some weird larp some bored broads made up

That's exactly what feminism is.

Do you think Saudi Arabia outlaws 'witchcraft', 'sorcery' and 'black magic' because their government believes it's real? Of course they don't.

They outlaw that stuff because it's a magnet for people who reject the current order, and worse, it helps these people find eachother and start working together to subvert society. u/auntie_mildred has it right.

Take every twitter account with 'witch', 'witchy', 'wicca', 'druid' or 'pagan' in their bio and you'll have list of political radicals from rainbow haired commie dykes to Varg Vikernes types.