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    The crab will legit only escape and live if it gets enough other crabs under it to reach the rim of the bucket. I guess you’re saying people act like that even when they don’t need to?

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crab_mentality

    The metaphor is derived from anecdotal claims about the behavior of crabs contained in an open bucket: if a crab starts to climb out,[3] it will be pulled back in by the others, ensuring the group's collective demise.[4][5][6]

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