Is the Federal Government the Same as the Roman Empire?

The government has become insanely inefficient on the physical infrastructure like a bathroom. Government that built interesting highway system and put a man on the moon is holding a press conference for Opening a bathroom, right? But it's not the same government. It's a government which has a legitimacy and continuity but radically diminished capacity in the sense of state capacity. And I actually you know I don't have an answer as to what to do with giant amounts of wealth and You know beyond one person Because I think they're just giving it to the state and having it thrown into the same wood chipper as everything else Is necessarily the best thing.