This. Again and again, this.
Ppl want to stay children bc they think it will keep them comfy. Until they learn about the kind of ppl that enjoy ruling over infantilized adults.
Part of being a grown-up is getting over simple, pat, children's book versions of reality (witness the Harry Potter regressives.) There is no Santa, there is only the part where you roll up your sleeves and get it done yourself.
Bible has its own way of explaining this: if good men (olives, figs, and grapevines) won't step up to rule out of selfishness, bad men (thorny brambles) will happily fill the void.
The Parable of the Trees
Once the trees went forth to anoint a king over them, and they said to the olive tree, “Reign over us!”
But the olive tree said to them, “Shall I leave my fatness with which God and men are honored, and go to wave over the trees?”
Then the trees said to the fig tree, “You come, reign over us!”
But the fig tree said to them, “Shall I leave my sweetness and my good fruit, and go to wave over the trees?”
Then the trees said to the vine, “You come, reign over us!”
But the vine said to them, “Shall I leave my new wine, which cheers God and men, and go to wave over the trees?”
Finally all the trees said to the bramble, “You come, reign over us!”
The bramble said to the trees, “If in truth you are anointing me as king over you, come and take refuge in my shade; but if not, may fire come out from the bramble and consume the cedars of Lebanon.” (Judges 9:8-15, NASB)