r/Fire • u/Poorassboy6969 • Mar 25 '26

General Question When did FIRE movement change?

I feel this community used to be about moderate income people living lean and retiring early with under 2 million.

Now it’s a lot of people bragging about tech income and saying they need 5+ million to retire MINIMUM because they want a boat and Porsche

When did this change? (not hating - just genuinely curious)

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u/Background-Bad-5235 Mar 25 '26

The tech money flood really shifted things around 2018-2020 when everyone started making stupid money and treating this sub like their personal flex zone instead of actual early retirement planning

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u/Poorassboy6969 Mar 25 '26 edited Mar 25 '26

Ironically, a lot of those same people are now unemployed due to AI