Where did all the communists come from

[unmerged(113842)]

Im playing as the UK, everything was going rosey fine untill 1890. I was a pacifist but Industrial powerhouse. Then all of a sudden non stop revolts in India. I hadn't been in a proper war for 20 years and there was no war exaustion. I checked and everysingle revolt was down to communists. They now make up 3% of my population, and now there every where. There are even british communists in australia. Where the hell did they all come from. I lowered taxes and enabled every reform in the book, but it doesn't help when they start off with 7 militancy and 11 consciousness. Please tell me there is a way to convert them or something because I don't want to spend the rest of the game putting out revolts in India.

 

[Searry]

They come from the culture techs. You may be taxing them too hard, enact social reforms, and be more democratic if you aren't.

 

[unmerged(106891)]

He said he's reduced taxes and done reforms, etc...

When their militancy drops they should return to being socialist - communism is the radical form of this ideology.

Until that you're just gonna have to ride this one out, I'm afraid.

 

[unmerged(113842)]

I hope that happens soon. They now make up 12% of my population. Thats 70 million of the little bastards.

 

[ollobrains]

best bet is to build rgo and split the stacks in those provinces and educate em if possible up to clerks

 

[unmerged(128344)]

A combination of culture techs, taxes and events can all have an effect in turning pops communist. What about plurality or immigration?

 

[Garek Maxwell]

I suspect the Marxist fairy came an paid a visit to merry ol' England this year~!

While you have had explanations for pops getting militant, be aware that factory workers tend to go communist more easily than other pops when their militancy goes up. Being communist may encourage more militancy too (depending upon your plurality and who's in power, if I recall right), so that may cause other problems.

 

[Jingles]

Out of work POPs(craftsmen) tend to go commie pretty rapidly as well, in my experience. So watch out for unemployment.

 

[unmerged(113842)]

All my national pops are in work, it's the frigging Indians that are the problem. There is about one revolt a week in India. Im afraid to go to war because war exaustion may well just make the entire empire revolt.

 

[Garek Maxwell]

Hmmm... I think I know what's setting them off. It's your citizenship policies from the sounds of it. Minorities tend to go with the parties that have full citizenship, and if you have a residence or whatever party in power they won't like that. I think it's probably that anyway.

 

[JoeGiavani]

Hmmm... I think I know what's setting them off. It's your citizenship policies from the sounds of it. Minorities tend to go with the parties that have full citizenship, and if you have a residence or whatever party in power they won't like that. I think it's probably that anyway.

Yep.
Those whiney Indians won't be happy until they have luxeries like equality under law and jobs
Oh and high Militancy leads to communism, not the other way around.

 

[Slavick3000]

Oh and high Militancy leads to communism, not the other way around.

Communist POPs also increase in militancy if you don't have a Socialist or Communist party in power, just like any other ideology.

 

[T'ung Dynasty]

all i know is that my factory people are liberal and the rest conservative.
oh i have some anacho-liberal> where do they come from?

 

[truth is life]

In my experience, POPs will decrease in militancy if a party "close" to their ideology is in power. I've seen socialists being pacified by liberal parties, for example.

 

[Jingles]

I notice that the militancy will decrease if their issues coincide with my parties. I don't think it necessarily has to have a matching ideology, although I'm going to test it out to make sure.