[dntbnmpls]

Apparently only when china does it. Imagine the hypocritical hysteria if this was about the chinese government. Not just from the social media propagandists but also our elected leaders - many of them in congress supporting this "aid".

The internet was a government project. Silicon Valley is a government creation. The internet nor silicon valley exists without government funding. Government investment can be a good thing as long as they allow space for the private sector.

The EU should also look into subsidizing their tech stack ( hardware and software ) like they did with Airbus. Hopefully india will follow soon after and eventually ASEAN and africa. The more competition and diversity of options, the better.

[ThrowawayR2]

Uh, what? China is already making state investments in domestic chip fabrication; it was in the news recently and even discussed on HN.

https://www.reuters.com/article/china-semiconductor-smic/chi...

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/06/04/china-ramps-up-own-semicondu...