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The "one bad apple" claims always ignore the many many many bad apples that exist (i.imgur.com)
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[–] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 months ago

Marium webster has a good article about the history of the misappropriation of the phrase

https://www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/one-bad-apple-spoil-the-barrel-metaphor-phrase