By that logic, raising anypony to care about others, be kind to them, and want to help and aid them is 'raising somepony who could be useful to happily go along with what's wanted'. But in the end, nopony benefits unduly, and everypony benefits more than were they all purely selfish and self-interested. Is that 'dark'?

[Celestia will debate this on its merits for now. She's dealt with worse by far. Cynical as this colt may be, he's no Discord.]