There will always be abuse, and right now a staggering amount of it is being committed by governments on a scale humanity has never before seen. Historically speaking at least, governments turn countries into graveyards, not individuals.

An important dynamic to consider is that quality of life always mirrors quality of consciousness. Living under Fiat and government tyranny for so long, and perhaps for the majority of humanity's existence, one should consider the effect that has on the quality of the consciousness of the human race.

At this moment, you have a bunch of inattentive, entitled, poisoned, propagandized adult children running around and in charge. This is an artificial state that could not exist without the government enabling it.

It takes time, and risk, but freedom will ultimately take us to a place where morality is enforced by the laws of nature from the bottom up. Prosperity will allow private charity and good Samaritan protectors to once again claim dominance.

The world would be completely transformed from what you see today, so it is no wonder that it is somewhat difficult to imagine. Just like for many socialists it is so difficult to imagine the mass graves towards which they are heedlessly hurtling.

It's also worth considering the so-called horrors of the Industrial Revolution. Where did the poverty come from that forced so many workers to accept such miserable conditions? I'm not sure that it came from the free market. What about pollution? I'm not sure that government regulations didn't ironically enable monopolies to be protected from the wrath of the customers and those living nearby, much like they do today.

There will always be turbulent times of transition, but compared to a perfect world where consciousness has no reason to develop in the first place because there are no problems to solve, it is not such a dystopia.