Don’t paint with such a wide brush.
Not every “community” in America is having this problem.
I live in North Idaho, one of the most conservative and honest, family-oriented areas in the country. Our Ace Hardware store had an open side door to their little garden center. You could walk out the side door, through the garden center, and exit the front to the parking lot. So it was basically an honor system.
A big “Shoplifters will be prosecuted” sign went up a few months ago at the register. Even here, a sticky fingered cretin walked out with a $700 tool via the open, unguarded garden center door. The cops won’t respond under $1,000 in theft. I was absolutely shocked to see that happen here.
So yes, even the best communities in the country are having these problems.