Homesteading Wall Street

I am eagerly following news of the current Occupy Wall Street protests in NYC. What attracts me to the energy are the mix of protests and the general lacking of any central organized body. I wish more news outlets would readily acknowledge how patriotic those participants are. But of course, numbers are downplayed, and the movement is freely mocked. But why?
I believe that as fast as the ordeal is growing and spreading, that any attempt to organize it should be fought. Because, there is a laundry list of things to protest against, yes. But more importantly, that this is a grassroots movement, and any attempt to provide a central body may well allow some other party to take more than their fair share of credit. Now that unions are involving themselves, I would not be surprised to see certain news agencies describe Occupy Wall Street as a union initiative. The same goes for any political party, from Green to Libertarian to Tea. This is clearly the People's voice in full effect, and the multitudes should not be narrowed down whatsoever, lest any single issue thusly voiced be neglected and lost in the shuffle along the way. It all reminds me of those classic lines from The Wild One-

"What are you rebelling against?"

"What have you got?"

Of course, I have realistically low expectations here. Just as how 700 protesters were arrested (despite numerous reports that they were herded onto the bridge by authorities), and now with reports that Mayor Bloomberg is looking for ways to cut law enforcement costs by pulling the curtain on the entire show prematurely- we should absolutely be forewarned. What confounds the media and powers that be the most is that in truth, Occupy Wall Street has generally been a peaceful protest. As such, the Brooklyn Bridge arrests might serve as omen of further upcoming violations of our constitutional Freedom Of Assembly.

A few years prior to his essay Civil Disobedience, Henry David Thoreau denounced the then brutal (and completely unprovoked) war with Mexico, refusing to pay his Massachusetts poll tax and was so arrested. There is a great story that Ralph Waldo Emerson (himself also opposed to the war but seeing protest as futile) visited his jailbird pal Thoreau. Emerson asked- "What are you doing in there?" Thoreau replied- "What are you doing out there?"

Obviously, the thousands of persons who are actively participating in NYC's Occupy Wall Street have reasons for unrest. Our society is falling apart. What should a taxpayer do if he or she no longer has a leader? No longer has a government focused on dealing with their grievances, but rather instead proudly serving plutocratic big business at the full expense of the working class citizenry? Of course class war is indeed a part of this, and the persons most offended by this, as usual, are the ones with something to lose. Clearly though, economic distress is our biggest societal bane right now, and the singular cause for this is the greed of a handful of persons. This goes for the whole world too, from cause to effect.
The US Treasury Department even has a "donate now" button. But we are not in the middle of an economic depression. Right.
And I am not homeless and unemployed right now. Right.