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Anyone that locks their house when they're not home should understand why publishers use DRM. That doesn't mean you approve or agree with the particular forms of DRM used, only that the reasons for the "security" measure are the same. When you lock the door to your house you know that you won't stop professional thieves from getting in. So why do you bother?
One reason is because it does, usually, stop a casual passer by from slipping in and pilfering. I think most of us accept that. Another reason may be that your insurance coverage requires it. You may also have other individual reasons, maybe past experiences that make you more or less security conscious than other people. These reasons exist for businesses too, including the last, where a business's security awareness is often influenced by experience (that doesn't mean it is any more rational than the choices individual people make).
Does locking your door mean that you believe everyone that passes your door is a thief, that you are painting a bright red "untrustworthy" on every passer-by? No, of course not. That's just silly hyperbole. All you are doing is taking a reasonable precaution that acknowledges that casual/opportunistic thieves exist.
So it's easy to understand the "why" of DRM. All that's left to argue about is the how.
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