Like I'm pretty sure the conclusion I had was "oh haha I see your point mr. Vonnegut, too much equality can indeed be a bad thing!"
And I definitely don't remember my teacher suggesting anything about it being viewable as satire of red scare paranoia either
Yeah like this story would be hilarious copypasta on this site but instead it's in the same vein of "1984 wasn't supposed to be an instruction manual!!11!11!!"