Quick surface analysis answer about this in the western world: We've never had good leaders or benefited from the system, so anarchism is the go to response. In the underdeveloped world, MLM is popular because they've had good leaders do good things for them.
I feel that it may be wise of us to consider that the anti-hierarchical points of anarchism may be a good thing to pursue in the imperial core. I often wonder if this is what is required to break the back of the social indoctrination of capital.