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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
What does Western Philosophy answer about suffering that Buddhism did not?

This isn't a question meant in any snarky way. But a geniune question.
gpt
One benefit of studying Western philosophy for someone interested in suffering is the work that has been carried out exploring *forms of suffering that are historically specific to capitalist industrial society* - such as the theory of alienation in the Marxian tradition, Fanon's work on African liberation or Butler's feminist writings. Much of this work focuses on both structural reasons for suffering, as well as the possibilities to reduce or remove certain kinds of suffering by radically restructuring society.