While a lot of your points were valid, this statement is not entirely true. There are many pleasures in life that are free. Friendship. Solitude. Hikes in the park. Even games can be free (or pretty close to it).

I've made checker boards out of woven scraps of construction paper with children, but you could easily do the same by etching a grid in the sand. I've gone to camp fires with colleagues, where we scrounged bits of wood from the bush. Even reading can be free if you share with other people.

The reason why so many things cost is because we think that they're more enjoyable when they're fancy. We get that fine wood chess board with fancy carved pieces. We go out with our friends to enjoy a meal or drinks. We desire our own new copy of that book.

Yes, many things are not just. It is terrible to see people receiving inadequate medical treatment for genetic conditions. I'm horrified by how much tax money is spent on the instruments of war (even in a peaceful country like Canada). Yet the fact that some things cost does not negate the fact that some things are free. We just need to know where to look and have an attitude that permits us to enjoy those pleasures.