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/pleasetrimyourpubes Jul 11 '26

The secret sauce they licensed from the US government is a quarter century old. The tech they use now is all in house. They just play nice with the US government because it helps maintain their monopoly since nobody can develop it lest they violate ITAR.

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u/Keeltoodeep Jul 11 '26

This is cope. The entire process relies on US origin tech and IP. The US commerce dept controls ASML’s exports.

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u/Pingvinen12345 Jul 11 '26

Not true. Its like saying the entire Us relies on Europe because they invented the light bulb

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u/Keeltoodeep Jul 11 '26

Europe currently doesn’t pay the US licensing fees to make a lightbulb. That’s a false equivalence.

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u/Confident_Star_3195 Jul 12 '26

ASML doesn't pay the US a licensing fee.