I don’t think it’s hate for MMM as much as resistance to change, which is natural. Change is a threat to most people and threats produce deeply ingrained responses: flight, fight or freeze. For many people the message they are hearing, which is an uncommon message, is to lower your standard of living so that you eventually you are unemployed prematurely. Thst for many people is terrifying. It’s harder for many people to relate to the concept of sacrificing now for a perpetual flow of cash that gives you freedom. Where are the role models for that? Where is that in the movies or tv? Hell, billionaires still work when none of them have to, so what makes us think this message resonates so easily? I’ve got people I know and trust who love me who, either don’t believe me, don’t want to hear about or I feel uncomfortable discussing with because of what it reveals about their choices and what it would mean for them to change. It’s daunting to put together FIRE plans and stick with them and embarrassing to confront all your bad financial decisions. How many of us were educated on how to manage our finances properly? Few. It’s not taught in schools generally. So people are behaving naturally, the FIRE message is the outlier, which is fine, but naive of us to not understand the resistance and empathize with it. You want to change, everyone come out of the closet regarding FI, shout it to the rooftops and share with everyone. Too scary? Yeah, I get it. This is all scary stuff. Some people overcome the fear, some respond in the ways humans have since they entered the scene: flight, fight or freeze.