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That's a different term used to mean entirely different things.
by juped 7y ago
That's a different term used to mean entirely different things.
- dredmorbius 7y agoMy point is that Ben Thompson seems to have confused the terms "fourth branch" and "fourth estate" in his essay. Which is not among his better ones. The usage of "branches of government", the three Constitutional ones (leg, exec, judicial), and various others generally posited as a fourth, or occasionally higher, branch. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_branch_of_government https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_branch_of_government I'm entirely unfamiliar with a notion of estates in the US independent of Continental or British traditions. That seems to be a novel creation, or mis-remembering, of Thompson. DDG finds nothing aside from the European usage under fourth/fifth estate, specific to the US: https://duckduckgo.com/?q="united+states"+"fourth+estate"&ia=about https://duckduckgo.com/?q="united+states"+"fourth+estate"&ia...
- juped 7y agoEstates are real and they aren't branches of government - more like divisions of society. I agree regarding the confusion in the essay. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estates_of_the_realm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estates_of_the_realm