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

Sam Altman is grappling together 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 Get together or the Republican Get together. 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 kind a 3rd celebration. Hmm…attention-grabbing timing, yeah?

Altman, who claimed in his submit that he’s “not large on identities,” mapped his political evolution over the past couple a long time—or somewhat, how political events have advanced to maneuver away from him. “The world ought to get richer yearly via science and know-how, however everybody needs to 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 once I was 20, once I was 30, and now I’m 40 and nonetheless imagine it. The Democratic celebration appeared fairly aligned with it once I was 20, shedding the plot once I was 30, and fully to have moved some other place at this level. So now I’m politically homeless. However that’s superb; I care a lot, far more about being American than any political celebration,” Altman wrote.

I’m not large on identities, however I’m extraordinarily proud to be American. That is true every single day, however particularly at the 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 desirous about candidates who wish to “make everybody have the stuff billionaires have as a substitute of how they’ll get rid of billionaires.” And it’s clear that he thinks the path to that consequence is techno-capitalism, an ideology that he explicitly endorses within the submit. “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 desires, proper?), his former OpenAI co-founder Elon Musk has returned to dabbling with the formation of a 3rd celebration. This push is spurred by Musk’s ongoing opposition to President Donald Trump’s “One Huge, 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 Get together?” Musk asked on X. He’s been kicking round this “America Get together” concept for a few month now, claiming that it’ll symbolize the “80 % 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 celebration 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 right time to ask in order for you independence from the two-party (some would say uniparty) system!

Ought to we create the America Get together?

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 4, 2025

It’s additionally price noting that whereas Musk claims his “America Get together” would symbolize a majority of individuals, he hasn’t actually issued any coverage positions or founding ideas for the celebration. Presumably, it’d have a good quantity of overlap with Altman’s normal 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, doubtlessly utilizing his “non-partisan” Ahead Get together as a mannequin.

Frankly, you’d be exhausting pressed to discover a single concern that 80% of Individuals all agree on, not to mention sufficient of them to function the muse of a political celebration. However having a celebration of their very own will surely make it extra easy for the Musks and Altmans of the world to push their most well-liked pursuits. In fact, they’d must settle their own disagreements first.