This is my opinion but I believe a big reason for DOGshit is to collect information for use against citizens

[lostnfound]

12. You aren't the only person that you care about, are you?

People are blackmailed or extorted for being gay, for having affairs, for cheating on taxes, for drugs or gambling secrets, AND for the condition and circumstances of their CHILDREN. And they make stuff up, too, so you don’t even have to be “guilty”. People were sent to ‘the camps’ in Nazi germany for those reasons.
If your loved one had an abortion, or was raped; or has mental health issues; or your son-in-law is trying to get a job but has some skeleton in his closet — maybe you carry other people’s secrets. And you may fear for what might happen to them.

It could be as simple as ‘your kid has their dream job at the NIH’ and suddenly they are on the list to be fired.