This week's theme: the 1970s

by rusoved
sunagainstgold

Who picks a color palette for an "era"? Like, Pantone has its color of the year. But when you think of the 1970s, you think very specifically of certain colors and prints and carpet types for a loosely defined "decade" or other era benchmark.

Who picks that? Is it only visible in retrospect?

rusoved

Previously

Current: the 1970s

Upcoming: Arabia

In the hole: Material Culture

TroopersSon

How much was Pinochet's regime a test case for neo-liberalism? Was there any countries that tried if before Chile? Is it true that it was a direct influence on Thatcher and Regan's economics plans?