Following are the arguments which were given in support of the above statement:
(i) Print popularised theideas of enlightened thinkers like Voltaire and Rousseau and those who read these books, started questioning everything and developed critical and rational thinking. These thinkers attacked the sacred authority of the Church and despotic power of the State.
(ii) All existing values, norms and institutions, which were never questioned earlier, were revalued through debates and discussions by the public in print.
(iii) By 1780 s there was an outpour of literature that mocked royalty and criticised their morality. The existing social order was criticised. Through cartoons and caricatures, they made people aware that while common people were going through tremendous hardship, the monarchy remained absorbed in merry-making and did not care about sufferings of common people. This ultimately led to the growth of a hostile felling against the monarchy.
(iv) Print culture created a new environment of debate and dialogue. New ideas of social revolution were born.
(v) The writing propagated the view that everything should be judge through the application of reason and rationality.
In spite of these strong arguments, no one can claim that these were the only reasons for the outbreak of the French Revolution.