Employees are most likely to file discrimination complaints when the boss lets them go. Termination is humiliating, so when the boss fires us, we want to blame anyone but ourselves. No more goofing off for me. In the old days, the free market forced people to pick themselves up, brush themselves off, and start combing the want ads. Recent disability guidelines illustrate the problem.
Mental illness is, of course, protected under the Americans With Disabilities Act.
The EEOC suggests we consult the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders . Today, they bestow rights against employers, rights that sane people do not have. It's crazy to think that the authors and enforcers of the ADA are concerned with quadriplegics. Just as landlords no longer have an effective legal right to evict non-paying tenants, so employers cannot shop for the best workers. In this subtle form of socialism, nearly everyone has a veto over the free choices of the capital owner.