“Only a really low IQ population could have taken this beautiful continent, this magnificent American landscape that we inherited. Well actually we stole it from the Mexicans and the Indians, but hey, it was nice when we stole it. Looked pretty good, it was pristine. Paradise. Have you seen it lately? Have you taken a good look at it lately? It’s fucking embarrasing. Only a nation of unenlightened half-wits could have taken this beautiful place, and turned it into what it is today. A shopping mall… They put the mini-malls in between the major malls! In between the mini-malls they put the mini-marts! And in between the mini-marts you’ve got the car lots, gas stations, muffle shops, laundromats, cheap hotels, fast food joints, strip clubs, and dirty bookstores… America, the beautiful! One big transcontinental commercial cesspool!”
— George Carlin: Life Is Worth Losing. (2005)