Again, as an Irishman we felt the wrath of colonial Britain, so I am the descendant of the victims and it does skew our national psyche I guess, but that only drives me to aid the oppressed, not disregard them because my ancestors had a rough time. If British people, many of whom I count as friends, show empathy for our past and the resulting madness we might display I see that as progress, not hypocrisy.Has nothing to do with finding the dead perpetrators. The US and UK still exist as entities. You just fundamentally grasp how reparations work and who might be responsible for them. We can definitely do something about the past. Reparations have been paid before to various groups.
And yes, it's worth our while to financially right the wrongs of the past. Go ask the descendants of those victims.