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[–] GraniteM@lemmy.world 11 points 4 months ago (2 children)

The crab bucket effect is when people try to prevent others from escaping a bad situation.

What's the opposite of that, where bad people try to lift each other up in ways such that almost nobody would want any of them to succeed?

[–] Gaspar@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 4 months ago

The Tower of Crabel?

[–] JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

I learnt it as the monkeys in a cage analogy.