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In the beginning of Serenity, when Mal throws the man off the mule instead of the payload, it occurs to me that he is doing exactly what Jayne did in the episode "Jaynestown" - choosing his payload over a life.
Did you notice that when they're in Beaumont, there's a newscast about the Reaver attack? It says the only survivors are those that locked themselves in the town's vault.