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I see freedom not as a natural right but as a function of power relationships.
Freedom is an exercise of power. Those with the least power have the least freedom. All our protestations to the contrary have not changed this simple fact very much. Over the centuries, the powerful have been forced to share some small degree of their power with the rest of us. Again, this reflects power relationships, nothing more.
Issues of freedom are really about human psychology and human groups and the distribution of power relationships.
There's more to this, of course - how power struggles devolve into rhetoric, etc. But, in general, what this example illustrates is the exercise of power. That's what makes the world go around. Freedom is often allowed by those in power. Often it is not.
Issues of right and wrong are self-serving...
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