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 Celebration or the Republican Celebration. In an prolonged put up 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 get together. Hmm…fascinating timing, yeah?
Altman, who claimed in his put up that he’s “not huge on identities,” mapped his political evolution during the last couple many years—or somewhat, how political events have developed to maneuver away from him. “The world ought to get richer yearly by way of science and know-how, 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 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 get together appeared moderately aligned with it after I was 20, dropping the plot after I was 30, and utterly to have moved some place else at this level. So now I’m politically homeless. However that’s tremendous; I care a lot, far more about being American than any political get together,” Altman wrote.
I’m not huge on identities, however I’m extraordinarily proud to be American. That is true on daily basis, however particularly in the present day—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 should always encourage…
— Sam Altman (@sama) July 4, 2025
Altman, a billionaire, mentioned that he’s extra concerned about candidates who wish to “make everybody have the stuff billionaires have as a substitute of how they will remove 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 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 get together. This push is spurred by Musk’s ongoing opposition to President Donald Trump’s “One Huge, Stunning 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 requested on X. He’s been kicking round this “America Celebration” thought for a few month now, claiming that it’ll characterize the “80 % within the center” whom he believes are at the moment with out adequate 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 get together 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 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 value noting that whereas Musk claims his “America Celebration” would characterize a majority of individuals, he hasn’t actually issued any coverage positions or founding ideas for the get together. Presumably, it’d have a good quantity of overlap with Altman’s basic libertarian-leaning beliefs, which frequently framed as “widespread sense” ideologies. In response 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 onerous pressed to discover a single problem that 80% of People all agree on, not to mention sufficient of them to function the inspiration of a political get together. 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. After all, they’d must settle their very own disagreements first.
