Is it really for the so-called freedom?
Of course, not all wanderers actively pursue freedom, seeking a life outside the system's control. Quite a number of wanderers are actually criminals exiled from various cities.
After all, the Alliance has always advocated humane treatment and equality, leading to the abolition of capital punishment. The harshest penalty for criminals is revocation of citizenship and exile to the wilderness, letting them fend for themselves outside.
And those criminals who survive outside often become wanderers. In fact, some of the most famous wanderer camps today are mostly established by these criminals, who are as tenacious as cockroaches and better suited to the law of the jungle.
In short, today's community of wanderers is no longer the initial group of truth seekers pursuing freedom, but rather a chaotic mix of all sorts of peculiarities—the antipode of civilization in the eyes of Alliance people.
