A fair compromise is to expect "identity" politics leaders to have a reasonable critique of capitalism and "leftist" leaders to have a reasonable critique of cishet white patriarchy.
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on the other hand, when we start talking about activists, to take the most extreme positions, there are good critiques of, say, Deray McKesson, but I am 100% sure his critique of capitalism is superior to the Chapo guys' understanding of so-called identity issues.
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And outside of Bernie and maybe Elizabeth Warren, I don't know that Kamala Harris' understanding of how capitalism fails to provide for vulnerable people is any worse than any other major US politician, and it's probably better (ditto for Obama).
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And of course that's distinct from a critique of capitalism as an economic system but in terms of providing immediate material benefit for those who are suffering---it has, potentially, some of the same effects.
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