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I completely agree with you, and it's strange to see you downvoted on a technical forum

Technology is what has always precipitated political change

Which technology caused the French revolution?

The printing press and the guillotine.

Before that they didn't know how to kill people?

Yes. Before that they didn't know how to kill people.

So the guillotine (15th century [1]) and printing press (invented in 1440) [2] precipitated the French Revolution (1789)[3]?

It’s a theory for sure.