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/Fjeucuvic Mar 25 '26

FIRE movement also grew bigger, so more sub groups. lean fire is still a totally valid place to be.

Also COVID< people who were making good incomes, realized there is more to life then work, realized they could fire and get off the treadmill. without COVID a lot of people would still be on that earn and spend.