Slop.

• Spending time with friends costs me petrol or bus fare, both are extortionate.
• Reading books I want to read costs money to.. buy said books. Libraries are an option but see travel costs above.
• Watching films costs money unless you have the education, money, and ability to not worry about cops enough to pirate.
• Listening to music, see above.
• Cooking can be cheap, but requires knowhow and energy that most over-worked people don't have. And experimenting to learn can be costly if you ruin tonight's dinner. It also benefits significantly from a bit of money for tools/quality ingredients.

I do sort of agree with your take here. But as someone who really did live penny-to-penny for the first 20 years of my life, there many times I wanted to do all these things you suggest are "free or cheap", and could not afford it. I literally couldn't afford to spend time with friends (nor go out and make friends) most weeks, because they.. weren't in walkable distance.

So I kind of object to the idea that these things AREN'T a privilege, given that I have literally previously been too poor to do them. They all can cost substantial money.