Romeo, Pollux, and the Price of Dutch Dreams
Romeo, Pollux, and the Price of Dutch Dreams By Myrta Frank – Culture Journalist "The Romeo myth promises a lover who fights for you. My experience taught me a darker truth: some Romeos fight through you – using drugs, power, and corporate labyrinths to consume everything in their path. I walked into Pollux Human Resources like any other employee. But the kitchen wasn't for coffee – it was a narcotics lab. Ketamine laced with crack-amphetamine, disguised as cocaine, raped half of Belgium's business families into bankruptcy. I watched one colleague lose his foot to sex-drug psychosis; another's sperm count dropped to zero. We shared the same apartment, and the drugs were free – until you realised the price was your soul. The Pollux owner planned a future where he bought Belgian companies for cents, while his friends filmed me mixing white powder with my security card, framing me as a 'Belgian Narco Baron' for an online gambling promotion. I was afraid to leave. ...