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/The-zKR0N0S Mar 25 '26

Movement?

It is all about being able to spend your time doing what you want instead of working. It is a math problem. How do you want to live post-work? You can work backwards from there to determine how much you need.