@briellebouquet @zerofox back in 2008 Anonymous was able to pull a globally distributed protest against Scientology with no leadership. Everyone collaborated over forums to chip into the bigger goal of showing up and protesting.

I'm not sure if that was thanks to the forum culture of the time or because of a certain zeitgeist that came and gone but they did prove that a massive leader less movement was possible when there's a communication platform and people's opinions are aligned.