A simple but effective intervention by Sebastian Errazuriz has turned these street lines into a signifier for current politics. Errazuriz: “I’m afraid greed is rapidly changing life as we know it; it’s become normal that while home owners are being evicted, banks considered ‘too big to fail’ are shamelessly gambling with citizens money. (…) It’s all spiraling out of control; greed is taking over and people are loosing all sense of proportion and justice.”

Errazuriz hopes others will pick up on his painted dollar signs: “If people feel impotent and cornered by how greed is transforming everything; I invite them to get a brush, a can of paint and go out and change their street lines into Dollar signs. People need to find new ways to remind others of the general discontent. I need to go and mark some Dollar signs on Wall Street…”