you should reconsider your opinion on early retirement. although i'm not sure what you were trying to say there just save money. it's a comparative advantage, because almost everyone spends an incredible amount of money all the time for no reason
I'm not against a proper saving plan, nor against frugality, and I am envious of those who succeed in their early retirement. The part that I don't like is how the collective failure to maintain a proper social security net and reasonable student financing has been individualized and accepted to such a degree, that it has resulted in a movement of blogs idolozing saving percentages so that you can buy your freedom as if we're actually living in a meritocracy. "YOU TOO can escape the serfdom of debt, but only if you're working hard enough at self-inflicted poverty!" My impression of FIRE may he biased and there's good parts in everything, but it's that part that I hate.