I thought the religious regimes were/are the most tyrannical. Maybe you got this backward.
Secularism is what brought women's rights, gay rights, equality of races and genders etc. Which thought is more flexible, religious or secular?
Which system is more coercive? Secular or religious one? Think about it before you post again.
Hint: Secular does not necessarily mean communist, socialist or some other dictatorial system.
Freedom comes from moral self-control. There is no other way to achieve it.
The West especially Europe has forgotten this which is why freedom is now in decline throughout the western world. If you look at our current secular society and don't see the stagnation increasing corruption and intellectual incoherence and yes declining freedom then you have closed your eyes to reality.
This video from Prager University highlightes this point well.
Freedom and Moral Self-ControlThere are all sorts of historical and tyrannical regimes founded in religion. From ancient Egypt which invested tyrannical powers in their god king Pharoh to modern day North Korea which proclaims divine proprieties in its leader Kim Jong-Un.
What is common to all of these tyrannical regimes is their incompatibility with the Judeo-Christian tradition. This is why every tyranny eventually turns its arrows or guns on Christians and Jews. They represent an existential threat to tyranny.
Christians in case you didn't know are the most persecuted group in the world currently. Last year approximately 100,000 Christians were killed because of their beliefs.