The Fifth Estate:
Initially - I coined these words as a book title. And, as the title suggests. Ideally, this is also an addition to the four well known institutions of what embody the three estates of governments and, the fourth being the (outsider) media.
In my understanding - the Fifth Estate is an embodiment that straddle the outside and inside of governments.
Characteristically, the largely invicible estate started historically as individuals with favor contacts - enjoying 'go-getter' relationship with top leaders. The favored individuals were outright outsiders. Of intellect or none intellectual qualities but trusted doers of the 'go-getter' private jobs for the leaders.
THE EUROPEAN FACTOR.
In ancient Europe, at the Lordly and Emperor beginnings of the Fable ages.. these favored contacts, used by the Lords and Emperors did lots of clandestine work. Mostly, things the law would prohibit or inhibit insider members of the systems handling. Such missions were secretly delegated to those vetted unknown individuals.
At the dawn of idealisms - when ideologues began writing ideological analysis that led to socialism, communism and democratization or capitalism - things had gotten more complicated, collective and Political.
The popular word for the 'go-getter' also changed to 'get the young Turks'.. when a rival had to be quickly and descreetly eliminated.
The young men who could do anything - no matter how dangerous were from ancient Turkey. The demands for their private services increased throughout southern Europe and scaled-up northwards eventually, to become strong immigrant workers generally. They were a huge invisible influence.
A lifetime of reading various authors and, vast titles of their works - is at the backdrop of my Fifth Estate book idea.
However, whatever input I make in this blog post doesn't scratch the bare top of it. Because, the whole picture changes - discussing it as an African study.
THE AFRICAN FACTOR.
Here, the African nepotism creates a torn-away damage! Dismissing the 'go-getter' idea.
In Africa, the go-getter might just be favored relatives or clan/tribes mates of the leader. That too, undermine the effectiveness of an ambiguity in the clandestine fieldwork.
Which is also how the governmental insiders get entangled with the outsider players.. So that, in the 'see-saw' certain amount of facts, roumors and half-truths get shared - knowledge is wealth!
How did the fifth estate evolve in some African countries?
'Mark Twist' nearly as in Oliver, was the nickname of a certain African who was an early day clandestine outsider lone operative - in a certain African country.
In his day, Twist was known to be deadly criminal largely involved in buffling undertakings - unsolved grizzly crimes, robbery of Banks and cars.
The Head of State sought the guy and, soon Twist was hobnobbing in the secret corridors of a whole national power!
Not far from the avenue where the big-man sat, was a large colonial type restaurant with large French windows..
Quietly, this place was coined the 'Assassin's' corner. Where, I was a decade later to learn that, that was Mark Twist's lair - his day time joint where he had steams of coffee, snacks, newspapers and things..
And, that often an elderly woman privy to the Head, would saunt by and drop an envelope..
Somewhere in the city some rivals or their proxies would fall - to the charin of the hysterical newspaper reporters and editors. And, the count kept going for a good part of ten years.
Up till the time I was in the newspaper myself 2009/12, I was haunted by this lucrative book material.
Then, I read Dan Brown's 'Angels and Demons' - now the pieces fell together.
The young Turk 'Assassin' character that profusely fought Robert Langdon, the Anthropologist American - fussed very nicely with my old Mark Twist discovery: they were the root of the 'Fifth Estate'. A massive bite too, you could die!
Today - relationship between some African Presidents are shrouded in dark diplomacy - to me, the cause factor is the overbearing cropping of the outsider influences that grew out of the shoe of the likes of Mark Twist. And, their ancient prelates in lower European countries. They are now generalized 'CORRUPTIONS'. End.
