How long the democratic nations of Europe permit an autocratic regime in their bosom is an open question…if I was Belarus I’d keep my fucking head down.
The thing about a destabilised world order is that it works both ways.
Which is a good thing, War rarely turns out well.
An appropiate reaction would be to stop overflights of Belarus - which both eliminates the risk of Belarus forcing down civilian planes, and reduces Belarussian income
Not to mention that Russia is no doing very well themselves.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/16/eu-hungary-vet...
Belarus is probably as autocratic as Russia. Hungary significantly less so. Poland is significantly less autocratic than Hungary.
As a Pole, I don't support the current Polish government, but putting Belarus, Hungary, and Poland into one basket simply feels wrong.
Maybe it took 30 years to become obvious to you but at least you got it - sadly that happened only when you ended being on a receiving end.
There have been autocratic regimes in the region throughout recorded history. It's the "democratic nations of Europe" bit which is novel. I guess gentle pressure will be applied and hopefully when Lukashenko and Putin die or otherwise go we'll get someone more reasonable.