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The concept was later expanded upon in the 19th century, with the example being the Irish poet [[file:Indlibsoc.png]] [[Libertarian Socialism|Oscar Wilde]] who wrote in his essay "The Soul of Man Under [[File:Soc.png]] [[Socialism]]" the following: {{Quote
| quote = In old days men had the rack. Now they have the Press. That is an improvement certainly. But still it is very bad, and wrong, and demoralizing. Somebody — was it Burke? — called journalism the fourth estate. That was true at the time no doubt. But at the present moment it is the only estate. It has eaten up the other three. [[File: Arist.png]] [[Aristocracy|The Lords Temporal]] say nothing, the [[File: Christy.png]] [[Christian Theocracy|The Lords Spiritual]] have nothing to say, and the [[File:Dem.png]] [[DemocracyParlimentarianism|House of Commons]] has nothing to say and says it. We are dominated by Journalism.
| speaker = [[file:Indlibsoc.png]] [[Libertarian Socialism|Oscar Wilde]]
| source = [https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/wilde-oscar/soul-man/ Soul of Man Under Socialism]
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