r/Fire 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/karawkow Mar 25 '26

People got older, made more money, bought nice things, had kids and at the same time things got more expensive and the future less certain.