The question is always “who watches the watchers.”
But the answer comes from asking, “who is being watched?”
If subjects are watched, then the manner of government is always feudal, no matter what it is called. Artistocrats (no matter what they are called) owning people, land and property feuding amongst themselves, inevitably electing some sort of sovereign for political purposes - their political purposes. So nobody watches the watchers, because the kind is jus another integrated part of those who need watching - the aristocracy. And from that, flows nothing but corruption and degredation because of the innate flaws inherent in the small pool of self-centered and self-eroding aristocrats.
If, however, free human beings with natural or negative God-given rights are being watched, it’s a whole different ballgame. Because those people, and their plands and properties, are not the properties of the aristocracy. In fct, there is no genuine aristocracy. Nevertheless, a hierarchy is needed for government, and from that arises feudal temptations and actions. So who watches the watchers there? Well in America, the People watch their own watchers. That, as Lincoln observd, is the “great experiment.” People are often shocked that some wanted Washington to declare himself king, but they were worried about the ability of the people to watch the watchers. And look around - they were right to worry.
So if a divine king actually came about, the common - free - people would have little to do with him. His purpose would be, rather, to “watch the watchers.” To be the People’s representative against the powers of government getting out of control - of voting themselves exemptions and tax breaks and immunities and lack of investigations and prosecutions and the whole host of outrages with which we have all, unfortunately, become far to familiar. The purpose of a divine king is to make to powerful tremble, and the people smile.
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The question is always “who watches the watchers.”
But the answer comes from asking, “who is being watched?”
If subjects are watched, then the manner of government is always feudal, no matter what it is called. Artistocrats (no matter what they are called) owning people, land and property feuding amongst themselves, inevitably electing some sort of sovereign for political purposes - their political purposes. So nobody watches the watchers, because the king is just another integrated part of those who need watching - the aristocracy. And from that, flows nothing but corruption and degredation because of the innate flaws inherent in the small pool of self-centered and self-eroding aristocrats.
If, however, free human beings with natural or negative God-given rights are being watched, it’s a whole different ballgame. Because those people, and their lands and properties, are not the properties of the aristocracy. In fact, there is no genuine aristocracy. Nevertheless, a hierarchy is needed for government, and from that arises feudal temptations and actions. So who watches the watchers there? Well in America, the People watch their own watchers. That, as Lincoln observed, is the “great experiment.” People are often shocked that some wanted Washington to declare himself king, but they were worried about the ability of the people to watch the watchers. And look around - they were right to worry.
So if a divine king actually came about, the common - free - people would have little to do with him. His purpose would be, rather, to “watch the watchers.” To be the People’s representative against the powers of government getting out of control - of voting themselves exemptions and tax breaks and immunities and lack of investigations and prosecutions and the whole host of outrages with which we have all, unfortunately, become far too familiar. The purpose of a divine king is to make to powerful tremble, and the people smile.