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Harry amidst the Vaults of Stone, Chapter 2Harry's first few years saw him quite sought after in Underfoot, and his new parents never lacked for minders or helpers to engage his attention. Goblin society was strongly communal, and this extended to a concept of family which gave Harry thousands of new relatives, drawn from the friends and cousins of his foster parents.
This was also partly to do with the Brotherhood's ideas on property. In goblin society, nobody at all could own the land or the resources within it, and the division of such resources was done equally according to who had the most need, and who could create the most profitable business or craft the most masterful work from them.
The maker of an object was its true owner for the duration of his or her lifetime, and could sell it or give it away, but upon the maker's death, it returned to the pool of common resources for all of the world's people. Thus there was no real concept of inheritance, no enduring sale or purchase. Any object was only rented at best, for a period no longer than the lifespan of the original craftsman. After that it would become like any other resource, available to he who could use it best.
This was the fundamental source of conflict with the wizarding world, and the reason why Gringotts was so carefully defined as neutral ground.
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