in strict definitional terms, it is conservatives (tories/democrats) that should align with restrictions on campaign contributions and third-party advertising to protect the aristocracy and populace from corruption by capital (to "keep the people safe") and liberals (whigs/republicans) that should align with the bourgoisie in allowing for capital to buy legislation and advance it's own interests (due to free speech and private property rights).

and, then, socialists are supposed to be about nationalizing capital and putting it under the control of parliament (or otherwise democratizing it) so that the issue no longer exists at all.

i support the per-vote subsidy and would like to bring it back, but i don't have an opposition to liberalizing campaign finance laws and i don't oppose third-party advertising.

i do support a greater focus on critical thinking in public education. the cliche attributed to jefferson is what is really apt here:

a well-informed populace is a pre-requisite to a functioning democracy.

and, that is the problem, as it stands - not that third parties are allowed to advertise, but that americans are too stupid to figure out what is true and what isn't.