Marxism Simulator 2k22 stay winning
The likelihood is that a big war will occur eventually, and losing one of those just isn't something you can let happen. The problem is that once a war starts you need a lot of mobilized forces (especially if you draft), and those forces need arms, ammunition, war machines, and every resource for producing them. If those industries aren't profitable (and you can't directly subsidize then), then when you start mobilizing your entire economy will get fucked as they eat up all the iron, oil etc. This can cascade into complete economic collapse if you're not careful.
In order to prevent this, you need to indirectly subsidize those industries by paying for mobilized soldiers, who will then pay the arms industries for their goods, making them profitable. A good way to do this is join small wars against impoverished nations overseas that present no threat (and MAKE SURE you're not fighting a great power directly). As long as your infamy level stays low enough you don't lose trade, you're golden. You can even just stay in a 'forever' war without any major battles to maintain mobilization.
Anyways, enough about Iraq. I'm so hyped for the update I can't finish any games. Who are you guys going to play first? I know it's literally a France update but I just really enjoy playing nations that have a harder start, so I'll probably start with Sardinia-Piedmont.
I've funny enough had more success with the military or the peasants leading the way to communism than I have with the trade unions in more recent games.
Also yeah it's a bit of a pain in the ass to deal with all your incorporated states revolting against you for even letting women own property at times, but I've - also funny enough - relied on my unincorporated colonies to roflstomp the fancy lads of the imperial core to push through all the reforms I need to completely and totally liquidate the feudal remnants and the bourgeoisie.
Not to discredit unions' contributions to revolutions but yeah this checks out.