Me Decade

Coined by American author and journalist Tom Wolfe in 1976.

the Me Decade

1. (US) The 1970s characterized by a rise of self-indulgence and narcissism in American society.
   • 1986 April 12, R. W. Murray, “One Solution: Neo-Paganism”, in Gay Community News, page 3:

     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.

   • 2001, Bruce J. Schulman, The Seventies: The Great Shift in American culture, Society, and Politics, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 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.

• “Me Decade”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• The "Me" Decade and the Third Great Awakening on Wikipedia.Wikipedia