Its far from role playing. As I said they were putting anarchist principles in practice. You say they need a leader, they showed they did not need a leader.

I did not see them being hijacked by anything but the police force. They had a message, they communicated that message, everyone heard the message. That the people were unwilling to support them more vocally, but instead were successfully divided by the media, was not a failure on the part of occupy, but an example that propaganda is very, very effective against the masses.