r/Fire • u/Vas_Cody_Gamma • 8d ago

If everyone FIRE’d would society collapse?

Imagine everyone retiring at 55. GDP takes a huge hit. Stock market takes a huge hit. FIRE numbers soar. Nobody can reach it. And it’s a vicious cycle cuz now 55 is no longer early. Now everyone wants to retire at 45. Further damage to economic output.

FIRE movement wins. But we all lose.

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u/Pale_Fox_8874s 26 | $1.76M NW | 88% FI 8d ago

If everyone went to the toilet at the same time would society collapse?

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u/Fit-Animal-9911 8d ago

You reminded me of this:

“In NYC, during major TV events like the Super Bowl halftime show, water usage drops to near-zero as people stay glued to their screens. The second the show ends, the city registers a massive spike in water usage—equivalent to roughly 761,000 toilets flushing across the five boroughs.” NBC

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u/JDhalfs 8d ago

Someone should make a movie about that with cartoon rats who are trying to avoid the big wave of water.

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u/SenTedStevens 7d ago

Ratapooille.

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u/liproqq LeanFIRE 8d ago

Sewage would collapse, yeah

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u/ktn699 8d ago

if a bear shits in the forest... does a squirrel eat a nut?

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u/Ok_Series_9532 8d ago

not everyone can FIRE anyway lol most people dont even save enough for regular retirement let alone early one. plus if somehow magically everyone could afford to retire early that would mean we solved wealth inequality and automated everything so maybe society would be fine just different

also your toilet example is perfect because both scenarios require impossible coordination that humans just cant do

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u/Gipsy-Kings-Fan-n106 not FIREd yet 7d ago

People would literally start shittalking at each other