The 99% VS 1% you speak of is based on wealth distribution. I'm pretty sure most of the protesters if not all of them would fit into this 99% category.

Honestly, I don't think a lot of them have it "that good" even by international standards. When you're a college graduate with 50k in debt and can't find a job... you're doing 50k worse than the poor African who lives in a mud hut eating insects and veggies he planted. The only real difference they should be thankful is for family, handouts, and government assistance that keeps them alive.

As yetii8 said, protesting isnt about being poor by global standards anyways. As a citizen of a country you should be helping to improve your country and help out your fellow citizens. That's what the protest is about. Changing the government to be less corporate-based and more citizen-based.

If you expect them to have a clear consensus that's crazy. The American political system is very complicated and not easy for the 99% to understand. All they understand is the government has abandoned them for corporations and money. The government works for the 1%. They are the 99% and they want the government to change. That's what they have consensus on and that's enough. They're getting out that idea and letting people all over know they're fed up.

PS: They also do have assemblies 1-2 times a day to discuss what everyone wants. With thousands of people though, they can't agree on everything, that's why the system is so slow. It's not like they aren't trying though, it's not just a bunch of whiny kids. I have a lot of respect for them.