What accounts for the differences in the functions and properties of molecules like starches, glycogen, cellulose and chitin?

The difference in their structure gives them different properties and functions

Explanation:

If you're reading the 01.02A Chemistry of Life (Honors) course, go to the section called "Carbohydrates" Then go to the very last part of the section there you will find a sentence that says  " They are all polymers made up of hundreds to thousands of glucose molecules bonded together, but the difference in their structures gives them different properties and functions." That's the sentence that I used to respond to this question.

you did not attach the discourse, but i assume it to be the discourse on the origin and basis of inequality among men (the original titile in french is: "discours sur l'origine et les fondements de l'inégalité parmi les hommes"), also know as "second discourse". in this discourse, jean-jacques rousseau emphasizes that private property is the basis of all inequalities.

therefore, what enabled the old regime to maintain as long as it did was private property.