“I have a liberal arts major, and everything I learned about philosophy, history and conservatism I learned AFTER college.”
Then do not project your own collegiate ignorance and lack of initiative onto the entire institution.
You are missing the point. We don't teach our children to avoid college, we teach them to learn skills so they won't NEED college to make a buck. Without the pressures of future finances hanging over him, he can enjoy his studies and let his learning be guided by his passions, not by what his counselors tell him the marketplace demands.