maybe but Rome was not a market economy in many key ways either
Also Roman military planning is not comparable to US military planning as it was important to the Romans that they won wars while the US doesn't care either way. The Romans fought wars in order to enslave and loot the populace while the Americans largely fight wars as a means to give major weapons companies handouts
Yeah, it had elements of subsistence farming and kind of proto-feudal economy with colonatus and similar shit, but proto-capitalist elements were very limited (and ironically they were mostly around slavery and military).
Americans also use their wars as means to keep in line states who might think to resist American dominance. The very destruction American army inflicts is the point - to be wielded as a threat.
You can use the same logic to argue that USA is a planned economy. Military planning and taxes != planned economy.
maybe but Rome was not a market economy in many key ways either
Also Roman military planning is not comparable to US military planning as it was important to the Romans that they won wars while the US doesn't care either way. The Romans fought wars in order to enslave and loot the populace while the Americans largely fight wars as a means to give major weapons companies handouts
Yeah, it had elements of subsistence farming and kind of proto-feudal economy with colonatus and similar shit, but proto-capitalist elements were very limited (and ironically they were mostly around slavery and military).
Americans also use their wars as means to keep in line states who might think to resist American dominance. The very destruction American army inflicts is the point - to be wielded as a threat.