"china outsourcing"
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Mark Koernke drew parallels between the 1970s economic depression and current events, arguing that both periods involved deliberate crises to distract Americans from domestic problems. He discussed how the Vietnam War, oil crisis, and Iran hostage crisis were used as distractions while jobs were outsourced to China and technology was transferred to communist nations. Koernke detailed how General Motors and Ford sent axle plants to China during the Cold War, and how fusion energy research at KMS Fusion in Michigan was deliberately killed through government bureaucratic interference after showing promise in the late 1970s. He emphasized patterns of repeated manipulation across decades and warned about potential future conflicts with Iran.