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
What an incredibly stupid plot and unimaginably transparent propaganda. Do people fall for this?
that was the point of the story. it's a parody of Randian fiction about commie equalist dystopias.
the humor is a lot more obvious in the actual story than in the wikipedia summary
Oh my god I've only read the first paragraph and I could see a chud writer doing this bit unironically.