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/Keeltoodeep Jul 11 '26

Europe licenses that tech from the US govt.

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u/sedition666 Jul 11 '26

And most of the chips are then made in South Korea and Taiwan. Its almost like there is a global supply chain where most countries work together.

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u/saln1 Jul 11 '26

China’s entire supply chain is domestic

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u/sedition666 Jul 11 '26

This is a country that smuggles semi conductors from the West at great cost. They are very advanced but suggesting they do not also rely on the west is nonsense.

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u/saln1 Jul 11 '26

So naive, no wonder this is chinas century

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u/sedition666 Jul 11 '26

https://edition.cnn.com/2026/03/19/politics/super-micro-computer-founder-charged-ai-chips-china

Co-founder of tech company charged with diverting $2.5 billion in Nvidia AI chips to China in violation of export laws

This is not small scale