"what kind of (productive) gatekeeping the society brings to the table that is not and cannot be fulfilled by a peer review process" I don't think "cannot" sho

"what kind of (productive) gatekeeping the society brings to the table that is not and cannot be fulfilled by a peer review process" I don't think "cannot" should be the standard. If the same or better standard of peer review isn't provided (empirically) by some other system, then that's a legitimate criticism of the other system.