Sam Altman Feels ‘Politically Homeless’...

Sam Altman is grappling together with his political alignment. The 40-year-old CEO of OpenAI, like a lot of his fellow tech executives lately, has expressed that he doesn’t really feel at house within the Democratic Occasion or the Republican Occasion. In an extended post on X, Altman lamented the truth that he’s now “politically homeless” and yearns for a technocratic utopia—one thing his as soon as buddy and present rival Elon Musk has additionally been calling for together with his push to type a 3rd social gathering. Hmm…fascinating timing, yeah?

Altman, who claimed in his put up that he’s “not huge on identities,” mapped his political evolution over the past couple many years—or somewhat, how political events have developed to maneuver away from him. “The world ought to get richer yearly by 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 training 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 consider it. The Democratic social gathering appeared moderately aligned with it after I was 20, dropping the plot after I was 30, and utterly to have moved elsewhere at this level. So now I’m politically homeless. However that’s high-quality; I care a lot, way more about being American than any political social gathering,” Altman wrote.

I’m not huge on identities, however I’m extraordinarily proud to be American. That is true daily, however particularly at the moment—I firmly consider that is the best nation ever on Earth. The American miracle stands alone in world historical past.

I consider in techno-capitalism. We must always encourage…

— Sam Altman (@sama) July 4, 2025

Altman, a billionaire, mentioned that he’s extra eager about candidates who wish to “make everybody have the stuff billionaires have as a substitute of how they’ll eradicate billionaires.” And it’s clear that he thinks the path to that consequence is techno-capitalism, an ideology that he explicitly endorses within the put up. “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 needs, proper?), his former OpenAI co-founder Elon Musk has returned to dabbling with the formation of a 3rd social gathering. This push is spurred by Musk’s ongoing opposition to President Donald Trump’s “One Large, Stunning Invoice,” which he argues  will add to the deficit.

“Independence Day is the right time to ask if you need independence from the two-party (some would say uniparty) system! Ought to we create the America Occasion?” Musk asked on X. He’s been kicking round this “America Occasion” concept for a few month now, claiming that it’s going to symbolize the “80 % within the center” whom he believes are at the moment with out ample illustration from Republicans or Democrats. The origin of that 80% determine is unclear. A Pew Research poll, for instance, discovered that 25% of individuals say neither social gathering represents them, 37% wished there have been extra political events to select from, and 26% believed extra events would assist clear up the nation’s issues.

Independence Day is the right time to ask if you need 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 social gathering. Presumably, it’d have a good quantity of overlap with Altman’s basic libertarian-leaning beliefs, which frequently framed as “widespread sense” ideologies. According to Politico, fellow tech bro Andrew Yang has reached out to Musk to push a third-party collaboration, probably utilizing his “non-partisan” Ahead Occasion as a mannequin.

Frankly, you’d be arduous pressed to discover a single concern that 80% of People all agree on, not to mention sufficient of them to function the muse of a political social gathering. However having a celebration of their very own would definitely make it extra simple for the Musks and Altmans of the world to push their most popular pursuits. In fact, they’d need to settle their own disagreements first.