Well for one they claim to be the originators of the 'punk movement'. And while you could claim that they were one of the largest popularizers, punk fashion and music styling clearly originated on the lower east side of New York from the former beatnik bands such as the Fugs, Stooges, Velvet Underground, Ramones and New York Dolls. And as claimants to the throne, they did not speak up when actual anarchist punks such as Crass were barred from the larger scene. Basically, the Sex Pistols were a band created to sell a fashion brand, Sex, which was modeled after the weird shit coming out of New York and then Johnny Rotten decided to add some anarchist lyrics to the whole thing and boom, free publicity. Of course after their admittedly influential and infamous U.S. tour in which Sid had his famous breakdowns, Johnny basically just turned to production and more or less abandoned any political pretexts. I mean at least most of the band was working class, so that was cool, but man how quickly did they stop caring.

And that is not to mention the rabid anti-communism that they displayed. No theory whatsoever present. You can hear it in 'Holiday in the Sun' where they are seeing the sights and sounds of West Berlin and thinking how shitty it must be on the other side of the wall, without understanding that West Berlin did not operate on regular capitalist enterprise, but was basically charity for major Western corporations to operate at a loss in order to show off how much better the West was than the East. I mean, there is some level of anti-authoritarian animus, but that is all it is. If anything, the Sex Pistols set back the anarchist movement in the U.K., but hey they made alot of money, so they don't really have to care.

Idk. They had some bangers but they are one of the most overrated bands of all time.