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Image: A story in 9 panels.

Panel 1: A drawing of crabs in a bowl.
"If you put crabs in a bowl ... "

Panel 2: One crab is trying to climb out of the bowl.
"And one tries to escape .. "

Panel 3: The other crabs are pulling the escaping crab back down.
"The others pull her down!"

Panels 4 - 9

"This is called 'crab mentality' or 'if I can't have it, you can't too'.

"But ...

"Crabs don't naturally occur in bowls!

"They were put there. In an un-natural state.

"By someone with more power, control and privilege.

"Trauma is not a natural state. So don't judge the oppressed by their resistance. "

Credit: IG StorySellerComics

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