> How is the "world"?

I have no idea what that means.

> Why does the "world" have that power?

Okay, lets say "the environment". The universe does not care whether you live or die, so why are you so sure that someone will paternalistically care for you?

On what are you basing this viewpoint on?

> Machine owners don't have the power, for example.

That's because the world doesn't care about them either. So why would the world care about you?