Honest question, if the sanctions are causing misery and the people basically have to choose between death and poverty, will it not just cause more resentment?

Honest question, if the sanctions are causing misery and the people basically have to choose between death and poverty, will it not just cause more resentment? Wouldn't the people eventually become so angry at the Western World that they support Nuclear proliferation for, at best, defense/power and, at worst, revenge?