The neurons in michael's arm just sent a neural impulse. it will be 1–2 milliseconds before another neural impulse can be generated. this brief time period, when another neural impulse cannot occur, is called the

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.