Every one has heard the crabs in the bucket story. Most Indigenous people have heard it applied to themselves and their communities. A big ol' bucket of Indian crabs pulling at each other so the other can't move into the suburbs with the mollusks and starfish.
In the words of George Watsky:
"Don't drag each other down, cause being a crab in a bucket is mad lonely.
I really like that quote. It fits society so well today!