Me Decade

English Etymology en Q216195 1976. Proper noun Me Decade 1 en US The 1970s characterized by a rise of self-indulgence and narcissism in American society. en 12 Apr 86 Gay Community News 3 R. W. Murray One Solution: Neo-Paganism In contrast to some of the pop gurus of the "Me Decade," Starhawk and Margot Adler are both political activists, very much aware off the need to push for political change. en Bruce J. Schulman The Seventies: The Great Shift in American culture, Society, and Politics 2001 Simon and Schuster https://books.google.com/books?id=9H2YplGQb5MC&pg=PA145&dq=%22Me+Decade%22&hl=en&cd=1&source=gbs_api#v=onepage&q=%22Me%20Decade%22&f=false 978-0-7432-1948-8 145 The prevailing concept of the Seventies remains the idea of the “Me Decade”—an era of narcissism, selfishness, personal rather than political awareness. Pundits and historians portrayed the Me Decade as the antidote to or repudiation of the activist, altruistic 1960s. See also Further reading The "Me" Decade and the Third Great Awakening en Decades