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"My son is 11 and wants to work"

"He wants to earn more money than I [want] to pay him"

Well which is it. Would he work for free? No? Then he doesn't want to work, he wants money.

Why didn't I think of this? I should be making up things which I pay him unrealistic amounts of money for in order to teach him that work is about being an extractionist sponge rather than trying to find a way to make a meaningful contribution in exchange for a social/economic reward.

He both wants to work and wants money, like most humans.

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