@morbiuswilters said:
I really have no idea what the modern justification for sticking with DST is.
Just so that every inhabitant of a DST-enforcing country/state has this very same discussion for 2 to 3 weeks at each clock change. Thus they do not rant anymore on having a (black socialist|short white monarchic) president. Or whatever they rant about instead of trying to change What Is Really Bad.