“...but it wasn’t like someone would be harmed if they
couldn’t get a new microwave or television....”
This mentality is why it happened.
In the event of a major war, the USA would need those industries to convert from civilian to military production, like WW2.
That’s the harm.
No, it’s just addressing the reality of what took place.
That doesn’t mean I supported what did happen.
Look, tech items are not the same as medical items.
That trade should not have taken place, because it was going
to finance a brutal Communist regime that had its sights on
replacing the US as the global hegemon.