Going by that the answer is that Authoritarians will all double down to the point of seeking out authoritarian buffer states because now they believe that the democratic world is either conspiring to get them or a motivator to their people to kill them just by existing at all.
That’s basically what happened to Ghadaffi
Going by that the answer is that Authoritarians will all double down to the point of seeking out authoritarian buffer states because now they believe that the democratic world is either conspiring to get them or a motivator to their people to kill them just by existing at all.