NAOS
Well-Known Member
Really?
I'm curious, then. What is the ample historical precedent you believe exists in which a police force (or domestic security force) was held accountable for/and answered to the people they policed, as opposed to the existing power structure? These would include cases in which police or security officers were held to strict standards of rule of law, respected the civil liberties of the people they policed and were somewhat routinely held accountable (e.g., punished) for violating the rule of law/civil liberties. I'm guessing you can cite multiple examples, based on your comment. Remember, these can't be recent (e.g., latter half of 20th century moving forward).
Can't you see how this language will only accept answers from the time of French and American Revolutions to now?! Do you see how this only accepts answers from a liberal perspective on history and power? You realize there were more than 100,000 years of human history before these events, right?
Look into the anthropological record of human history. You'll find ample evidence of chiefs and other local protectors being highly responsive to their people. If you don't like these examples, then you can look into the local control that was given to many provinces within most Empires beginning in about 3200 BC.
You're hyper-recent perspective on history isn't cute.