The French revolution is not something we want to emulate or look up to. It was predominantly anti-God and the people that lead it were blood-thirsty psychopaths who loved killing. They ended up having to kill a lot of these leaders in the end because they were afraid they would start turning on them (the revolutionaries). And in the end, France actually ended up having several Kings even after the revolution, so it didn't immediately bring about a republic or democracy as people might think. It was, just like a lot of revolutions, a blood bath more than anything else. It would later be out-done by the Communist revolution in Russia, but not by as much as people think.

Bastille itself is a joke. 0 political prisoners were released from that castle. There were only 7 prisoners there in total, 2 of which were brought there by their families because they were insane and the families could no longer take care of them. It was guarded by the worst soldiers in the army as there was no conceivable reason for anyone to bother invading it. It is insane to think that this is what the French celebrate as their so-called independence day. Here are some references:

The seven prisoners in in residence that day were: four forgers, the Comte de Solanges (inside for ‘a sexual misdemeanour’) and two lunatics (one of them was an English or Irish man named Major Whyte who sported a waist-length beard and thought he was Julius Caesar).

The prison guard were a contingent of invalides – soldiers invalided out of regular service – and conditions were fairly comfortable for most inmates, with relaxed visiting hours and furnished lodgings.

Source: https://historynotes.info/how-many-prisoners-were-freed-by-the-storming-of-the-bastille-1496/

Also, the prisoners in that castle at the time had it way better than the current J6 prisoners per the above qoute.