Sam Altman is grappling together with his political alignment. The 40-year-old CEO of OpenAI, like a lot of his fellow tech executives in recent times, has expressed that he doesn’t really feel at residence within the Democratic Occasion or the Republican Occasion. In an prolonged submit on X, Altman lamented the truth that he’s now “politically homeless” and yearns for a technocratic utopia—one thing his as soon as good friend and present rival Elon Musk has additionally been calling for together with his push to type a 3rd occasion. Hmm…fascinating timing, yeah? Altman, who claimed in his submit that he’s “not massive on identities,” mapped his political evolution during the last couple a long time—or somewhat, how political events have developed to maneuver away from him. “The world ought to get richer yearly by means of science and expertise, however everybody must be within the ‘up elevator,’” he wrote. He additionally articulated his beliefs that free markets are extra environment friendly than authorities, that innovation and entrepreneurship are vital, and that schooling is essential to America sustaining its edge. Fairly conventional libertarian fare, frankly. “I believed this after I was 20, after I was 30, and now I’m 40 and nonetheless imagine it. The Democratic occasion appeared fairly aligned with it after I was 20, dropping the plot after I was 30, and fully to have moved elsewhere at this level. So now I’m politically homeless. However that’s superb; I care a lot, far more about being American than any political occasion,” Altman wrote.
I’m not massive on identities, however I’m extraordinarily proud to be American. That is true day-after-day, however particularly right now—I firmly imagine that is the best nation ever on Earth. The American miracle stands alone in world historical past. I imagine in techno-capitalism. We must always encourage… — Sam Altman (@sama) July 4, 2025 Altman, a billionaire, mentioned that he’s extra fascinated by candidates who need to “make everybody have the stuff billionaires have as a substitute of how they’re going to eradicate billionaires.” And it’s clear that he thinks the path to that final result is techno-capitalism, an ideology that he explicitly endorses within the submit. “We must always encourage individuals to make tons of cash after which additionally discover methods to extensively distribute wealth and share the compounding magic of capitalism.” As Altman seeks a house for his capitalist utopia, a imaginative and prescient the place markets purportedly redistribute wealth somewhat than permitting a choose few like Altman to hoard it (he does know he can simply give his away if he desires, proper?), his former OpenAI co-founder Elon Musk has returned to dabbling with the formation of a 3rd occasion. This push is spurred by Musk’s ongoing opposition to President Donald Trump’s “One Massive, Lovely Invoice,” which he argues will add to the deficit. “Independence Day is the right time to ask if you’d like independence from the two-party (some would say uniparty) system! Ought to we create the America Occasion?” Musk requested on X. He’s been kicking round this “America Occasion” concept for a couple of month now, claiming that it’ll symbolize the “80 % within the center” whom he believes are presently with out ample illustration from Republicans or Democrats. The origin of that 80% determine is unclear. A Pew Analysis ballot, for instance, discovered that 25% of individuals say neither occasion represents them, 37% wished there have been extra political events to select from, and 26% believed extra events would assist resolve the nation’s issues.
Independence Day is the right time to ask if you’d like independence from the two-party (some would say uniparty) system! Ought to we create the America Occasion? — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 4, 2025 It’s additionally price noting that whereas Musk claims his “America Occasion” would symbolize a majority of individuals, he hasn’t actually issued any coverage positions or founding rules for the occasion. Presumably, it’d have a good quantity of overlap with Altman’s basic libertarian-leaning beliefs, which regularly framed as “frequent sense” ideologies. In keeping with Politico, fellow tech bro Andrew Yang has reached out to Musk to push a third-party collaboration, doubtlessly utilizing his “non-partisan” Ahead Occasion as a mannequin. Frankly, you’d be exhausting pressed to discover a single situation that 80% of People all agree on, not to mention sufficient of them to function the inspiration of a political occasion. However having a celebration of their very own would definitely make it extra easy for the Musks and Altmans of the world to push their most popular pursuits. After all, they’d need to settle their very own disagreements first.
