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shopping rule theory (media.kbin.run)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 34 points 9 months ago (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 49 points 9 months ago (5 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago

Become ungovernable

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 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.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 23 points 9 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

I think it's a interesting experiment I just thought it was funny how those who don't return were demonized.