The following are Subjective Tropes relating to Firefly. * Accidental Aesop: From the main page under Strawman Political, the Core Worlds are peaceful and prosperous, but the government can do damn near anything they want to their citizens as long as they can justify it -- such as cut up little girls' brains or dose entire planets with mind control drugs. The Rim Worlds are anarchic and destitute, but you can always look your accuser in the eye and settle it one way or another -- or even round up a posse of fellow victims and exact some frontier justice. The argument seems to be that a healthy civilization needs both and any attempt to "rid the world of sin" will do nothing but harm in the long run. Powerful stuff.As for the Aesop being Accidental, see What Do You Mean It's Not Political