They might have a point, true but freedom is still important and I’d rather live in the West or even in Russia than in Belarus.
Many people think otherwise, true. Some Germans are still missing DDR and that you said is part of reasoning.
I think most Belarussians just ignore Lukashenko, it’s a different culture than here in America. I don’t see it necessarily as a repressive country. In fact, I think Lukashenko and Orban of Hungary have a lot more things in common.