Crab mentality, Philippines. Embrace it or eliminate it?

Crab mentality should be completely eradicated. It's hard to go up when someone is trying to pull you down. Now you get the drift?

The root cause of crab mentality is Envy. Envy being one of the deadly sins can't be a good thing. I say it has no place in our society and would like to see it and Cheesemiz eliminated forever. In a perfect world that is :)

crab mentality should be eliminated!!!

I work in a place where Filipinos gets angry wwhen you do the extra mile. No kidding. I do extra mile because Filipinos are not brilliant to work. And they impress on you that they are intelligent. Intelligenter than Mexican. Intelligenter than Koreans and Chineses, Japaneses and other Asians. Filipinos bash others for noth speakingese englischtze correctly not the way Filipinos speaks in grammatically correct englischtze. They bash Amerikans for not spelling correctly. Yet Filipinos go to amerika, a place where Filipinos accuse people of not speakengese correctly and spelling is atrocious. So, if you are with Filipinos, don't do extra mile. They cannot understand it. They only understand it from the point of view of management lessons but not practical application. Filipinos are led, commanded and they follow like ducks in the pond. Wonders of all Filipino talk about crab mentality but don't realize they're crabbing just the same. Filipino ignorance is so widespread. Hear this, If you go to public libraries in Amerika you can never find a Filipino. No kidding. I go to libraries almost everyday. In our area alone, it's thick with Philippinos but when you go to library no Filipinios. Why? And they say they are initelligent, yet, they go to Amerika instead of helping their country with their intelligence. "Truth sets you free but not on me" Meaning, just in case Filipinos don't understand that saying which often they quote it: If you tell Filipinos the truth what they are they get mad. So don't tell them the truth.

Sorry but only you knows what the characteristics of crab mentality is. . . . .be more specific. I know crabs for hiding under cover, I also know crabs for gathering objects, being sly, defensive. . . . .is this a Philippine only expression. Please enlighten me and others so that we may be able to answer your query more completely.

eliminate

It's not going to be easily eliminated from the psyche of filipinos and filipinas. Maybe we are stronger individually because of it but look where our country is right now, and compare it to other countries even in Asia. As a country we need to move forward, and this isn't done by individuals who only want to better themselves at the expense of their fellow countrymen. I would want to eliminate it, of course.

Crossing my fingers that it will be eliminated!

crab mentality have been in the Filipino system way back before written history and eliminating it would be a laborious task but nonetheless rewarding. We should start with our children, if we are to eliminate it. let us teach our children to be happy with other people's achievement.