Haimesian Critique of Stoicism: Virtue as Recursive Causation
Author: Michael Richard Haimes

Core Attack:
Stoicism claims only your inner state is in your control and the outer world is not. But practicing Stoic virtue (wisdom, courage, justice, discipline) changes the outer world — wealth, health, politics, reputation.

So the Stoic boundary between "what I control" and "what I don't" collapses under its own success.

Haimesian Resolution:
Control is not binary. Control is recursive. Inner refinement radiates outward, reshaping conditions, which reshapes the self, and so on.

Therefore:
Stoicism is useful for calm, but incomplete for civilization-building.