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The Alliance was started out of an idealistic belief that a strong central government that controlled every aspect of a person’s life, from cradle to grave, could provide that person a better, safer, and more secure life. Some folk in the Alliance truly believed this and they dedicated their lives to bringing this about. Other folk saw this as a chance to grab power for themselves.

The Parliament formed a military council that acted quickly to quell any unrest among the Core planets and their neighbors. Maintaining order meant keeping tight control over the populace, and that led to the creation of many secret programs. Their hope was to make people obedient, complacent, compliant— “better” by the government’s definition.

The Alliance was the protective parent. The Core worlds were model children. But the Alliance had another problem. They feared their “good children” were going to be corrupted by the bad seeds who lived on the wrong side of the ‘Verse. The worlds on the Border and the Rim were self-governing, outside the limits of Alliance control. Each world had its own set of laws and rules that suited its own particular needs. Folk living on these frontier planets had been forced to be self-reliant in order to survive, and they had come to be free-thinkers who saw no need for a lot of government meddling. The Alliance considered such independence a threat to civilization. (They also considered that a lot of valuable resources and real estate were outside their control!) For the benefit of all people in the ‘Verse, the Alliance decided that every planet in the system should come under Alliance rule, whether its people wanted it or not.

Idealistic folk of the Core planets thought this was a great idea. Doesn’t everyone would want to live on a safe, civilized world where folk are cared for by their betters? The movement for Unification spread like wildfire through dry brush. The leaders on the Core thought they had only to open their arms in a wide embrace and those poor benighted souls on the Rim would come running home to their mothers.

Those on the Border did come running. Only problem—they carried guns.

The War for Unification was the most devastating war in human history. All those who lived through it are marked, like a scar left behind by an old wound. (Just that some happen to have big scars traced all ‘cross their faces while others have tiny ones hidden away.) Outer planets, including Shadow, Persephone, and Hera, mustered forces and formed an alliance of their own—the Independent Faction (known as “Browncoats,” thanks to the brown dusters their soldiers took to wearing). The Parliament of the Alliance instituted a draft to build its forces. They were considerably astonished to learn that more than half of the Independent forces were composed of volunteers. The Alliance (known as the “Purple Bellies” for their style of dress) had the manpower, the ships, and technology to make the result of the war a forgone conclusion—but no one anticipated that freedom would be something so many folk would be willing to die to protect.

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And the only thing you see him do is at that one battle, which was a crushing defeat.

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The Alliance 'was' a fine entity until it came to the point that they had to make Serenity and they turned them from something similar to the 3rd worlds view of the U.S to an Evil empire. And going off that it doesn't say the entirety or even the majority of the Alliance is bad.

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I think the Alliance says slavery is illegal, but has no choice but to look the other way on it.

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Your talking about 1 single incident.

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They see the Alliance as pure evil.

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Evil people don't let the rebelling conquered soldiers go free without punishment. When the war ended, The Independents weren't outlawed or executed en masse. They just let them go to live their lives. That doesn't sound like an Evil Empire to me.

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