They bring the probability that you will be harassed by police/landowners/elements/civilians when residing in an area way down. Personally, I take the harassment and sleep on the street. But it's not easy and many would pay not to.
> collectible card games
You have fun when you play them. People pay to have fun.
> collectibles at large
Idk some people just get weird addictions. I put collectables at large in the same bucket as crypto, no defense there.
> fashion at large
Looking good is more likely to get you laid. People like getting laid, and will pay for it.
Also note that time shares typically are securities, in my understanding. In contrast to a house, which is not. My argument there wasn't to identify some other things that are or are not securities, but "things that are kinda useless." In the case of timeshares, I'd say they are actively more harm than good.
Not that I can or will wholly defend crypto. That just doesn't seem like a relevant complaint.
I do question the desire for everlasting permanence of the blockchain. I know we like to keep real estate deed records and such going back as far as we can, but even there we have limited utility of that. Encasing it in a technical solution that expands to cover more transactions does feel limited in usefulness. Largely ironic/funny that it makes it incredibly unsuited to criminal use.