One of the most notable examples from this early stage of memes used the We Fuckin' On The X Bed Tonight format and was posted by Instagrammer on September 30th, 2020. Joshua Citarella would continue to feature more and more compilations of Capitalist Realism memes on his account, tagging the accounts that were making them. Capitalist Realism / Mark Fisher memes can be seen as an extension of this growing trend. Philosophers like Hegel and Deleuze became easy buzzwords for alt-Instagram and alt-Twitter spheres. In general, towards the end of 2020, an interest in "philosophical irony" started to percolate in Instagram meme spheres. This repost would receive roughly 400 likes in one year. However, a month later, a larger account, the personal account of the notable artist and professor Joshua Citarella, reposted the image on September 11th, 2020. The post received roughly 200 likes in one year. On August 10th, 2020, Instagram account posted an edited version of the book's cover, layering in an image of Jared Leto's Joker over it (shown below).
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