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Stevan @ImStevan >Be the Prince of Serbia >Don't know how to speak Serbian

>be the King of >don't ban the commie party -im the king of commies too! Pancho F. @ArgieLibSoc >refuse to surrender to Nazis -it's for the people to decide it >be bombed by nazis >be the face of the resistance >reinstitute the death penalty to kill Quisling >die without learning norwegian Mắt ADA Met COETANOWYO

David W. Higgins @higginsdavidw > be the President of Ireland > praise Fidel Castro E > blame terrorism on climate change > intervene in policy outside your remit > waver in your support for > rarely take media questions > attack the economy that lifted from poverty > 70%+ approval :

Joshua Reed Eakle @JoshEakle >Be the King of England >Implement repressive taxes on your American subjects >Pass punitive laws to repress the resistance >Refuse to compromise >Lose 20K+ troops to quell the uprising >Lose the war >Get replaced by the most successful liberal democracy in world history

* سعد @crowndefensx >Be The Queen of the United Kingdom > Receive the Crown Prince and de facto Ruler of Saudi Arabia for a visit > Know that women are forbidden from driving in Saudi Arabia > Drive him in your Land Rover around your Scottish Estate > The Crown Prince begs you to slow down

Karl @karl_anon1 >Be the Kaiser of Germany >Be stupid >Start a war encompassing the entire globe >Lose and be forced to abdicate >F--- off to the Netherlands >Die CALL

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Be the King of X* refers to a series of greentext memes which list notable misdeeds and achievements accomplished by monarchs and other political leaders. Spawned by a meme about the Prince of Lichtenstein, the format achieved popularity on X / Twitter in early September 2023.

Origin

On September 3rd, 2023, X^[1] user @IrishConservNat posted a pseudo-greentext meme about Hans-Adam II, the Prince of Lichtenstein, vetoing laws trying to legalize abortion. The post (shown below) received over 900 reposts and 10,500 likes in two days (shown below).

Irish Patriot | @lrishConservNat >Be the king of Lichtenstein >Constitutional referendum is on the ballot to give you absolute power >Threaten citizens that you'll go into exile and take all your wealth if it fails >Referendum passes 65-35 >Use said new powers to veto all laws trying to legalize abortion 8:42 PM - Sep 3, 2023 1.1M Views :

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On September 4th, 2023, X^[2] user @GothardOnExile reused the format for a similarly-structured humorous post about Wilfried Martens, the former Prime Minister of Belgium who helped pass the abortion law in the country, which received over 420 reposts and 9,300 likes in one day (shown below).

Gothard @GothardOnExile >Be the PM of Belgium >The King refuses to sign the law decriminilizing abortion >The Parliament declares that he is insane >The law is passed without the consent of the other bozo >The King copes and seethes

Later that day, X^[3] user @didde3g posted a similar meme about the Queen of Denmark, which received over 1,400 reposts and 36,400 likes in one day (shown below).

Didde @didde3g >Be the Queen of Denmark >Smoke > Drink juice >Eat pastry >Illustrate Danish editions of The Lord of the Rings >Get approval ratings of over 80%

The more notable greentexts about various monarchs and political leaders listing their achievements, failures or misdeeds were shared by users on X in early September 2023.