5. (YOU MUST WRITE NOTES ON THIS QUESTION) "It'S easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism." (Mark Fisher) My personal opinion on this statement, is most closely described by: a. Who cares? b. This is what comes from a world population that believes that the path to enlightenment is Twitter. c. Capitalism is absolutely the only viable economic system, so yes, this is true and right. d. I had never thought of this, but as unreasonable as this might sound, it is actually so true. e. I think that we need to work on our imagination then because this is clearly absurd. Choice now: Choice in assignment 1: C Notes: 7. "I didn't join the struggle to be poor." (Smuts Ngonyama) My personal opinion on this statement is most closely described by: a. Me neither. b. No one joins the struggle to be poor. c. It is this sort of attitude that has led to widespread corruption. d. This is counter-revolutionary - you don't solve oppression by becoming an oppressor. Choice now: Choice in assignment 1: D Notes: 8. "Even before COVID, one out of every five South Africans lived below the food poverty line." My personal opinion on this statement is most closely described by: a. Who cares? b. If population growth rates of the poor were not so high they wouldn't be so poor. c. If they worked harder, they wouldn't be so poor. d. This is sad, but to be honest, it is not going to stop me from focusing on my own wellbeing first. e. I think that we must all strive to eliminate poverty together. Choice now: 6. "The wealth of the few depends upon the poverty of many." My personal opinion on this statement is most closely described by: a. So long as I am amongst the few I don't care b. This is just not true - the rich are simply more "diligent, intelligent, and above all frugal". c. This is just not true - if it were not for the generous wealthy, the poor would be even poorer than they are. d. This is absolutely true - there is only so much wealth in the world at any one moment so if one person has more than their share someone else has to have less than their share. e. This is absolutely true and given how much poverty there is we ought to do something about it. Choice now: Choice in assignment 1: D 0. "Of the top 10 wealthiest people (all men), seven are tech billionaires. Their net worth is US\$ 847 billion or ZAR 13 trillion!" My personal opinion on this statement is most closely described by: a. I think that such wealth is utterly immoral when there is so much poverty and suffering in the world and so active steps should be taken to correct this. b. These billionaires are all tech visionaries and deserve every cent of their wealth because of their brilliance. c. Why would anyone want or need that amount of money? d. These are my heroes. I aspire to be like them. e. Bill Gates is one of them and look at how much money he is giving to the poor through the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation hoice now: hoice in assignment 1:A lotes