Any alien race from another planet that located us would have had the technology and ability to dominate us decades ago.
“Any alien race from another planet that located us would have had the technology and ability to dominate us decades ago.”
Agreed—actually they have done so since homo sapiens were created.
Ridicule is one of their tools/weapons.
“would have had the technology and ability to dominate us decades ago.”
Why do you think they “have to” or “want to” dominate us?
Because this is how man thinks? “Got to win”? They are not men... Maybe they have no need or reason to “dominate us” and “win”. Win what?
That entirely discounts the likelihood that getting here is at the limits of the aliens' technology. That part of it is VERY difficult. Far, far more difficult than producing vehicles that can considerably outperform anything we have now.
Consider: If mankind really applied itself, we could in a few years send a few small vehicles to Mars. But, if there were 5 billion feisty Martians, say, at a 1920's technology level, could we subdue or "dominate" them? Not a chance. And that's a tiny journey compared to a visit from even Proxima Centauri.
It's one thing to send a few small vehicles to Mars. It's quite another to send and supply the USS Gerald R. Ford.
"Logistics".