No, we can't entirely discount free will but you seem particularly eager to discount the Force. And, you're right, your aims and my aims are diametrically opposed to the Light Side of the Force. One might even say that they're philosophically opposed to the Dark Side, once we factor in the Dark Side's love of chaos and our attempt at opposing order. The point is, though, that you won't become Em- Supreme Commander of the galaxy or whatever title the Supreme Leader sees fit to give you without harnessing the Dark Side of the Force, without harnessing me, without respecting the Dark Side of the Force and without respecting me.
I've read the rest of it, by the way, and I think I see your thesis. Control language, control thought.