Crime, pollution, politics, jimbo
, famine, lawyers, war, UN, disease, hunger.So you curl up in a fantasy world where you know things are going to end up working out. Everyone wants something to provide them with a deversion from their problems.
Some people want more a deversion than others (ST fans that dress up as Klingons vs. ST fans that don't).
Some people want a different kind of deversion from other people (ST fans vs. SW fans).