Do you like having trial by jury?

Do you like having a standard set of laws that have to be followed by judges, rather than them flimsily choosing based on their mood that day?

Do you like women and minorities having equal rights?

Do you like having credence/authority/qualification based upon merit rather than what family you can prove you're from?

Do you like your leaders, generals, and bosses being people who got there based on merit rather than proving they were from whatever family line?

Do you like having the right to vote?

Do you like not having the Catholic Church having literal governmental and political authority in just about every Western state to some regard and have them control significant, actual territory in you country?

Do you like the concepts of wealth redistribution and social services (welfare, medicare, social security, etc.)?

Do you associate with a distinct national identity? That is, do you find any amount of pride in being "American", or "Irish", or whatever else?

If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, or you can see how any of these results can be more than a little bit impactful on our modern society you now know why :) The French Revolution birthed modern Europe, and thus, the West.