The British empire is still Viking-levels of awesome among people who like naval stories (e.g. Patrick O'Brian) or the late-19th, early-20th century era of expl

The British empire is still Viking-levels of awesome among people who like naval stories (e.g. Patrick O'Brian) or the late-19th, early-20th century era of exploration. It's just that the atrocities that come with empire building are recent enough in the case of the British Empire to still have emotional attachment among descendants of the victims. Outside of a place like HN which has a huge South Asian readership, I think the British Empire is still viewed to be a mix of good and bad by most people in the algosphere, and not outright vile.