Sam Altman Feels ‘Politically Homeless’ As Frenemy Musk Proposes Third Celebration

Sam Altman is grappling together with his political alignment. The 40-year-old CEO of OpenAI, like lots of his fellow tech executives lately, has expressed that he doesn’t really feel at house within the Democratic Celebration or the Republican Celebration. 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 pal and present rival Elon Musk has additionally been calling for together with his push to type a 3rd occasion. Hmm…attention-grabbing timing, yeah?

Altman, who claimed in his put up that he’s “not massive on identities,” mapped his political evolution over the past couple many years—or reasonably, how political events have advanced to maneuver away from him. “The world ought to get richer yearly via 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 necessary, and that training is vital 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 occasion appeared fairly aligned with it after I was 20, dropping the plot after I was 30, and utterly to have moved someplace else at this level. So now I’m politically homeless. However that’s effective; I care a lot, way 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 consider that is the best nation ever on Earth. The American miracle stands alone in world historical past.

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

— Sam Altman (@sama) July 4, 2025

Altman, a billionaire, stated that he’s extra fascinated by candidates who wish to “make everybody have the stuff billionaires have as an alternative of how they’re going to eradicate billionaires.” And it’s clear that he thinks the path to that end result is techno-capitalism, an ideology that he explicitly endorses within the put up. “We should always encourage folks 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 reasonably 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 Large, Lovely Invoice,” which he argues  will add to the deficit.

“Independence Day is the right time to ask in order for you independence from the two-party (some would say uniparty) system! Ought to we create the America Celebration?” Musk asked on X. He’s been kicking round this “America Celebration” concept for a few month now, claiming that it’ll characterize the “80 p.c within the center” whom he believes are at present with out adequate 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 occasion 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 in order for you independence from the two-party (some would say uniparty) system!

Ought to we create the America Celebration?

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 4, 2025

It’s additionally price noting that whereas Musk claims his “America Celebration” would characterize 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 common 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 Celebration as a mannequin.

Frankly, you’d be exhausting pressed to discover a single situation that 80% of Individuals 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 will surely make it extra simple for the Musks and Altmans of the world to push their most popular pursuits. In fact, they’d must settle their own disagreements first.