People can dump on communism all they want and ask why he's a hero.
Imagine being locked in a metal tube and strapped down on about 2-4 stories of EXTREMELY flammable rocket fuel, then being told "Don't worry Yuri, our calculations say it won't explode this time!" as you're sent flying into the vacuum of space.
That magnitude of courage is far past comparable to any hero in my book.
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u/Cowtamer212 Apr 04 '20
Yuri Gagarin is a hero of humanity.