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Nothing is "free" just because it doesn't cost money. Money is, essentially, a representation of our time and effort, and making a living out in nature takes a lot of time and effort.
No, that is literally a definition of free - not costing or having to be paid for.
The whole world doesn't resolve around money, you can do work for free without exchanging currency. That is not mutually exclusive.
Time and effort are costs.
You use divergent definitions of "cost".
The quote specificately says money. Money is a form of measuring exchange value.
You're talking about "use value" which is not what OP is talking about. No one is talking about ptopia, where figs and wine bust spontaneously fall into our mouths. Stop strawmanning.
You can read up on the distinction here.