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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.
The rest of the uk think those people are knuckle dragging cunts.