That's not at all what happened. A brutal dictator tried to "unify" Somalia through brutality. He was supported by the U.S.S.R. and later by the U.S.A. Eventually rebel groups, organized along ethnic clans, drove him from power.
There is a functioning indepdendent nation inside Somalia known as Somaliland which was born from this conflict. They are far from perfect with their own levels of brutality. But they are not warlord ruled.
But again, the key point is that Somalia didn't go into chaos because people were seeking self-rule. People sought self rule from the chaos that came from a brutal central government seeking to enforce its will.
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