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Well, for some of them, it is a form of distraction:

See how the current president of Mexico (López Obrador) is making exagerated remarks about the Spanish conquest of Mexico, calling for reparations and asking for an official apology. Why now?

  - Mexico is suffering poverty and a wave of killings related to "narcos".
  - In Mexico there is a European-descendent oligarchy that controls the country.
  - It is a form of keeping the country united and creating an official narrative.

Funny also how López Obrador is white, and descendent of Spaniards. Mustn't he ask for an official apology to himself?

What about the American conquest of Mexico? And the Mexican Empire where the French conquered the country?

On the other hand, it's also the narrative that British and Americans did nothing wrong, so again, it is a form of distraction. Or as Goebbles said "A lie told once remains a lie but a lie told a thousand times becomes the truth".