Bouazizi&#x27;s fire ended up burning quite a few government officials, even outside of Tunisia.<p>By my count, it started six rebellions, prompted five government reforms, and Libya&#x27;s Qaddafi got brutally murdered in public.  Libya, Syria, and Iraq are still in a state of civil war.<p>So more recently than the late 80s.  As recently as right frickin now.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Arab_Spring" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Arab_Spring</a>