This is a straw-man argument. There's value in a well-rounded liberal arts education beyond job preparation. I say this as a math major with a molecular biology PhD. I took multiple classes in history, economics, etc. It allows one to develop healthy critical thinking skills; and also not underestimate the complexity of social issues facing us - in other words, it fortifies you against the likes of Thiel, who has no problem buying politicians with $$ and pushing for his extreme and frankly dangerous political agenda. Conservatives used to understand and value a classical Western education with room for the great works. Authoritarians don't like thinking citizens, however.