There's a very big difference between a group whining that it has to pay a few taxes and a group that is upset by the massive concentration of wealth and power in private corporate hands.
But yeah, I'm sad to say that OWS didn't make a whole lot of difference. For once, I actually do think the media is to blame. They made the conversation about trying to prove that OWS didn't have a message, when they clearly did. And so that message didn't get out. OWS had a lot of good things to say, but no one listened. And as a result, there's still plenty of profiteering and warmongering, still plenty of jobs being shipped overseas, still the legal ability by corporations to bribe elected leaders with campaign contributions, still massive transfer of wealth from the middle class to the upper class, and still a shrinking middle class and a growing lower class. But no, it's very important that the old white people who wear teabags on their hats stop paying taxes so the next generation can't go to school.
Yes, it's much easier to be a selfish prick and already be comfortable than it is to have almost nothing, and work to actually make this a better country.