A DNA Test Just Made a Car Salesman a Prince. Your Hard Work Never Stood a Chance.

Imagine spending your entire adult life grinding. You wake up at 5 AM, you optimize your resume, you kiss up to the right managers, and you finally secure a decent middle-management job. Then, a guy who sells sedans in Belgium takes a DNA test and instantly becomes a literal prince.

This isn’t a reboot of a 90s comedy movie. It actually just happened. A Belgian car salesman discovered his true parentage through a DNA test, proving he was the secret son of royalty. Overnight, he went from negotiating financing on a hatchback to inheriting a title, prestige, and wealth.

We built a world obsessed with the grind, yet a single drop of royal blood still outpaces a lifetime of sweat.

Let’s be absolutely clear about what happened here. He didn’t pass a grueling civil service exam. He didn’t invent a life-saving medical device. He didn’t lead an army. He simply existed, and a laboratory confirmed his genetic code matched the right dead guy. And just like that, society collectively agreed he was inherently superior to you.

The comments on this story are a mix of jokes and quiet resentment. One person quipped, ‘I’m king of the world. DM me if you want a title.’ It’s funny, but it masks a deep, festering frustration. We are told from kindergarten that hard work equals success. We are fed the myth of the meritocracy. But this story exposes the bare, ugly machinery underneath our social order.

The most dangerous lie in modern society is that we live in a meritocracy; the truth is, we just put a suit and tie on feudalism.

The real story isn’t about a lucky car salesman. It’s about us. It’s about our collective, stubborn willingness to accept bloodline as a legitimate basis for power. We look at a man who gained a crown through a genetic lottery he had no control over, and instead of demanding the institution be dismantled, we publish articles marveling at his ‘fascinating journey.’

Why do we still tolerate this? Why do we accept that a random twist of DNA can override decades of effort and achievement? It’s because the myth of meritocracy needs the myth of royalty to survive. If we admit that a DNA test can instantly outrank the smartest, hardest-working person in the room, we have to admit that the entire game is rigged.

You can’t out-work a bloodline. You can only hope the world eventually wakes up and stops worshipping the lottery.

So the next time you feel inadequate because you haven’t hit your career milestones by 30, or because someone else got the promotion you desperately wanted, remember the Belgian prince. Remember that the deck was always stacked. Do the work for yourself, not for a system that was designed to serve the lucky sperm club.