The comprador class is the local elite that mediates cognitive imperialism and profits from it. In my account the Indian IT services stack is part of it.
How the word moved
It's from April 2026, a section of the AI Polyconflict Part V called Compute Stations and the Comprador Class. The empire needed coaling stations; the new one needs compute stations and people to run them.
In my words
"The British Empire required physical coaling stations across the globe to project naval power."
from Polyconflicts #9. The AI Polyconflict, Part V: Cognitive Imperialism, 30 Apr 2026
Related
- Inherited from Thomas Macaulay - his class of interpreters, updated.
- Related Cognitive Imperialism - they're its local agents.
Still open
The argument pushes toward India as partly a colonizer without facing that head on. I haven't faced it yet either.