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The "bad apple" metaphor is quite appropriate. One bad apple will release ethylene and cause the other apples to rot away. If you don't actively route out the bad apples, and dilleigently remove them from the bunch, then all of them will go bad. It's worth removing any hint of rot on mostly good apples to protect the rest. If a bad apple was allowed to rot among the bunch, you need to check every other apple for rot, because one bad apple absolutely will spoil the whole bunch.
You are correct. That is the original meaning of the metaphor. Spoiling is not a reversible state.
The point was that you cannot remove the bad apple without it already having affected the other apples. That metaphor is simply weeding the garden.
Sounds so easy! Why aren't we doing it then?
Because the apples, all rotten, are in command.
Doing what? Discarding the whole bunch or weeding the garden?
Sounds like an expensive, time consuming process. Why would we do all that? Do you know anyone who does all that? Your solution can not be sold to the public, they will just continue to do what they have always done and nothing will change.
And your solution is bitch and whine on Lemmy, how's that working for you
I was about to respond but your profile shows a history of low-effort trolling and noisemaking. I'm sorry but you haven't worked hard enough to learn what my plan is. Good riddance to you. 👋