Zohran Mamdani: “Our counterpart in [inequality] is Panama in terms of the…”

“But if we compare ourselves, for example, to Berlin and Madrid, we find, in fact, that we have 80% higher levels of inequality. If we speak honestly about the levels of inequality in this city, we know that Our counterpart in [inequality] is Panama in terms of the levels within that society. And when we look at this city, and we correctly describe it as the most expensive city in the United States of America, we do so knowing that when we …” (22:27–22:33)

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