Lightning can strike rubber although it is not a good conductor of electricity.
By Ashley Crossman. Definition: As defined by Karl Marx, communism is a mode of production in which the means of production, as well as virtually every other aspect of social life, are controlled by those who participate in them most directly.
Karl Marx. Karl Marx, 1818â83, German social philosopher, the chief theorist of modern socialism and communism. Early Life. Marx's father, a lawyer, converted from Judaism to Lutheranism in 1824. Marx studied law at Bonn and Berlin, but became interested in philosophy and took a Ph.D. degree at Jena (1841).