Aristo! Aristo! A la lanterne!

 Somebody penned this on the internet.  If I knew who, I'd gladly give credit.   

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The shopping cart is 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 thing 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 care. Simultaneously, it is not illegal to abandon your shopping cart. Therefore the shopping cart 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 find you or kill you for not returning the shopping cart. You must return the shopping cart 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.

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The household corollaries are the butter dish and the toilet paper roll.  There are no butter police nor toilet paper constabulary. There is only self respect, and the human ability to care about those you live with.

Anyone who would use the last of either, and fail to refill the position is a.... well, best I leave that part unsaid.