Malcolm Reynolds is a sci-fi version of Robin Hood, the classical outlaw with a heart of gold. While he wouldn't trust many politicians on principle, he'd actually be pretty disgusted with some of the things that have happened - like people at the border getting tear-gassed.
"I've known people like 'em," he would say. "I've even lived that life a time or two. Them folks would be perfectly happy if they could just get a bowl of beans twice a day, some blankets, and a place to rest their heads that they don't have to worry about their throats getting slit in the night for those blankets. It ain't right to be treatin'
them like they wasn't human."
The person that would have the fewest fucks to give would be Jayne, and only because he's Jayne. Sucks to be them, he'd say, but otherwise wouldn't care because it doesn't matter to him. Literally. He would legitimately have no dog in that fight.
But here's the funny thing; as greedy and misogynistic as Jayne can be, he'd probably call Trump a gorram fool for getting himself into a job that has so much visibility (along with actual checks and balances against power) that there's no way he can be corrupt without getting into trouble for it.
You see, Jayne actually knows better than to call attention to himself - he'll wait until he's a couple of planets away before he feels it's safe to enjoy whatever ill-gotten gains he's achieved, and even then he'll make sure that no one is connecting him to "the big job" that just went down. This is something he's learned by painful experience, and only managed to survive out of pure dumb luck - something he'll readily admit to. Trump is all about the attention grabbing - being as loud as possible while not caring that people can see right through the lies he's telling. And it would probably absolutely GALL Jayne to see that someone so utterly reckless can live such a lifestyle as Trump does. He'd remind Jayne of every pig-face Alliance scum-lord he's ever stolen from.
So at most, Jayne will find Trump to be 'Entertaining' and might even actually look forward to the day the Mueller investigation is concluded and the final list of charges are brought to bear.
The others? Book, Wash, Zoe, Kaylee, Simon, River? Not too hard to see which way they'd lean. Not exactly trustful of the Blue side, but better that than the stuff that other guys have been doing.
Oh, and the thing with the Internet no longer being neutral? That'd horrify them. It'd be like if the Alliance tried to cut off communications with a colony during a plague or natural disaster. Because that's pretty much what's been happening here - and only because people don't have the money to pay the outrageous fees an ISP demands during a disaster.
"I've known people like 'em," he would say. "I've even lived that life a time or two. Them folks would be perfectly happy if they could just get a bowl of beans twice a day, some blankets, and a place to rest their heads that they don't have to worry about their throats getting slit in the night for those blankets. It ain't right to be treatin'
them like they wasn't human."
The person that would have the fewest fucks to give would be Jayne, and only because he's Jayne. Sucks to be them, he'd say, but otherwise wouldn't care because it doesn't matter to him. Literally. He would legitimately have no dog in that fight.
But here's the funny thing; as greedy and misogynistic as Jayne can be, he'd probably call Trump a gorram fool for getting himself into a job that has so much visibility (along with actual checks and balances against power) that there's no way he can be corrupt without getting into trouble for it.
You see, Jayne actually knows better than to call attention to himself - he'll wait until he's a couple of planets away before he feels it's safe to enjoy whatever ill-gotten gains he's achieved, and even then he'll make sure that no one is connecting him to "the big job" that just went down. This is something he's learned by painful experience, and only managed to survive out of pure dumb luck - something he'll readily admit to. Trump is all about the attention grabbing - being as loud as possible while not caring that people can see right through the lies he's telling. And it would probably absolutely GALL Jayne to see that someone so utterly reckless can live such a lifestyle as Trump does. He'd remind Jayne of every pig-face Alliance scum-lord he's ever stolen from.
So at most, Jayne will find Trump to be 'Entertaining' and might even actually look forward to the day the Mueller investigation is concluded and the final list of charges are brought to bear.
The others? Book, Wash, Zoe, Kaylee, Simon, River? Not too hard to see which way they'd lean. Not exactly trustful of the Blue side, but better that than the stuff that other guys have been doing.
Oh, and the thing with the Internet no longer being neutral? That'd horrify them. It'd be like if the Alliance tried to cut off communications with a colony during a plague or natural disaster. Because that's pretty much what's been happening here - and only because people don't have the money to pay the outrageous fees an ISP demands during a disaster.