9. Choose the best answer.

Dead and decaying matter is eaten by .
secondary consumer
primary consumer
producers
decomposers

answer'(basidium)the spore--bearing structure of a basidiomycete is called a basidiocarp; ///

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.