True, but it was not the point I was arguing in my initial post. I was arguing that humans tend to be more of ex-post facto rationalizers (rather than rat-choicers) so it is misleading to their rationalizations of their face value and treat them as a descroption of reality. I was not arguing how hiring decisions are made or how capitalist labor markets operate.
Even in a perfectly socialist system, people will still rationalize away their negative experiences.
wojtek