Edit: I'm posting too fast, so here's an edit for a reply
I don't know anything about Ethereum DAOs. Check out Tendermint chains (Cosmos, Osmosis, Crescent, Stargaze, EVMOS, Kava). Gas is cheap and all voting is on-chain. Governance discussions happen mostly on a forum called Commonwealth and then they're put on chain and voted on by validators and stakers.
> To circumvent the very high gas fees associated with full on-chain governance, Decentraland’s DAO uses a combination of free, off-chain voting for the community and a multi-sig wallet controlled by a “DAO Committee” to enact those off-chain decisions on the Ethereum blockchain.
I'm not a huge follower of the crypto ecosystem and DAOs, but this kind of thing seems like it's pretty common.
It's an in depth look/critique.
> a multi-sig wallet controlled by a “DAO Committee” to enact those off-chain decisions
DAOs may empower a multi-sig with certain allocated funds to spend according to a mandate. This is ok. It's like saying America is not a democracy because regulators can make new rules that congress is not voting on.
It also possible to have off-chain voting, but still enforce those results on-chain using a fraud-proof like system, and some do this. Lots of design space to play with.
That actually does appear to be the opinion of the current supreme court, and you can expect further rulings counter to historical precedence WRT chevron deference.