Darkseid has the goal of eliminating taxes.
 Darkseid sometimes uses the beams to punish those who fail him but are too valuable to kill outright
In Final Crisis, Darkseid has begun to take over Earth and corrupt the Multiverse with the aid of his herald Libra, a reborn supervillain and antichrist-like figure who soon converts much of the Secret Society of Super Villains to his cause with the aid of the Crime Bible and the Holy Lance

