Lately, I've been a bit obsessed with some DAO proposals. On the surface, they claim to be "faster, cheaper, and more decentralized for the ecosystem," but in plain language, many of these sentences boil down to: who will fund it, who can sign off, and who decides where the money goes. Especially those designs that tightly couple voting rights with incentives—at first, it seems like everyone is quite active, on-chain data looks good, but gradually it turns into "those who can do the math get subsidies, those who can't contribute emotional support," and then the core small circle uses execution permissions to implement the results. Voting feels like just stamping a process... Honestly, the power structure is hidden in the cracks of the incentives. By the way, I see Layer 2 is still comparing TPS, fees, and subsidies. I just want to say: you can argue all you want, but don’t turn DAO into a subsidy voting machine. That’s all for now.