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Originally Posted by DoubleF
MMM is much more BS though. He sells early retirement but pulls the wool over people's eyes by ignoring the fact he has a major money making website. He tries to claim all of his success is purely due to his frugality while working and frugality in general.
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I think that most reasonable people can see through that part of MMM's persona and claims.
What MMM (tries to) obscure more regularly though is that his $25K a year living budget (or whatever the number is) does not count or include the value of his work or barters.
For example, he will take his family to Hawaii and not claim it as an expense, rationalizing that it was paid for by doing home improvement for someone on the island. Thus, he's living a much more expensive lifestyle than he is claiming to live, and hoping that his readers don't notice.