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Financial risks in 2026
I asked the banker who is my reference at the bank something like this:
Give that we are talking about the consequences of the tantrum of a fascist foreign government, what happened to them (who are also people close and dear to me), in some future can very well happen to me.
Suddenly my risk profile shot up under the roof.
What do you suggest me to do? Should I find a trusted source of gold bullions to bury under the cellar at home?
The answer was something like this:
Sadly YES, given that the USA have a sort of financial monopoly they can entitle themselves to arbitrarily define a person/organization as a terrorist without any trial or judicial course, and as a consequence apply sanctions that cannot be effectively counteracted, not even abroad.
I didn't have this in my 2026 bingo card, but here we are.
For more details, see:
- the A/I press release under "12. Banca Etica: the sanction also affected an Italian bank account"
- the public statement from the bank (in Italian)
For some broader context on this kind of actions from the USA, see also:
Migrating away from .org/.net/.com domains
After having witnessed how easy it is for good people to lose a .org domain
over a fascist tantrum (you can follow the Autistici/Inventati story
here and
here), I've started moving all my infrastructure to
differently managed TLDs.
enricozini.org and enricozini.com will keep being functional for the time
being, as dropping a domain makes it available for squatting and impersonation.
These new domains are now online, with working web and emails:
- enricozini.eu
- ezini.eu
- ezini.it (probably equally subject to fascist tantrums these days)
It will take ages to migrate countless accounts that are tied to my primary email address, so better start early.
Waiting to see what will happen with .meow domains, which I supported despite not identifying as a cat.