Is freedom a right or a desire?

People often mistake freedom as a right that all humans have that enables them to pursue personal happiness.Simplistically speaking, freedom is the attainment of the "thing" that makes you free - free to be. Some might mistake this freedom for money, but what good is that money if happiness is a myth that escapes your realm of existence? Some believe letting go of an unpleasant situation can make you free but what about the consequences of letting go to the point of purging? Are you free of the ties that bind you emotionally, physically, psychologically? What will it take for you to be free? Let us discuss the impact the ideal of freedom has on your happiness. Can we really be happy without attaining that which makes us feel unoppressed.