Sean<p>During the cold war it used to be there was good dictatorships that were supported by the West/US and bad dictatorships supported by the Soviets, today there's the same norm just with a bit more nuance. <a href="https://liberal.city/tags/Duterte" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Duterte</span></a> is being tried at the <a href="https://liberal.city/tags/ICC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ICC</span></a> for overseeing +10k EJKs, I am certain that <a href="https://liberal.city/tags/Netanyahu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Netanyahu</span></a> will never be arrested and tried for overseeing 5x more in less than 25% of the time that Duterte had to kill his victims because Duterte is <a href="https://liberal.city/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a>'s guy<br><a href="https://liberal.city/tags/FilipinoNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FilipinoNews</span></a> <a href="https://liberal.city/tags/WorldNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WorldNews</span></a> <br><a href="https://asiatimes.com/2025/03/duterte-trial-loaded-with-heavy-geopolitical-implications/#" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">asiatimes.com/2025/03/duterte-</span><span class="invisible">trial-loaded-with-heavy-geopolitical-implications/#</span></a></p>