Yes...Vonnegut made the futility of forced equality quite clear. Inequality is not a goal to shoot for, but Vonnegut makes it clear that differences are better celebrated than destroyed.

The "Handicapper General" is, in itself, a title that evokes a thought-provoking mental image and the 7 foot tall flying man and woman being shot down in the name of equality is a wide eye-opener.

Vonnegut doesn't fail to omit the fact that the flying man first declares himself emperor after he frees himself from the many weights society has placed upon him. A warning to all those with superior skills and abilities that they should not try to rule others and not react to forced persecution with forced persecution of their own.

All in all a very balanced and complex, yet simple, tale.

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