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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 usually described by the phrase "if I can't have it, neither can you". The metaphor is derived from anecdotal claims about the behavior of crabs contained in a open bucket: if a crab starts to climb out, it will be pulled back in by the others, ensuring the group's collective dem... Wikipedia