One of the persistent charges against God is that he should have been able to design a better system. That is, one of the charges against God is that he must somehow ought to have been able to design a system in which people do not suffer. The arguments over that proposition have gone on for centuries. So, look at the comic above and see the way in which the author defines free will. Notice that free will implies consequences, and that those consequences can be good, neutral, or bad. But, the comic above also clearly points out that we are responsible for our choices. The above does not answer every objection to God that is found by those who charge that the evil in the world is a strike against God, but it does point us to what is called the Free Will defense of God.
A better, and quite short, explanation is found in the video below. Father Orthoduck thinks you will enjoy it.
Have you ever read Luther’s The Bondage of the Will?
Only parts of it, never the full writing.