The police. And I found out otherwise.
Each department has it's CLEANERS
Other stars have been the North Star…the procession just takes a very long time. A new star will assume the seemingly fixed position in the future.
The star trails that APPEAR to circle Polaris demonstrate that Earth is spherical & rotating. POV reconciliation.
Imagine following a car on a highway in the desert flats doing 100mph. To the people in your car the car you're following would appear stationary/fixed but the objects whizzing by in your peripheral vision give you the clues you need to assess that YOU are moving, not the objects outside.