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Categories: Crabs in culture, Competition, Non-cooperative games, Cultural anthropology, Social psychology concepts
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crab mentality  Bucket of crabs  Crab-bucket syndrome  Crab bucket  Crab Effect
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Crab mentality, also known as crab theory, crabs in a bucket mentality, or the crab-bucket effect, is a way of thinking best described by the phrase "if I can't have it, neither can you". Wikipedia
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Crab mentality, also known as crab theory, crabs in a bucket mentality, or the crab-bucket effect, is a way of thinking best described by the phrase "if I can't have it, neither can you". Wikipedia
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A way of thinking best described by the phrase "if I can't have it, neither can you." The metaphor refers to a pot of crabs in which one tries to escape over the side, but is relentlessly pulled down by the others in the pot. Wiktionary
If I can't have it neither can you. Wiktionary (translation)
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Bucket of crabs, Crab-bucket syndrome, Crab bucket, Crab Effect, Crab in a bucket Syndrome, Crabs in a barrel, Crabs in the bucket, Crab–bucket syndrome

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