How did Enlightenment thinkers use print culture to influence society?

By advocating for monarchy

By promoting traditional customs

By critiquing despotism and superstition

By discouraging public debate

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C. By critiquing despotism and superstition

Enlightenment thinkers used print to spread ideas that critiqued traditional authority and encouraged rational thought.

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