Lately there’s a scene I keep replaying in my head, and it puts a particular smile on my face: the marketing-AI-crypto-passive-income gurus fleeing Dubai and finally slinking back onto Italian soil.
Completely oblivious to geopolitics, these people spent years lecturing us about how Dubai was the promised land — laptop open, skyline in the background, €80 brunches, and motivational videos in the vein of I moved here and finally understood everything, while you peasants rot in your Italian-mentality prison.
Apparently, the courses they were hawking didn’t include a module on what to do when geopolitics decides to join the conversation. Poor lambs.
So now I picture them stepping off the plane — webinar smile intact, faces just slightly drawn from the flight — and a few steps past the “Welcome to Italy” sign, noticing with barely concealed horror a second sign: “Guardia di Finanza.” A cluster of tax police officers waiting for them, grinning.
What’s wrong, bros? Is the mindset suddenly wobbling? Do you pitch it as “just a strategic homecoming — we’re pivoting” when they ask if you have anything to declare?
I’m genuinely curious. Do you think these repatriates will actually build a real business — given how talented they claim to be, and given that they’ll be stuck here for a while — or will they be selling a new course within two weeks on how to “keep your vibe high when karma sends you the back taxes on years of tax evasion?”
I’m waiting for your most delightfully wicked comments.