I like to think of it as 'pipeline politics'. They read some Chomsky and Bookchin and then feel they hold the superior position, they know about the solution. Libertarian socialism. From there it's all about getting people "on our side".

If only there were more libertarian socialists, we would finally have true socialism!

It's a coherent-enough set of ideas, at least as long as the conversation stays focused on current developments in state politics, fascists, authoritarian Marxists, and ancaps. Libertarian socialism is arguably much more solid than all of the above. Depending on the individual's context I'm sure it can be a pretty big shift in perspective. Enough to put people at the margins of a more general political discussion — allowing a sense of radical opposition to the status quo, but without having to make excuses for Marxist failures, Marxist dictators.

But there's no anarchy in it. That idea is just a bit too troublesome, it complicates everything. And so we find ourselves with an anarchism™ that is primarily a theme of activism and revolt, without any of it necessarily revolving around anarchy. But who cares, it's all "good praxis" as long as we got a pipeline bringing people to our side. Wherever that is.