But I Really Doubt The Officers Own The House; It's Probably More Like They Can Use It As Long As They Are An Officer - Tumblr Posts

afinepiece
7 months ago

This probably requires a much longer, sprawling post (the number of tentacles increased exponentially every 2 seconds as I was thinking about this) but despite Gotei captains making good money and having fairly high social standing, I feel like land prices must be set artificially, astronomically high so that no one but the already-landed nobility [or a governmental entity, lie the Gotei] could possibly ever own anything. That 'officer's neighborhood' or whatever it is is cushy, but it's also technically just a reserve the nobility has consented to so that there's no reason for these people to live anywhere else (unless they already have property by virtue of being noble). Not sure how this works for commercial leases--are they subsidized by the 46? or does running a business require you to have some kind of arrangement with a noble family. DOES SILVER DRAGONFLY LEASE FROM THE KUCHIKI.

I'm not sure how this would work for Rukongai (except that surely it's very controversial to be buying/selling parcels in Rukongai to begin with, many considering it a foolish audacity to assume such a place can be owned) but I imagine that at the very least the property taxes (or whatever payments/responsibilities inhere in "ownership" in Rukongai, re: assuming responsibility for whatever shit happens out there/keeping it Hollow-controlled, etc.) present a functional barrier to ownership for most individuals.

The generational wealth gap (mostly in terms of having family vs. having no family, but also I guess in terms of shinigami who are really old vs. those who are not) must be bananas, too. But NO, NO, STOPPING, this post was supposed to be 2 sentences about Seireitei land prices and it's already about seventy other things. It's 9AM stopping STOPPING

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the content that makes me so excited at 9 am in the morning yesss i ponder the social dynamics of ss all the time because like wut is even happening here i assume there must be some seireitei municipal government that receives some sort of “authority” to take admin actions from the 46 or indirectly via the soul king (as a symbol since... well... yikes) and what must the property tax set up be like like is it peons > landed gentry > 46 > soul king (lollll) or is it like peons > landed gentry > noble assembly i imagine the property taxes are probably astronomical assuming you could pry it away/afford it from the noble owner i bet most of the nonnobles rent their storefronts/property from the nobility but interesting about the officers row my guess is it is either a kindly donation to the gotei from a family sympathetic to the gotei or an allotment from the 46 i bet the land was conveyed in some terribly restricted way like a shifting or springing executory interest that if X happens it reverts back to the original owner or another owner or maybe it is a conditional lease where if it is used for anything other than Y then it terminates but i really doubt the officers “own” the house; it's probably more like they can use it as long as they are an officer like a governor's home or a university president's home i wonder what the zoning laws are like in Seireitei... although in society... does anyone truly “own” land except the state/king/Powers That Be? Should land even be owned? Like is all of the primo property the “Soul King's” (i.e. four/five noble families that really matter) and everyone is just renting in various ways from it/them? Renting via taxes or renting via leases or licenses Anywayyyy Bleach
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