I think you're missing a key distinction. My clients, wouldn't begrudge me a vacation. They would however, be quite offended if my autos-responder told them their message has been deleted. Quite frankly, it comes off as rude. You wouldn't forgive 'BigCorp' for replying to you this way, why should a small business be any different?
As a developer, my decade long honeymoon with OSX may be waning. On the other hand there is still nothing that comes close to OSX for my nontechnical friends. And no... they cannot use Ubuntu. (I have scientifically-worthless empirical evidence)
The problem is these demands are being retroactively refined by every special interest group along the spectrum.
What do the people on the ground really want? And who are they going to take it from, to get it?
Actual demands I've heard from the group range from the whimsical: 100% free tuition, ending all foreclosures, and ending the fed. To the more sensible: lowering rates on tuition loans, long-term mortgage restructuring (to keep people in their homes), and reapplying Glass-Steigal.
Without cohesive and unified demands, I don't see how this 'movement' will achieve anything more than noise. Surely even 'occupiers' have jobs to attend? (Did I just say, "let them eat cake"?)
Regional undo/redo is a close second.