What is crab mentality?

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Crab Mentality

Crab Mentality describes a way of thinking best described by the phrase...."if i can't have it, neither can you". It's a metaphor refering to a pot of crabs in which one of them tries to escape and instead is pulled down by the rest of them.

I'm not sure what it means....but i'm guessing that it has to do with the fact that if you're in a situation.... don't try to squeeze your way out of it.... 'cause everyone else will just pull you back into the problem but even deeper than before!

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