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submitted 10 months ago by spujb@lemmy.cafe to c/196

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[-] WorldwideCommunity@lemm.ee 34 points 10 months ago

The shopping cart theory, as written here, starts as a litmus test for whether a person is capable of self governing and descends into two paths:

If you do return the cart you are doing it out of the goodness of your heart and because it is correct; and
If you don't you are no better than an animal, a savage, who does what is right only because there is a law in place or you are forced to.

Self-governance: Are you a good person or a monster? There is no middle ground.

[-] spujb@lemmy.cafe 49 points 10 months ago

WRONG there is a third option where i take the cart home and eat it with my teeth 😬

[-] Knightfox@lemmy.one 10 points 10 months ago

Become ungovernable

[-] Simulation6@sopuli.xyz 9 points 10 months ago

Or, when people live within walking distance of the store, take the cart home, unload your groceries and then leave the cart by the street.

[-] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago

good way to get your teeth stronger for the "eat the rich" movement

[-] licherally@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Fourth option: I filled the cart with groceries, it is now my home.

[-] Zeshade@lemmy.world 23 points 10 months ago

So you are criticising the over simplification presented here and I agree with you.

I would however point out that although I also don't like the binary aspect of their blurb, I find that I would quite agree with their final sentence. I don't think the test shows whether we are a good or a bad person, but it does say something about a person's ability to fit in a society.