在很大程度上，阿拉伯之春也是一场反对腐败的家族资本主义的运动，对象不仅是本·阿里家族、穆巴拉克家族和阿萨德家族，还有那些同它们互相依存、互相支持的家族商业帝国。
The Arab Spring has been in large part a movement against corrupt family capitalism, embodied not only in ruling families like the Ben Alis, the Mubaraks, and the Assads, but also in the large family business empires that depended on and supported them.