Harrison Bergeron as a leading indicator

The short story of Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. always bubbles back up whenever the populace sense the return of socialist authoritarians.  Whenever equality of outcomes supersedes equality of opportunity and whenever due process gives way to social justice/mob justice.  

Apparently, the bat signal has gone out.  I haven't seen references to the Bergeron story for 3-4 years.  In the past week, I have seen three allusions to it.  I don't know that it is any sort of leading indicator but it sorts of feels like one.