I think The Imperium of Man is the best solution humans could come up with to the threats of a horrific and unforgiving universe, and it does preserve the species, so in that sense it's "good" even if it's a nightmare of human rights violations every second of every sol on nearly every planet in the empire. Plus, who the fuck is gonna argue with a psyker so strong he can fight off literal chaos gods?
Tyranids won't just kill every person on a planet, they will eat everyone, every animal, every tree, every insect and strip a planet back to the minerals and then do it again. They arent immoral because they have no morals.
In the face of that literally anything is justified even if it's horrific.
In the face of that literally anything is justified even if it’s horrific.
What about things that are both horrific and counterproductive?
See: Papa Blueberry's high level despair over the Imperium going from "Bad but with a clear cause" to "Directionless bureaucracy-bound theocracy with corpse starch"
This is an entire universe designed around what a fourteen year old thinks is cool. It is not equipped to answer Sartre's question "why not commit suicide?"
I don't disagree. I didn't say the Imperium was the best option, I said it's the best option humans could come up with. I may be a little cynical nowadays about how readily people will accept authoritarianism in the face of a crisis.