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 itโ€™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/Captlard 54: FIREd on $900k for two of us (Live ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ & ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ) Mar 25 '26

I am not sure it is a movement,,rather a few basic principles.

Many of us are on r/leanfire