In my experience people mostly don't really think about these things too deeply. They see it as an epoch where their country was successful, proud, expanding et

In my experience people mostly don't really think about these things too deeply. They see it as an epoch where their country was successful, proud, expanding etc. They look at this very superficially and don't think about the harm caused. I think this becomes more prevalent the poorer/less significant the country is today compared to their great past. It's the "good old times" phenomenon.