Harrison Bergeron (1961)
This story is typically seen as a critique of socialism, but it's more likely that Vonnegut intended it as a critique of <i>critiques</i> of socialism [1]. Vonnegut himself was a socialist [2], and the absurdist tone of the story reinforces this idea.<p>[1] <a href="https://s3.amazonaws.com/arena-attachments/197545/03882696bfa8a19df975946fa70f142c.pdf" rel="nofollow">https://s3.amazonaws.com/arena-attachments/197545/03882696bf...</a><p>[2] <a href="https://tribunemag.co.uk/2021/04/kurt-vonneguts-socialism-from-outer-space" rel="nofollow">https://tribunemag.co.uk/2021/04/kurt-vonneguts-socialism-fr...</a>