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.

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.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillotine

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printing_press

[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Revolution

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

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