tax the rich

I think you are having an argument with yourself right now, these aren't occupy people.

Some people just don't want to participate in a mafia racketeering operation.

Good job. Once the masses of people revoke their consent of this kind of behavior. It becomes far more difficult for them to pull off these thefts in such a profitable and consequence free manner.

When your authority is perceived to be illegitimate, all you're left with is with raw naked power as an option to fund your extortions and brutalities.