@trigs.eth
I think I disagree with your last statement, but it might be a misunderstanding.
Autonomy = self-empowered. No one else is in control of an individual's actions or output.
I'd argue that it requires a DAO to actually enable non-violent coordination between autonomous individuals.
Blockchains are also required because we need a credibly neutral data layer to enable accurate accounting of subjective input from these autonomous individuals.
Without that there has to be a trusted executor who gathers and carries out the wishes of contributors, therefore removing the autonomy.
If humans were capable of autonomy then sure, we might not need DAOs. But like @spengrah.eth was getting at, Blockchains and DAOs are what enable us to automatically execute the collective actions of autonomous individuals through credibly neutral consensus.
Without that, someone with a stick has to enforce execution, and that is inherently not credibly neutral.
Subjectivity isn't the issue, just tooling and process definition.