Mccoy the America you describe does not at all resemble what i see. The difficulty with your assessment is it ignores the sufferings most Americans face. And it centers on the success and money machine of the rich 🤑 who really have no regard for those in lower economic strata.
Of course, Steve, my description is very simplified, also I'm not living out there, I only receive indirect recounts from people living there, recounts which must at times be filtered.
Re. the rich: the issue si complex, I can see that some of them are stingy and just money-obsessed, in a pathological way. Others are more balanced and generous.
The really rich ones though usually provide jobs and wealth with their business ideas. A perfect society should welcome rich people and businessmen but have no poor people. Such societies are very rare, a couple of examples I know are Sweden and Luxemburg.
Italy is not like that, Italy has presently too many poor people.
Re. the Roman empire, it was a society which developed right in the middle of the Kali Yuga. Are you referring to that in light of Mr. Musk's recent declared obsession on it?