Tokenomics create a micro-economy complete with speculators, bad faith actors and legit users. Like economies, this can run well for a while and then completely

Tokenomics create a micro-economy complete with speculators, bad faith actors and legit users. Like economies, this can run well for a while and then completely collapse. I just don't see why so much complexity is required. I want to help an initiative, not get burned because of rampant speculation.