as lib as it sounds, i really think anarchism needs a rebranding, the word anarchism is just so firmly associated with shit like joker and edgy teen rebellion that its pretty much impossible to link it with an actual tradition of political philosophy in peoples minds. like yeah marxism and communism have scary bullshit associations as well, but theyre at least associated with an intellectual tradition. people picture serious people like marx or lenin if you say communism, but nobody pictures bread santa if you say anarchism. i feel like reclaiming the word is a lost battle at this stage and not a hill worth dying on - i tend to refer to myself as syndicalist when people ask, which is not really accurate but kinda-sorta close enough without using a word that will have people instantly discard my opinions as being shallow edgelord stuff. i dont think using syndicalist in the place of anarchist is a good answer, but it would be nice to have a more neutral term without all the ridiculous pop culture baggage