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.
A political and economic ideology based on communal ownership and the absence of class. Communism, which can be thought of as capitalism's opposite, says that in a capitalist society, the working class (the proletariat) is exploited by the ruling class (the bourgeoisie).