Which are the atheist societies that existed?
>> Which are the atheist societies that existed? <<
I'm gonna tell you right away I've been worn out by atheist apologists trying to explain that Stalinist Russia wasn't truly atheist, but any society which ever had any Christians in it is representative of Christianity no matter how anti-Christian its leaders were. Been there, done that, barfed it up.
Since it's not obvious to you which societies have been athiestic, I'm a little defensive. Please excuse me if that wasn't where you were going.
The following are leaders who have founded various nation states and boldly asserted the falseness of religion and who massacred millions of innocents:
HO CHI MINH
MAO TSE TUNG
KIM IL SUNG
POL POT
FIDEL CASTRO
VLADIMIR LENIN
NAPOLEON
NICOLAE CEAUSESCU
MARSHAL TITO
In addition, several world leaders have been personally atheist, but have been disavowed by atheists on the basis that they manipulated religious groups, including:
ADOLF HITLER
SADDAM HUSSEIN
Several world governments have been created which are not explicitly atheistic, and have not demonstrated the extreme levels of terror as certain atheistic governments, but which have actively suppressed religion, including:
THE FIFTH REPUBLIC OF FRANCE
THE UNITED STATES OF MEXICO
Oh, Right Whale brings up a good point mentionning China. It was actually China I had in mind when I carefully worded, "modern, atheistic societies."
Chinese Buddhism is not inherently religious, and historically, a large portion of the Buddhist population could be described as atheist. While Buddhist China has been the site of the world's worst genocides, I concede that in the case of China, the spread of Bhuddism and the initial control of China did not depend on the genocides.
But it is still good to remember that semi-atheist, Bhuddist China was, in fact, the site of what is by far the world's most horrific genocide, when, in the late Middle Ages, the Chinese Emporer literally engaged in a war on poverty, wiping out nearly 5% of the entire planet's population. (In today's terms, that would be 300 million.)