Rationalizing a Firefly - Serenity type setting

[David Johnston2]

Originally Posted by mindstalk

No, Joss has made it clear he doesn't see the Alliance as all bad guys, or even all that bad overall. He's said so outright, and the first aired pilot involved an Alliance delivery of medicine. Classic "good works".

They weren't doing that out of generosity or even a quest for good PR. They were doing that because if the mine workers died then the mine would stop producing. Shipping them the medicine they needed on a regular basis was no different from shipping them the food they need to eat.