Think of purebred dogs. People want them but they die younger.
Captain Cook felt Hawaiians would have been better off if he never arrived. Polynesians were cannibals-ate brains. They practiced sacrificial killings by rowing across oceans to capture their prey. Commodore Perry opened up Japan, an island nation that couldn’t leave their neighbors alone.
Gunboat diplomacy kept China from coming together as a nation. Let’s not forget the missionaries.
Strength = Peace.