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

Sam Altman is grappling along with his political alignment. The 40-year-old CEO of OpenAI, like lots of his fellow tech executives in recent times, 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 good friend and present rival Elon Musk has additionally been calling for along with his push to kind a 3rd occasion. 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 advanced 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 training is vital to America sustaining its edge. Fairly conventional libertarian fare, frankly.

“I believed this once I was 20, once I was 30, and now I’m 40 and nonetheless imagine it. The Democratic occasion appeared moderately aligned with it once I was 20, shedding the plot once I was 30, and fully to have moved some place else at this level. So now I’m politically homeless. However that’s tremendous; I care a lot, rather more about being American than any political occasion,” Altman wrote.

I’m not huge on identities, however I’m extraordinarily proud to be American. That is true on daily basis, however particularly right this moment—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 focused on candidates who wish to “make everybody have the stuff billionaires have as an alternative of how they will get rid of 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 put up. “We should always encourage folks to make tons of cash after which additionally discover methods to broadly 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 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 asked on X. He’s been kicking round this “America Celebration” concept for a couple of month now, claiming that it’ll 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 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 value noting that whereas Musk claims his “America Celebration” 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. 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 onerous pressed to discover a single difficulty that 80% of Individuals all agree on, not to mention sufficient of them to function the muse 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 should settle their own disagreements first.