The point is: if you were from a culture that was looted, rather than the one which did the looting, would you feel the same as you do now? That it was a net go

The point is: if you were from a culture that was looted, rather than the one which did the looting, would you feel the same as you do now? That it was a net good that the looting had happened so that others might enjoy your priceless heritage as a trophy of conquest?