithes/donations from these workers.

What if the shares system were magically destroyed overnight?
What would happen on the morrow to the modern standards of living and the lifestyle of abundance in well-governed countries that have active sharemarkets?

Reminds me of the silly greenies rallying and protesting against the evils of petroleum, while benefitting from the same conveniences as stated above that petroleium makes possible in their lives. Before calling for leaders to remove petroleum, acceptable alternatives need to be at least created and offered to society so that their adequate standards of living are not adversely affected.

Shares are merely neutral tools created to advance and improve the human condition.
No different to money, or precious metals, or industrial metals.
Just as guns, knives and cars don't kill, but that it is only the users of the tools who kill, the same can be said of shares as just tools.
It is the users who choose to gamble foolishly or invest wisely using this tool.

Without the invention of shares, the urge to gamble or invest will still exist in some.
Similarly, without the invention of shares, the urge to judge or criticise will still exist in some.