Yeah, that's true. There's definitely at least some furry groups who proudly state they're communists, and lots of more obvious signs. The Soviet Bear thing is just a lot funnier than most of those. One of my favourite things people do with "bears are sexy" and the commie bear thing, is when people draw a grizzly bear and a panda bear snuggling, kissing, or ...more intimate, as it were, and bemoan the Sino-Soviet Split.

(Sometimes I wish I was a stereotypical Soviet Bear. Not the sexy one these guys draw, just big and hug shaped and fuzzy with a set of bear ears. But I'm not a furry, I swear. More like a more mainstream "catgirl"/"puppygirl" type thing, just... a grizzly bear. Most of the time I literally just want the ears and otherwise to look completely normal human. Although I did read those Capsule Plushies stories and immediately I wanted a panda bear one, so. (A grizzly bear might be better, fits into a North American landscape more and being weirdly fond of honey, berries, and salmon would be easier to manage than a tendency to chew on my own or my mom's bamboo cooking utensils and kitchenware, but I just think pandas are cuter and more hug shaped.) But that probably has more to do with my wacky gender identity than genuinely wanting the bear paws or to look more hug shaped than I do right now.)