it's obvious that since 1950, with advent of worldwide information and the real globalization, every decade had his own.
i was in discussing about music in another board and i noticed how every decade (50s, 60s and so on until now) had his own "mood" that you can get from the music, the pop culture, movies, everything that came from europe and US.
50s was the decades of materialism, that started in US and spreaded all over western society, where the objective society was to buy new stuff and get always more objects, cars, clothes, buy.
it was the industrial boom for a lot of society in western europe and for US itself, consumism became what we noe today, industrialization reached his highest level.
for sure it was consequence of the previous decades achievement in industrialization and economy, but only after war western (and then worldwide) society became what we're used to know. in popculture, song, etc. (elvis, icon of the 50s, was the perfect image of hedonism and care for pubblical image, with catching clothes and accessories) this is evident.
the only goal in a person life was to make a family, buy a new house, get wealthy and full of objects. materialism, hedonism, hope in the future, family, those were the values in western society that finally seen a bright future after the horrors of war.
the 60s were the change, the rebellion. mood of that decade was rebelling to the authority, to don't accept the consumistc society, to explore our inner nature and spiritualism. spread of modern drugs, psychedelia, the new goal was leaving back materialism and experiment new form of life, the dream of previous decade was now contrasted by pop culture (rock and progressive) and was not anymore material but spiritual (the icons of 60's music are usually shabby, long haired and with beard, opposite of previous music trend).
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70s followed the route tracked by 60s, always prefering moral, social and spiritual values over materialist one, less concentrated on the spiritual sphere and more on the social one (peace, equality, love etc.). again anyway, fight against materialism, status quo and "small minded" people.
the 80s were, again, the decade of materialism and hedonism, probably more than the 50s, years more "innocent.
the main difference between them was probably that while the 50s were more innocent and projected to future, 80s were a nihilist version of it.
with the same propension to materialism as a goal in life, 80s the pleasure obtained with drugs, sex and money.
the advent of always more advanced technology in electronic just alimented the wave of materialism in western society.
clothes, luxury cars, money, wall street manager, action movie star with super fit bodies, are the most remembered icons of 80s. successful, pretty and rich people.
colorful, happy, frivolous.
again, 90's are years of "revolt" against society and conformity.
grounge and spread of rave culture spreaded during early 90s. the nihilism of 80s lost all his materialist and ludicrous part and became total lose of hope in the future and in human being, the icons of his time are depressed and just whine about life and society or devote themself to rave and do drugs in an attempt to escape reality and society. even movies start to reflect this new wave of rebellion against status quo.
apart from grunge and rave culture in the US there is the spread of rap in his "first form", a way to protest against society and authority made by lower classes and discriminate race.
there's anger in it, again nihilism, hate.
i don't honestly know how to define 00s, to me they are pretty neutral time, a mix of love for materialism and rebellion, but honestly i don't still understand them.
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2010s, to me, are again a return of materialism and hedonism present in 50s and 80s, that are also the returning trends of last decades, starting from dressing trends (hipster culture take a lot from 50s and also a return to the 80s clothes, leather jacket, high sneakers and stuff like that). again, the icons are successful, fit and rich people, big cars, rap that's now totally converted into pure materialistic and status symbol ostentation, where more used theme are moneys, luxury and women.
resuming it, to me:
50s - materialism, consumism
60s - spiritualism, rebellion
70s - rebellion
80s - consumism, materialism, hedonism
90s - rebellion
00s - hard to define
2010s - consumism, hedonism
this is how i see the last decade, for sure there could be other opinion about them.
imho it's interesting noticing how trend worked during every decade of our society to understand how they could be in future and to see how society, like a person, change and go back on her steps to then change again.
what's your opinion about it?
i know it's a huge WoT, i tried to summarize my ideas about society, i hope it's the right board.
also i don't want to give any quality opinion about any decade or personal goals/values, i'm not trying to say that one decade it's better than other, it's just an impartial view on it
today its all about strippers and feminism
>>914109
you went through all of this crazily huge WoT and this is really the only thing you have to say?
absolute madman
>>913978
2010's all about cynicism m8
70s were objectively the shittiest decade since the Great Depression. Nuclear war looming, the rise of porn industry, crime skyrocketing, drug use rampant. Not to mention the US lost Vietnam, treated their veterans like shit and for a period it legitimately looked like Soviets are going to win the Cold War.
>>913967
>70s
>spiritual values
If you consider pure hedonism in the form of drug abuse, porn and endless fucking "spiritual".
I am by no means an expert. But, in my humble opinion, you've got the decades, and what they were about completely wrong, and over simplified them. But, I have noted that styles and themes move in some sort of cycle. So in that aspect, I think you're spot on.
