When evaluating your resources for authority, which of these question would you ask?

a. is the material too general, too technical, or just right for my needs?
b. how recent is the information?
c. has this author been cited in other resources?

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.

instead of copying and pasting things off of tests or work done on computer which im sure you did, try and read over the question carefully