The negatives of the 60s

I noted the positives about the 60s in this earlier post. Here are the negatives and to which I also fell prey, at least for a while. Not only questioning authority but dismissing it altogether. All authorities were corrupt and to be shunned. Hence there was no desire to participate in overall society whatsoever, as it too was corrupt beyond repair. That's the dropping out part, just hanging out with other stoners in a counter-culture, being lazy, hedonistic, living completely in the now with no care about any future. Many of us dropped off the grid altogether, quit paying taxes, got involved in criminal behavior to make ends meet. Drug addiction was rampant, as was selfishness and the abandonment of family ties or social responsibility. We somehow thought that our rebellion in itself would change society, and of course it didn't. We not only abandoned mores of sexual monogamy but had promiscuous sex with just about anyone and transmitted STDs with recklessness.