Explain what happens when a person exhales. what forces air out of the lungs? when you exhale, you reverse the process of inhalation. the chest cavity muscles relax, which decreases the lung volume, increasing the pressure within the lungs and forcing the air tense up the lungs.

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.