So far we've got jazz, advertising, bourbon, truck nutz, and the ability to consume endless amounts of cheap plastic crap without regard for anything, provided we can pay for it. I'm not so sure 2, 4, or 5 actually belong in the "good things" category, but we'll let them stand to enlarge the sample. Not exactly a ringing endorsement of social life in 21st century America. Even Kojak lays on the hates when given the opportunity. Why wouldn't someone just seek a better life elsewhere, like the immigrants crossing our borders?