> Policing like we do it today in the West with state employees going looking for violations of law didn't exist before the surpluses of the industrial revoluti

> Policing like we do it today in the West with state employees going looking for violations of law didn't exist before the surpluses of the industrial revolution enabled the high touch administrative state. It often used to be up to the victim to pursue justice. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thief-taker https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thief-taker There are obvious problems with this approach.