Imagine if back in December 2010, the Tunisian government — then headed by authoritarian leader Ben Ali — had known what would happen after a humble fruit seller set himself on fire in a public square. The gruesome death of fruit seller Mohamed Bouazizi eventually led to mass demonstrations and Ali fleeing the country. The Tunisian revolution also inspired further protests that would change the Middle East forever during the period that came to be known as the Arab Spring. But what if Tunisia's