Working Humans VS Wild Animals: Who has the Most Freedom?

Hello again, and welcome to the Friday topic: Society. Here, I'll discuss different parts of our society; where it began, how it's moving, and what might become of it. This topic can vary in many different directions, and those directions can sometimes overlap with other topics (which I'm okay with). This topic can be about human rights, religion, government, you name it. As long as it has to do with humanity as a whole - or America since that's where I am. I don't want to pretend like I know what's going on somewhere else in the world. I hardly know what's going on in this part of the world.

Anyway, let's get this day started. Today, I found an interesting question online:

If freedom is simply being able to do what you want, are animals freer than humans?

Interesting question. My gut response is, of course, but can you even say that animals are free? I mean, technically they are, but not in the same idea of the word that we - as Americans at least - know. Animals are free in a way that if a human was the same people would probably call it anarchy, right? I don't know. Let's talk about it.

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Freedom has been a major topic for all human beings. There is this constant fear that the government might decide to stop 'protecting' the citizens or there would be a war and this will send us back to the state of nature as argued by Thomas Hobbes.

After reading about the history of how societies came into existence, it is clear that the history of all hitherto existing society is truly the history of class struggle - as argued by Karl Marx.

There is this constant urge by some power drunk individuals to control humanity. This has been the major reason for wars, slavery and the clamor for freedom. Freedom is vital to human existence. Those in prison understand what it was to be free. This is why many human activists believe that freedom is non-negotiable.

But is freedom the ultimate goal of man? If it is, are those free human beings fully satisfied or have a sense of satisfaction?

If you look at animals living in the forest, they are 'free' considering the fact that they move from one place to another freely. They also eat whatever they want and see. All they do is eat, play, sleep, copulate, birth and this continues in circles. Can this freedom be said to be a true freedom? Or is it actually the truest form of freedom?

As human beings, we need to wake up early in the morning to go to work, and there are laws that determine what is good or bad for us. These laws practically deny us of some freedoms even though these freedoms might be harmful to others.

But animals do not have such constraints. They do things as they please.

Now, if by definition, you agree that freedom is doing what you want at any time, the power to act, speak, or think as you want, then are animals more free than human beings?

I know we are considered rational beings, and at the same time we are superior animals. But what do we mean by freedom when we use the word? Is it different from what they (animals) are enjoying?

What is your view on the topic of discussion? Do you think animals freedom and that of human beings cannot be compared? If you so think, then what is the difference between animal and human freedom.