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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.

[-] Zeshade@lemmy.world 22 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.