This isn’t a problem where I live. I suggest where there is the problem that the people look to places where it is not a problem and do the same thing. This really isn’t unsolvable. Americans have been lived for centuries without goods for sale being under lock and key.
Nor where I live.
1) All cultures are NOT equal. Some cultures are distinctly inferior to other cultures.
2) Elections have consequences.
3) The welfare state has consequences.
4) Some people are incapable of self control.
5) Some people are unfit for self governance.
6) Voting should be much more difficult and much more restricted than it is.