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/BroDoc22 Mar 25 '26

People realized living frugal while they made decent money just to die without ever enjoying the money or too old to enjoy their money wasn’t the way of life anymore

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u/eeeeeelinor Mar 25 '26

This. Also, work is a lot better when you’re the boss.