The Shopping Cart Theory

The Shopping Cart Theory

The shopping cart is the ultimate litmus test for whether a person is capable of self-governing.

To return the shopping cart is an easy, convenient task and one which we all recognize as the correct, appropriate thig to do. To return the shopping cart is objectively right. There are no situations other than dire emergencies in which a person is not able to return their cart.

Simultaneously, it is not illegal to abandon your shopping cart. Therefore the shopping car presents itself as the apex example of whether a person will do what is right without being forced to do it. No one will punish you for not returning the shopping cart, no one will fine you or kill you for not returning the shopping cart.

You must return the shopping out of the goodness of your own heart.

You must return the shopping cart because it is the right thing to do. Because it is correct.

A person who is unable to do this is no better than an animal, an absolute savage who can only be made to do what is right by threatening them with a law and the force that stands behind it. The shopping cart is what determines whether a person is a good or bad member of society.

What are your thoughts on this?

You might not be required to put it back but the person working in retail would really appreciate it so why not try to make someone else’s day easier? It’s about respect for the worker so having that level of respect and consideration for a stranger is what makes you a “good member of society”.

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