I can control my own individuality and my entire existence through pure will alone but individual finite control has its limitations like anything else especially in the presence of the infinite eternal cosmos that is.
What if you place yourself in the brain-in-a-jar situation? Entirely possible - all “external” events are in fact manifestations of an isolated mind creating images that it self-processes. In this case, there IS nothing but your self, and by destroying what hinders you you are merely battling your self, as opposed to integrating fractured impressions, yes?
That really is the true tragedy of our current governments, corporations and other major organizations. We try to be happy by maintaining a status quo, but in truth, that status quo only serves to destroy our dreams and divide people from one another. I personally believe that the rules needed for maintaining a social society can (and therefore should) be taught with the chawkboard rather than the pistol, and many of the rules we have in our own modern societies are flawed and wrong.
People control their own actions (unless they intentionally forfeit that control, which in itself is a sort of control,) but no one controls their entire lives. That level of control is illusory and fake, much advertised, but never realized, and destructive when one attempts to reach it. Because of this, control is not really the best thing to pursue. It may be tempting, but it’s just an impossible, pretty dream, and like all impossible, pretty dreams, is better off being confined to the imaginary fantasies we fabricate for ourselves.