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veen  ·  1231 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: November 11, 2020

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.