Originally posted by kork13
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It's interesting that the biggest trumpeters are those who live on the least and make everyone else feel like they should live on so much less. Before I used to think that we could live simply. I"ve found that to be untrue. I mean I want more money to retire and live on now. I don't want to live modestly. I will admit I have gotten used to a much to affluent lifestyle and I'd rather have my DH work a few more years than make do with what we have. But I'm pretty sure that on a FIRE group or board I'd be torn apart for saying that. It would be very fast I think I would judged as not frugal enough. but is it fair? Or right? And that righteousness is where the FIRE movement has a problem. It says it's for everyone but in someways it feels like it's only for people who are willing to live modestly.
That being said inherent advantages are present. And it takes generations to get rid of it. My cousin's husband comes from "money". His family had enough money to pay for private boarding high school, private college, wedding, down payment. His grandparents helped his parents the same way. So inherently he had a lot more and will always have more. But can he help his kids? Can his parents really help his children the way his grandparents did and could? I don't think so and that's where the problem will start to crop up.
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