re: All things considered, do you think the 1960s were positive for society?

All of the radical change that occurred during that time was bound to occur. As societies advance and economies modernize, you see racial/sexual equality happen.

At the same time... When social change occurs, there always will be discord/problems associated with people fighting change. There will always be unintended negative consequences.

What happened in the 60's --good and bad-- had to happen as a natural progression of society, so I don't think you can really say it was good or bad for society because there is no stopping social progress.

I hope that made sense.