E.O. Wilson once said of communism, 'Great idea, wrong species.' Whether or not that was true of communism, it seems true of crypto. It has brilliant technical ideas and clever solutions to problems with traditional currencies, but the result is a system that doesn't work in practice because of how human individuals, communities, and social systems function.
I can understand the appeal, but I do find it amusing how we (humans) instantly abuse anything if modicum of abuse is possible :)