"as soon as they realise the penatly system is involved" sorry but I do no think you get the project. The penalty is not something that is a little detail , it is the main concept. No one will first go in and then find out about it , everyone that is going to go in will be aware of it.
You also say that it will keep investors like you away (I guess you say this because you like making money with short time or long time trading) and it is the reason it exists. The investors who want to get in and wait without buying more should not buy Manx. You for example should not buy it , because while you might benefit from the currency you are not holding it for its functionality and therefore hurting the ecosystem. Investors like you speculate and make other people lose money in most of the cases. This is why Manx is here in the first place.
I bought thousands of XRP over 3 and half years ago and have no intention of selling them because the framework involved (and thankfully later Google invested) means there is something there worth keeping focus on and investing in.
If I were forced to increase my XRP or BTC or any other balances by 2% per every set period regardless of how they performed otherwise I would be penalised, is not a good model at all regardless of what else is or is not on offer.
I bought many coins years ago that failed,they are worthless now so if I was forced to buy in order to avoid penalties would actually be a disastrous model for the coin. Granted you think your coin will do great and shke up the crypto universe but let us say if it fails, ho will buy when they get dumped?
In my opinion your set up is fundamentally flawed and will fail sooner rather than later. In your opinion your set up is a great idea. Time will tell.
It is clear that you did not read the Whitepaper. It clearly states that the Manx is not trying to shake the crypto universe or trying to be the new "bitcoin" or "network". And this is stated at the very beginning of the whitepaper. It is also explained that paying %2 or getting penalized can be disastrous on it's own but it is regulated by the Manx Principle.
Sorry but I cannot consider your argument valid in this case because the argument you are defending has nothing to do with what Manx is.
The only way the Manx collapses is if there is no demand for it , if there is no demand for it that means people are not paying the %2. If they are not paying the %2 , the minority who pays the %2 will get bonus coins that are collected as penalty so Manx fund will be valuable again simply because if you pay %2 weekly you gain way more than that. And if people will start to pay their %2 weekly than the community price will decrease accordingly and the system will regulate itself. The whole process is explained in the whitepaper with equations.
So please read the whitepaper before you make claims about our goals next time.