"Capitalism was the counter-revolution that destroyed the possibilities that had emerged from the anti-feudal struggle—possibilities which, if realized, might have spared us the immense destruction of lives and the natural environment that has marked the advance of capitalist relations worldwide. This much must be stressed, for the belief that capitalism ‘evolved’ from feudalism and represents a higher form of social life has not yet been dispelled."

- Silvia Federici, Caliban and the Witch

He says that the Buddhist dukkha explains this human Real—that it points in the direction of the Real. What Laruelle would say is, it's the other way around. Lacan and Freud, for Laruelle, ultimately do this same thing. They start making excursions into this Real, explaining what it is, identifying it and so forth. But for Laruelle, the Real is foreclosed to systems of thought, and it's also unilateral. The Real of human existence—or in this case, the Real of pain—has created the Buddhist notion of dukkha.