Polar bears and brown bears are both apex predators, meaning that they eat other animals but no other animal eats them. If neither species has to hide from predators, why do you think they are both so well adapted to blend in with their environments?

i think that the best answer would be c.

tell me if im wrong : )

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.