Which statement correctly describes the relationship between the human population, technology, and fish population stocks?
a.) as the human population grows, and fishing technology increases, fish population stocks decline.
b.) as the human population grows, we have largely shifted to technology-intensive methods of raising fish and this has allowed wild stocks to rebound.
c.) as the human population grows, we're meeting our drinking water needs through the desalinization of seawater and this is lowering the level of the oceans and harming fish populations.
d.) we now use biotechnology to create genetically modified fish that grow so fast that we can meet all of human fish needs, removing all impacts of humans on wild populations.

C.) As the human population grows, we're meeting our drinking water needs through the desalinization of seawater and this is lowering the level of the oceans and harming fish populations.

Explanation:

The increasing human population worldwide is affecting the natural resources  like water bodies, forests and other resources by improvising their technological constraints.

Among the options given, C.) As the human population grows, we're meeting our drinking water needs through the desalinization of seawater and this is lowering the level of the oceans and harming fish populations. is the correct one because of the fact that with the increase in the human population the demand for water will also increase. If the population face a scarcity of water then it will be bound to desalinate the seawater. This practice will lower the amount of saline water in the oceans. The fish species which are living in the saline water will deplete in number because of decrease in the volume of seawater.

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.