⌛ First, if you explicitly make it harder or impossible for yourself to do certain things, then others will be more likely to trust you and engage in interactions with you, as they are confident that those things are less likely to happen to them.

⌛ Second, if you personally are being coerced or pressured by another entity, then saying

“I have no power to do this even if I wanted to”

is an important bargaining chip, as it discourages that entity from trying to compel you to do it.