Nirvana's genius, you might say, was to reveal the attitude of the outcast teenager toward the popular kids as identical with that of the mature artist toward the corporate world: furious contempt, together with an overwhelming desire to belong.
Walker hoped to persuade Indian philanthropists to take an interest in governance and human-rights groups, but, since such groups were often run by people who were given to proclaiming their hatred and contempt for corporate India, it was difficult to persuade corporate India to fund them.
In 2002, answering a question from a staffer about a mission statement, Morrison, in a display of contempt for corporate bureaucracy, drew a raised middle finger on a piece of paper and said, "Here's your mission statement".
When he first arrived at Nissan, Mr Ghosn was held in contempt by the corporate establishment.
The grinds try to stay far away and regard the interlocking network of corporate-government schmoozing with undisguised contempt.
Despite evidence that the aliens are from an advanced civilization, they are treated with contempt and subjected to corporate abuse overseen by an executive played by Sharlto Copley.
Despite evidence that the aliens are from an advanced civilization, they are treated with contempt and subjected to corporate abuse overseen by an executive played by Sharlto Copley (above far left, with Mandla Gaduka, center, and Kenneth Nkosi).
Reminding us that prosperity does not last forever, he warns: "In the next economic downturn there will be an outbreak of bitterness and contempt for the super-corporate chieftains who pay themselves millions.
"Burger King is so visible, it puts a focus on the general behavior of corporate America and, in a sense, the contempt they feel for the average American," he said during a Monday appearance on HuffPost Live.
Corporate lobbyists discuss his reform of health care with contempt.
