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Sure. Just like how we all villainise Rome, the British empire, the Khanates, and other violent militaristic cultures of conquest... and, of course, no one would look back fondly on governments that enacted policies of hate and murdered their citizens and others... Oh, wait... /s
we absolutely do villainize the british empire wtf are you talking about. it's only really second to the us fascist empire.
A certain subset of people do. There are still lots of Brits who not only don't hate the idea of empire but think it should come back. There are even people in the former British colonies that romanticise that history. There are people now, and will continue to be, who look at the history of empires, conquerors, and tyrants, and cheer for the 'great men of history.' Maybe one day that might change, but it's going to be a while, if ever.
that doesn't make the us empire any less villainous
The point was not that empire is not villainous, simply that the 'history will not be kind to' sentiment is mostly pointless ressentiment. All it does is mollify the slave with the pretense they will get their reward after death and the oppressor will get their punishment. The empire does not care. The ones that care about history will write the history they want the world to remember after their death and live the life of the wealthy conqueror until they do.
i get what you mean now, you are right.
The rest of the uk think those people are knuckle dragging cunts.
I mean, people look back fondly on the Nazis. It just makes them shitty people.