Dumpy ships, Robinhood's Merry Band, and Fringe society - is it as glorious as it sounds?

      For a show that focuses so heavily on the libertarian ideals, of free will in political, monetary, and social spheres, it made a bit of a humbling criticism of renegade culture. Jayne the obvious stand out in this episode proves how the legend of the civilian hero, is more of a myth, an important myth at that, but based more on hope and expectations than reality.
    It's seems reasonable that an oppressed and destitute community, much like the serfs throughout much of medieval history, would be happy to believe in a "robin hood" character - a person who gives to the poor and takes from the rich based on nothing but integrity and morals, with little regard for personal safety or necessity. Firefly sheds and realistic light on this idealistic archetype, and shows that this person does not exist, want and greed are universal. Even though Jayne is essentially a fraud, the show uses a softer tone to show how, even just a story is enough to keep a hope going for a people in distress.
      Firefly doesn't completely trash on the Robinhood story, in fact it still very much fancies it. With it's use of a mostly provincial crew and run down ship it creates an endearing image of a mostly good crew of citizen heroes. Firefly likes the idea of a libertarian society, but also is willing to cater to the idea that even that would not be a utopia - people are still greedy and insecure, regardless of power structure.