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 dwelling 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 good friend and present rival Elon Musk has additionally been calling for together with his push to kind a 3rd social gathering. Hmm…attention-grabbing timing, yeah?
Altman, who claimed in his publish that he’s “not massive on identities,” mapped his political evolution over the past couple many years—or moderately, how political events have developed to maneuver away from him. “The world ought to get richer yearly by 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 essential, and that training is essential 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 consider it. The Democratic social gathering appeared fairly aligned with it once I was 20, dropping the plot once I was 30, and fully to have moved elsewhere at this level. So now I’m politically homeless. However that’s fantastic; I care a lot, rather more about being American than any political social gathering,” Altman wrote.
I’m not massive on identities, however I’m extraordinarily proud to be American. That is true each day, however particularly immediately—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, mentioned that he’s extra enthusiastic about candidates who need to “make everybody have the stuff billionaires have as an alternative of how they’re going to get rid of 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 publish. “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 moderately 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 social gathering. 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 proper time to ask in order for you 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 p.c within the center” whom he believes are at present with out enough 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 remedy the nation’s issues.
Independence Day is the proper time to ask in order for you 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 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 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 social gathering. 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. In fact, they’d should settle their own disagreements first.
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