Dennis that would be true in a colonalist form of imperialism, were there was no attempt at state-building. But with the collapse of colonialism in the post WWII period, a new form of imperialism was developed using native elites- creating the system of neo-colonialism. Once again we can see this geo-political evolution by looking at the "Cold"War competition,by the way the "Cold" War itself was a myth- in fact the so-called "Cold" War began at the end of WWI, with the invasion of Russian territory by the Western imperialist and Japan, in support of the "Whites" in the Russian Civil War.
^^^^^ CB: Yeah, the ":Cold " War was hot from imperialism's side, waging hot wars in Korea, Viet Nam, South Africa, Angola, Mozambique, Namibia, Nicaragua, Afghanistan,