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No one stops you from getting up 1h earlier in the morning.
Permanent summer time would force everyone to do it.
You got down voted but no-one actually counters that argument.
Why should everyone be forced to get up earlier because some of the population want to? They can already do that!
And to people who say "mORe LiGhT iN tHe evEnINgS" - for most of us in Europe it'll only buy you a few weeks at most and then it'll be dark by the time you finish work/school anyway.
Most people don't have much control over their working hours.
Which is exactly my point. Summer time forces me to get up 1h earlier than normal because I can't choose to come to work an hour late.
But with normal time, you can always choose to live on "summer time" for yourself by getting up an hour early.
Because shifting schedules by an hour randomly in the middle of the year twice is physically damaging and bad for your health, that impacts you. And maybe it's not so bad for you, you work shifting hours, no biggie. Try to imagine that you had that regular schedule and suddenly it changed, it did bother you, perhaps make decisions based on that.
If you can't imagine anyone else having thoughts, feelings, or emotions different from yours, consider that when you're crossing the street the day after daylight savings time, you're being passed by people who didn't get enough sleep and maybe they're like you, but they might not be, and that could directly impact you too.
It's such a simple small change to a weird tradition that has no more purpose in our modern world than the "moonlight lamps" of the US or the penny farthing. They may be historically important or interesting, but that doesn't mean you should be forced to use them. Change can be scary but it's gonna be ok, daylight savings time will inevitably end up the way of the funny big wheeled bike, it's just a matter of when and how. You can always choose to wake up early all year round.
I feel like you're agreeing with me but your comment is phrased like you're disagreeing
And to add to that: It would make the winter mornings so, so much darker.
I don't think many people consider how that would affect them.