the goblins just have personal interest, maybe? they use their privilege/occupational standing to collect cool shit because it's COOL :p and whatever, yeah capital, hand wave, it's always been this way & people just like go with it?

maybe there are OPPOSING cursebreaking scenes in the US?
i mean it kind of echoes issues w early cultural anthropology & stuff? maybe there's been like whole IDEOLOGICAL MOVEMENTS and ERAS and now the cursebreaking profession is changing into something more akin to like -- property repatriation and protection, raising of awareness, community development? like indiana jones meets parks and rec meets like humanities academia + government