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Young people aren’t just broke. They’re forced to buy what used to be free.

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Last month, a viral X debate erupted among conservatives after Turning Point USA’s Andrew Kolvet shared a college student’s complaint that “a burrito shouldn’t cost $20,” prompting other conservatives to argue that the exorbitant price had more to do with poor spending habits than inflation alone. While somewhat silly at face value, “burritogate,” says BlazeTV host Auron MacIntyre, reveals a contentious divide in conservative America over the nation’s affordability crisis. But while people are getting riled up debating charts and graphs, they’re missing a kind of loss that is much harder to quantify, he says. On this episode of “The Auron MacIntyre Show,” Auron sits down with British author Johann Kurtz to discuss the social currency they believe is at the heart of America’s cost-of-living crisis. Kurtz says it’s true that official numbers make young people look richer because goods like technologies, toys, cheap food, travel, and apps have gotten less expensive. But at the same time,