66-year old seamstress, Tess
Topstitch, experiences
muscle cramping,
abnormal heart
rhythms, and eyeli
spasms. She requires
foods infused with this
mineral.

thermophiles, notice the prefix thermo.

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.