If you would like to study something economically useless I have no problem with that. If you ask me to pay for it, I do. It isn't the business of society at

If you would like to study something economically useless I have no problem with that. If you ask me to pay for it, I do. It isn't the business of society at large to fund anyone who wants to study whatever they want. Academia does predate its role as employment gatekeeper, but it was privately funded then.