21 sats \ 2 replies \ @0371279ce5 16h \ on: Do you OWN your name ? AskSN
Depends on what you're calling your name.
If you mean your "legal identity" - of course not. The State owns the "person" created at your birth, hence why it's stamped with the name of that state. That "person" is a tool used to operate within the "system" of the United States, hence why you must use "your" name when applying to anything and everything. There's no way, outside of you acting like that name and using it everywhere, to attach a birth certificate or any other identifying information to a human being. In a way, you're acting as surety for that identity. It didn't used to be this way.
It is also possible to change your identity. It's called "Paper Tripping" and I recommend everyone read the Paper Trip series which can be purchased through Eden Press.
Outside of that, a name is just an appelation. I can call myself whatever I want. It doesn't mean I own the sounds used in the creation of that appelation.
Very close to the final answer. You are a good candidate for the bounty.
I can call myself whatever I want
I like that, good point.
Let's say you want to take ownership of that given name, from the govID. To be yours, to prove it is your property. Do you know how you can do that and show to any gov that you, the living man, are the owner of that corporation name ?
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I don't want to be the owner. I know someone who protected himself from prosecution for growing marijuana, surrounded by others doing the same, and he is the only one that avoided it by showing that he is not owner of the name and merely "uses" it within their system. It is "their" name and "their" identity, given to him at birth, to use.
It was not easy to prove, but he did it.
Much like I may use/drive a car, that does not make me a car. I also may "use" a name, but that does not mean that I am that name.
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