Leaderless, homeless, perhaps? Hopeful? Surely.

The list is long, but what Occupy wants is very clear.  The "demands"  all stem from how the economic system that once had some measure of stability and gave most people an opportunity to achieve the basic foundation of what some call the "American dream".  The financial system has been hijacked, people defrauded of their homes, livelihoods and pensions and control now rests with a very small number of people. This is antithetical to the American ideal of freedom.  Occupy wants to restore freedom to the people who no longer serve their country but are enslaved in it.  What Occupy is doing is quite libertarian socialist in certain aspects.  Government cannot be trusted since it is in the pockets of corporations.  So, it works outside of government and corporate structures and connects people with one another as well as taking care of one another.  In that it has been spectacularly successful.

If you find it is like trying to nail jelly to a wall and grasp at straws trying to find  spokesperson(s), perhaps it is like that.  Life is messy and resists being packaged and marketed.  People need to know they do not need to operate alone in struggle with the system that demands more work, offers diminishing rewards and charges increasing prices for goods and services and hangs people in hopeless debt.

People are tired of worshipping the "golden calf" of Wall Street, Bay Street and all the other financial streets around the world and getting nothing in return.  When Occupy offers intangibles of soul restoration, sustenance and hope, it is easy to see why it has taken hold.  People will turn to one another as neighbours and society can be rebuilt.