[1]
unlike asexual reproduction, sexual reproduction?
1.involves only one parent 2.increases variation in the hereditary information 3.occurs only in simple organisms 4.produces cells that are genetically identical to the parent cell
[2] in which substance are molecules rigidly arranged?
1. water in a freezer at -2degree c 2. water in cup at 22degree c 3. water in a pot at 100degree c 4.water in a steam engine at 110degree c

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.