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hate to feed into american narcissism but aren't we like bankrolling most intentional federations we belong to like NATO and the UN. I know that the only other country paying a proportion equivalent to their representation in NATO is Greece of all places and they do not have the spare scratch to be doing that instead of, say, the UK, France, or Germany
No, you aren't.
Well I don't blame you for not thinking so. I can't find our contribution listed on the actual UN website. It's shown in other places but really weird that it's not of the official UN website. Also, all this is subject to change under our current fucktard-in-chief so I probably shouldn't plan on dying on this hill.
Definitely, look at the NATO contributions for last year though. Not specifically to lionize the US but literally Greece who is suffering financially but still like "nah dog, let's be the only place to pay half more of our expected contribution" and then Poland who quietly started doubling it last year for impending blyat reasons.