But also there was no practical goal to the occupy movement, they literally were having meetings to try to come up with goals to present to media. It was funded apparently by a company from Vancouver, Canada, people were being bussed in and provided tents and sleeping bags, but no indication what to represent. It's not like they were for or against anything, and different groups came up with different things, like bank regulations, we want food and access to bathrooms while we're here, or we're the 99% (whatever action that's supposed to represent).

When I was trying to figure it out I figured follow the money, and I never was able to figure out why a Canadian company was invested and promoting it. Maybe just as PR for themselves locally? *shrugs

Looking at the Wikipedia page on it now, there's nothing really different.