One of the biggest problems is people really don't understand how screwed up the banking system in the US really is. And it's not screwed up the way the OWS people think - it's actually a very managed, controlled system that blends government and banks seamlessly by flipping basic human choice (economics) on its head, establishing a godlike figure with supreme monetary authority, and enforcing the state's currency as the ultimate arbiter.
That may sound overstated or verbose, but check this out:
http://pragcap.com/resources/underst...onetary-system
I don't agree with it as the ideal monetary system and I find it very freaking orwellian, but these people have described the US' current system very accurately (with a few exceptions). The notable exception I take with this view of the modern system is that they believe they can actually "drive" the economy with the banking system without crashing it. The history of central planning in general and centrally planning something that involves the whole money supply is a dark one. No human being is just or moral enough to deserve to control the world's money and currency in whatever way they choose, if they are even able (which I dispute).
The US doesn't operate under anywhere near the same system that the EU and everyone else use. We have the first true "fiat" currency, complete with floating exchange rates - everyone else operates under sane, reasonable systems that are still loosely connected to essential reality - i.e. you must come close to balancing your budget or risk debt crises, you must tax to obtain revenues, banks must have enough deposits to cover in case of bank runs, etc.
The US' system is not so. It is entirely experimental (past 40 years experimental, compared to other systems which are still tethered to stuff we have centuries and sometimes millenia of experience with) and most
congressmen don't even realize what makes it different from the rest of the world. That's part of what makes it so dangerous. No one realizes how much power the Fed has since we closed the gold window and began issuing the world's currency. The rules of banking have literally been turned inside out, like a negative image - but somehow people aren't seeing that it's a negative. Once people realize how coercive and subject to human corruption it is, it'll probably be too late to alter it.
If this system were applied globally, the person or people at the helm would literally have the power to control the world. That's what is probably on the horizon, and OWS folks will ultimately support it because it will be sold as an entity subject to complete government regulation. They don't realize it will be virtually identical to the current banking system in the US, where the Government and the Fed work hand in glove.
You see, traditionally, individual human choice always overrides government or management. In time, it always wins - if through lots of blood and sacrifice. People defy management by an outside source intuitively, even if they absolutely desire to obey it. Eventually, systems which oppress or harm the individual at the behest of some "elite" group are overturned - and when that overturning begins, the violence of the system becomes apparent.
As is written in the link provided - "don't question the currency, or else." Countries that have tried to or successfully priced their oil in euros (a challenge to the dollar) have been met with severe hostility or even CIA attempted coups or interference in their countries.
