I am not advocating for colonisation, but most of human history has no good track record for the ruled people. Colonisation was able to uproot some very bad soc

I am not advocating for colonisation, but most of human history has no good track record for the ruled people. Colonisation was able to uproot some very bad social evils by fiat which would be just very hard to remove in a democratic society (for good or bad). Colonisation might be a very bad idea maybe even the worst, but when no solution is working and none in sight, people might want to throw anything they can on the table and restart debating all approaches. I think the parent comment has shared their experience which makes them think this idea might be better than status quo in their country.