Is it true that print culture created the basis for the French Revolution?

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The above statement is true.
According to some historians, printing presses created the basis for the French Revolution of 1789.
With the advent of printing technology, the ideas of enlightened intellectuals such as Voltaire and Jean Jacques Rousseau spread throughout Europe. People become diligent students. After immersing themselves in the ideas of these enlightened intellectuals, they began to see the world based on rationality. Printing produced a culture of debate in which all institutions, norms, and standards were defined and re-examined. In the 1870s, a series of literary works emerged that ridiculed the cruelty of the monarchy. The underground distribution of such publications heightened hatred against the monarchy.t

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