You know it is a successful lie when people still defend it right here in spite of DAMNING proof that the most peaceful and prosperous countries are all secular and are either republics, autocracies or democracies and NOT theocracies.

Make no mistake. We still have a portion of people in poverty, you have corrupt people taking over stuff and there are lines you cannot cross, but you are still standing, you can usually speak against world leaders, and you have enough food and money to live. But whenever you have a theocracy, you have a disaster of poverty, famine, power-mongering and in-general death and destruction, and anyone speaking the contrary anywhere will DIE. And yes, a communist country is a THEOCRACY, it's just based on a human leader and not a God.