I think that has a large role to play -- every "decade" / time period has had its identifying aesthetic qualities, trends that have been picked up and adopted e

I think that has a large role to play -- every "decade" / time period has had its identifying aesthetic qualities, trends that have been picked up and adopted en masse. Perhaps in the early 2020's the trend is corporatized blandness, the naked skeleton of capitalism showing through skin as thin as profit margins.