To be free means that you are allowed to screw up, as long as you do no harm to another... people understand that, they have been brainwashed to think we need to abandon these principals in large groups.
"Nobody but a fool or an impostor pretends that he, as an individual, has a right to punish other men for their vices."
"Unless this clear distinction between vices and crimes be made and recognized by the laws, there can be…no such thing as individual right, liberty, or property; no such things as the right of one man to the control of his own person and property."
https://fee.org/articles/vices-are-not-crimes-lysander-spooners-timeless-lesson/