thats not a correct analogue "child shouldn't threaten the parent". It should be "don't bite the person who feeds you"
Self important dictators always seem to overreach.
Unfortunately, a lot of people will suffer and perhaps die before they are brought down and not all of them will be the poor manipulated masses in their own countries.
I always shudder at the video of the destruction in these places after the strong men take power. It is such a waste.