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I'm pretty sure this is actually talking about the lack of motivation for activities that are done "because I said so" for children, or "because that's how things are done" for adults.
I’m probably autistic to some degree. I’m definitely someone who always rejected “because I said so” and that’s all my parents ever seemed to want to say to me. Just a lifelong struggle of people refusing to explain things.
inertia. inertia of habits. no reason, no argument, just inertia. dead, lifeless, uninspiring inertia.
I could certainly see that. If I were asked to explain why I wanted a child to do something, I would explain to them in a way they understand it. Otherwise, "because I said so" invites arguments and pushback from the child.