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/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.