That's really interesting, I really didn't pay that much attention to that part, but I think you're right.
Guilds are like a permissioned blockchain, whereas DAOs, obviously, are on permissionless blockchains.
Guilds are closer to transactions, to economic processes, to real use cases of tokens, whereas DAOs are more static, from this point of view, or slower. Guilds can function in various territories, they can maintain strict rules for memberships and have enough real cashflow to support their members.
Guilds have little, if any, overlapping with DAOs.
So yes, in a dynamic world, official, validated gangs, operating everywhere within very strict rules, have a higher chance of survival than DAOs.