I've recently noticed that DAO voting proposals are a bit like rewriting scripts: on the surface, they say "optimize processes/improve efficiency," but a few paragraphs down, they start hiding incentive buttons—who gets subsidies, who holds the keys, whose votes are more valuable. Basically, all the power structures are written in parentheses. The funniest part is that the community's biggest arguments are often not about principles but about whether "my slice of the cake will be sliced thin."

By the way, I also thought of the recent NFT royalty waterfight—it's the same kind of thing: creators want to earn a living, secondary markets complain that you're dragging liquidity, and everyone is fighting over "who should be defaulted to be taken care of."

What I fear missing the most isn't actually the opportunity but the moment when I understand how the narrative is pushing people along. Anyway... next time I vote, I’ll first see where the money flows, then see if the wording sounds nice.