I can see several "reasons" for the occupation. First they are meant to throw blame to Wall Street away from the Obama Administration. He is the one who started class warfare and anger at corporations.
These protests are modeled after the Arab Spring, meaning they plan to overthrow capitalism judging from the location they chose. They are trying to dilute the Tea Party by working on getting them to join the occupation, believe it or not.
They hate business', that's it. Let them protest against Evil Corporations while they listen to their IPods, take pictures with their Nikon camera, call their hippie friends on their Samsung cell phone, then update their FaceBook status, while wearing their Nike hat, Nike shoes, shirt from Lands End, Lee jeans and their Eddie Bauer backpack. Oh, I almost forgot....they're all downing a $5 Starbucks latte too.
Those Evil Evil Corporations! I AM the 53%. The 53% of Americans that pay taxes for the other 47% who actually think it's ok to live off the taxpayers ALL their lives.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.