> How can you know that such an impulse is part of some country’s national culture? Singaporean here. I've seen this "crabs in a bucket" mentality since the da

> How can you know that such an impulse is part of some country’s national culture? Singaporean here. I've seen this "crabs in a bucket" mentality since the days of formal education. It's often known as being "kiasu" (afraid of losing to others, in Hokkien dialect) [1] in the 90's. These days, it's sometimes known as the "sinkie pwn sinkie" phenomenon [2]. [1] https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/kiasu-is-oxford-english-dictionarys-word-of-the-day-other-singlish-words-in-the-oed https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/kiasu-is-oxford-engli... [2] http://asingaporeanson.blogspot.com/2015/01/the-sinkie-pwn-sinkie-phenomenon.html http://asingaporeanson.blogspot.com/2015/01/the-sinkie-pwn-s...