One difference between carbohydrates and lipids is that
a) lipids will dissolve in water but not carbohydrates.
b) carbohydrates will dissolve in water but not lipids.
c) carbohydrates contain hydrogen, carbon, and oxygen and lipids do not.
d) lipids contain hydrogen, carbon, and oxygen and carbohydrates do not.

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.