Taking Children Seriously (Check Your Premises)

A semi-frequent criticism of the characters in Atlas Shrugged is that they haven't 'grown out' of the toddler 'tantrum' phase of selfishly wanting things and objecting when they can't get what they want.

Some Objectivists are quick to point out the difference in kind between the 'irrational' behaviour of the toddler and a John Galt type. This is conceding too much ground to the critic. Instead of proclaiming the Objectivist wrong for behaving like a small child, our culture could do with first questioning the unquestioned: whether the actions of the toddler might be RIGHT?

I leave you to work through the implications of this.