Bismillah
as salam alykom
I am not in any way discussing all aspects of their rule.
As for the short duration hajiis turned to consume in the land, take in consideration the development of transportation. In other words, the journey which used to consume 3 months, at that time people had the luxury to take this time off their schedule, now only takes 2 - 4 hours depending on the point of origin. Yet their still poor poeple who go for haj walking from parts of the world like Bangladesh and the like.
Brother /sister, we are not to sit and accuse people specially when it comes to backgrounds. They do have their faults yes, but we can not trash their efforts.
