Crab mentality

Metaphor about spiteful attitude

Crab mentality, also known as crab theory, crabs in a bucket mentality, or the crab-bucket effect, is a mentality of which people will try and prevent others from gaining a favourable position in something, even if it has no effect on those trying to stop them. It is usually summarized with the phrase "If I can't have it, neither can you".

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