Both factions have sentience so it's perfectly fair to call them evil. They are just evil by nature rather than through choice, but that doesn't diminish their evil.
It's not like either faction are just forces of nature. Both the hive mind and orks are aware on a conscious level that their actions are causing others harm and the people that they are fighting against are unwilling participants, they just don't care.
Everyone thinks of the orks as the goofy space hooligans that love a scrap. That is part of what they are, but they also take captives that they enslave, torture, hunt for sport or simply eat, often while still alive. Orks are brutal, but they are also sadistic on a level that is only regularly exceeded by the Drukhari, Slaaneshi Daemons, Night Lords and Emperor's Children.
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u/BlaxicanXIX 9h ago
Both factions have sentience so it's perfectly fair to call them evil. They are just evil by nature rather than through choice, but that doesn't diminish their evil.
It's not like either faction are just forces of nature. Both the hive mind and orks are aware on a conscious level that their actions are causing others harm and the people that they are fighting against are unwilling participants, they just don't care.