I don't see this conversation going anywhere productive, but do you not think anything has changed since the Great Depression?
Your arguments can (and have been) those that applied to Uber or AirBnB; namely, that the only value they had was in skirting regulations, and that eventually the regulations catch up such that Uber or AirBnB is no better than the predecessor taxi and hotel industries. And I think there is certainly a lot of truth to that, but I also think this is normal human progress. As times change, we try something slightly different, and where old pain points arise again, we re-regulate accordingly. You are left with something that is indeed quite similar to the older industry, but with a fresh coat of pain and some improvements. You can dismiss that as entirely worthless, but I see it as normal and part of progress: two steps forward, one step back.
Similarly, I think having financial regulations that were created in 1933 be static forever is a mistake. As technology progresses, there can be room for changes. So I see DAOs and crypto in a similar light: yes, certain actors violate existing laws, but there is a freedom to explore a new design space, and then the regulators will catch up and reign it back to something more reasonable.
As for my link to OrangeDAO, it is not about 1,000 YC founders with Web3 startups, but 1,000 YC founders that are members of a DAO that seeks to invest and help other Web3 startups.
As for what's different, my answer would be scale. DAOs make it easier to coordinate large groups of people. Take a look at what OrangeDAO seeks to fund:
https://orangedao.notion.site/0516999b88534575bf759323f5e9fe...
Many of them are targeted towards corporate infrastructure; replacing traditional processes with software-first functions, which allow a lot of disparate people to function together more easily, and reduces the friction of "a group of people working together towards a common goal" from that of an existing corporation.