While religion figures will often try their best to extract money, it’s still “free to play”, and I would say occupies mind rather than body.
I think for-profit healthcare is a better example in this case - literally charging you to keep your body alive (E: though capitalism a whole and its commodification of the things we all need to survive in addition to healthcare like water food and shelter would also qualify).
I’m sure corporations will find a way to make you pay rent for that too.
See: Religion.
It’s been around forever.
While religion figures will often try their best to extract money, it’s still “free to play”, and I would say occupies mind rather than body.
I think for-profit healthcare is a better example in this case - literally charging you to keep your body alive (E: though capitalism a whole and its commodification of the things we all need to survive in addition to healthcare like water food and shelter would also qualify).