The Great Burrito Discourse Isn’t Actually About Burritos

(Photo illustration by Sarah Rogers/The Bulwark | Photos: Getty, Shutterstock)Last week Republican influencers spent a few days fighting over the price of burritos. What happened was this:A TPUSA guy tweeted about how a burrito now costs $20 and this sucks.And then Republicans lost their minds. The reactions broke down into three reasonably distinct groups.America First types agreed that burritos cost too much and blamed either Joe Biden and/or neocons. Pro-Trump True ConservativesTM mocked the entitled snowflakes by explaining that when they were kids they walked to school four miles in the snow, uphill both ways.The Anti-Anti-Trumpers tried to square the circle by insisting that $20 burritos don’t actually exist, but to the extent they might exist, the problem is the societal acceptance