Some humans are innately egalitarian, and other humans are innately authoritarian.

Ignoring either group is not going to work in the long run.

There will always be charismatic people who excel at persuasion and gain political clout over it. No matter how many egalitarian people there are, there will always be other people who want to follow a charismatic leader. Charisma is easily mistaken for competence, IMO.