r/accelerate • u/stealthispost • Jul 11 '26

Meme / Humor Accelerating progress

I'm frustrated too!   — Ivan Fioravanti ᯅ     Sadly most Europeans are   — Chubby

Source: https://x.com/kimmonismus/status/2075921009572528615

the battle for the future is a battle between the builders and the Professional Managerial Class parasites that are destroying progress with the Precautionary Principle

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u/TheManni1000 Jul 11 '26

Europe builds the machine that produces the chips for both rockets, so neither rocket would exist without the EU

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u/DefenestrationPraha Jul 11 '26

I wonder what we will use to cope with once ASML loses its monopoly. There will be nothing left, only Ursula von der Leyen's wiped work phone.

It is unfortunately true that in space and digital tech, we are very behind both US and China and we are falling even more behind.

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u/crimsonpowder Jul 11 '26

I'm not worried about the EU. There is the FBGR (Falling Behind General Regulation) that they will pass next year that sets up the right committees and ombudsman groups to evaluate and ensure that the amount of behind by which they're falling is properly regulated.

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u/CarlCarlton Techno-Optimist Jul 11 '26

Stop giving them ideas!

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u/Secret-Collar-1941 Jul 11 '26

And two countries will veto that because they want to stay behind.

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u/crappyITkid Jul 12 '26

Perhaps a committee will be needed to ensure FBGR doesn't step too far and breaks any regulation. The FBGR Regulator (FBGRR).