I don’t think any intelligent or educated person would argue the value inherent in a “classical” liberal arts education. Being well-founded in classical literature, unrevised history, sociology, etc is invaluable to critical thinking and “soft” skills.
However, today’s liberal arts education is all based on political correctness and so-called social justice - which is useless in actually earning a living.
A college degree, for a goodly percentage of their students, is a waste of time and money.
I had a lot of ‘humanities’ electives when I was a student. I really enjoyed them and learned a great deal.
I was lucky enough to have an English professor who was a retired army Col. He was a Shakespeare scholar and made out classwork very edifying... he was great. But he was the exception not the rule because in other upper level electives (English especially) it was just a grandstanding opportunity for Liberal jerks who loved to spew THEIR ideas!
Yes. A lot of people here either were too young to remember a classical liberal arts education or condescend to it because they didn’t take a degree in it. It was once a bedrock of western civilization and can, perhaps, be achieved privately if one wants such an education. All the books are out there and haven’t been burned yet!