They held elections and put the people who got majority into positions of power.
Elections are no big deal. Mugabe holds elections, Putin holds elections, hey, even Assad recently held elections.
Old-style colonialism wasn't based on crushing military superiority
Yes, it was. Certainly, it wasn't just military superiority, especially once the colonies were established, and the British, for example, became masters of control through political and financial means as well. However the military strength was the underlying bedrock.
Are you saying that the laws of nature somehow changed over the past century?
Which particular laws of nature do you have in mind?
Elections are no big deal. Mugabe holds elections, Putin holds elections, hey, even Assad recently held elections.
Well, the US forces actually attempted not to rig them.
However the military strength was the underlying bedrock.
Disagree. Military strength was based on a bedrock of competent management.
Are you saying that the laws of nature somehow changed over the past century?
Which particular laws of nature do you have in mind?
Whichever laws you invoked when you said implied that "old-style colonialism won't work in our time" is a reasonable hypothesis.
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