General Discussion

It is the selfish hunger of that needs filling, needs adoration, needs vindication - needs to feel "safe".
If it requires manipulation of others, twisting relationships, hurting the defenseless, or just anticipation in watching blood of imaginary enemies pooling at one's feet to fill that hole - it doesn't matter.
It is the screaming hawk, the coiling snake, ripping pack of hyenas. Uncaring, merciless, red of tooth and claw.
The potential for evil is within all of us. And it is us that enables it to manifest if we let it.
As an outside force? No. Uncaring nature is not evil. Evil requires knowledge of potential for damage and intent to do an action that will cause hurt or harm.
Evil is not accidental.