Yeah, yet incredibly easy to predict.
"It is part of the general pattern of misguided policy that our country is now geared to an arms economy which was bred in an artificially induced psychosis of war hysteria and nurtured upon an incessant propaganda of fear. While such an economy may produce a sense of seeming prosperity for the moment, it rests on an illusionary foundation of complete unreliability and renders among our political leaders almost a greater fear of peace than is their fear of war."
what are you guys talking about, arms economy? apple has enough cash on hand to buy almost the entire 'industrial complex'. boeing (83 b), general dynamics (46 b), Northrop Grumman (40 b), Lockheed Martin (80 b) - assumes these companies do solely defense work other than selling commercial jet airliners, etc.
if anything, we are living in a phone economy.
Four companies are not "Almost the entire 'industrial complex" sorry. There is also a difference I think, between cash on hand, and total contribution to GDP, local economies, politics, etc.
That's not to downplay phones, or electronic portable devices in general, but they are one of the most ubiquitous non-foodstuff around now.
This also leads to this problem: "Pentagon Tells Congress to Stop Buying Equipment it Doesn't Need" (http://www.military.com/daily-news/2015/01/28/pentagon-tells...)
One may argue whether or not that leads to wars but the mechanism, if demonstrated, surely would not be a simple one.