Well obviously the Indian government could exterminate the entire indigenous population of North Sentinel Island in an afternoon if they decided that was a good

Well obviously the Indian government could exterminate the entire indigenous population of North Sentinel Island in an afternoon if they decided that was a good idea. They don't though because we live in an era of enormous plenty and the resources of the island are relatively modest vs the value of just leaving the place alone as a tourist oddity. Assuming that the resources of the universe are vast, earth will be more valuable as a DNA resource than for gold and slaves. Up until the industrial revolution, the rapidly growing populations of Europe were straining against their resources and were always looking for new gold and slaves plunder to sustain themselves.