@timbray Same!
But the National Science Foundation is a kind of VC firm LP'd and GP'd by science loving US government employees. ??♂️
And a crypto DAO is a kind of co-op run by crypto bros. ?
A lot of VC assets are controlled by alt-right adjacent dudes. If 95% of all co-ops were DAOs, I think many folk would similarly assume that most co-ops don't do any good in the world, are usually harmful, and are often run by sociopathic alt-right degenerates, intent on destroying the world for profit.