So it is more nuanced.
Sure the overall situation is more nuanced than one can adequately explain in a few sentences.
And the situations with many of the individuals is nuanced. Some acted and act on mixed motives. All men do at times, usually often. But we all have our beliefs and leanings, and we usually act accordingly most of the time, especially in matters of import.
The revolution is not happening by accident any more than the creation of the universe did.
An enemy hath done this.
Although treating a different subject matter, Leo X111 wrote something in Rerum Novarum that applies:
"Nothing is more useful than to look upon the world as it really is..."