False . . . scientific models are only estimations of actual behavior. It's our best guess at explaining or recreating what is actually happening out there in the real world . . . as technology improves . . . computations can become more efficient and model capacity can grow to do more.
Colonial rule rested upon violence and coercion in that many colonies were seized with military force; rebellions were regularly suppressed using violence; and forced labor was regularly extracted from the populations of colonies. However, the colonial system also relied on voluntary cooperation.
