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
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.