Stoicism gets praised as a practical philosophy for modern stress, but I wonder if its core advice—focus only on what you control—actually undermines moral responsibility. When I see injustice that I can't personally fix, does dismissing it as 'outside my control' make me complicit? I've used Stoic techniques to stay calm in chaotic workplaces, yet I also catch myself using the same logic to avoid uncomfortable activism. Maybe the ancient Stoics had a different social context where individual agency was truly limited, but today we have collective power through voting, boycotts, and protests. So is adopting Stoicism as a life philosophy ethically lazy in the 21st century, or is it a necessary shield against burnout?