"when body system x releases too much sugar into the blood, the body can maintain homeostasis by making
(1)more hormone a, only
(2)more hormone b, only
(3)more hormone a and more hormone b
(4)no hormone a and no hormone b"

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.

i think it is dna, i'm not totally sure but i think it might be.