Legal Counsel Samiyuki: So, legally, barely viable humans have way more rights. As a severed head or disembodied consciousness you’re considered a tradeable organ.

That’s not to say you can’t earn enough to purchase yourself, of course! But even then you’re more like the tree that owns itself rather than a viable person. People will play along because they think it’s cute. Read up on tree law if you want to know the whole story.

Warblogger Tomas: Is any truth to the rumor that people sell their body for cash because it was holding them back?

Legal Counsel Samiyuki: I’ve seen the bodies in question and no one is buying what they would be selling.