There’s an old book, “Titan,” about an incident like the Titanic’s sinking.
The really wealthy men who died all opposed a central bank idea.
Then, the Olympic sank, preventing detailed forensic comparisons.
In comes JP Morgan et al in 1913 and voila.
Conspiratorial, yes, but it’s actually odd. Why would such a fancy ship not have enough evac boats and only white flares on board?
I’m convinced the DS existed then. Or at least the roots of what we now know as the DS.