Political Ponerology 'The Book'

Speaking of which, the Corbett Report has a show titled Escaping the Madhouse – #SolutionsWatch. Here is what was noticed on James's desk (second from the top book down):

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Here is the video, yet before that there is a link in his show notes to his Psychology course at OpenSourceEducation.online. Pretty good tool, with 9 subcategories, and always useful to get people more involved. Noted in the film below, though, and in the second subcategory on the open ed, is the references to Thomas Sheridan (had nearly forgotten about him). Readers might want to review the below thread to familiarize one self with 'a puzzling person,' the author and psychologist James features.

James likely did not read the thread.

Gawan

Thread '"Puzzling People" by Thomas Sheridan - a puzzling person'

I'm almost through the book of Thomas Sheridans: Puzzling people: the labyrinth of the psychopath and imo it gives a great overview of many aspects of psychopaths female and male for example and some hints from behind the curtain. I also like the approach of Sheridan, since for example R. Hare is mainly focussing on criminal psychopaths that the author gives some other views of the day to day characteropath.

The flip-side is imo that Sheridan gives almost no sources where he got the knowledge and facts from he represents. The other minor thing is it has no table of contents...
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As far as can be seen, Political Ponerology (nice that James has it, that he has probably read it, and here shows it) is not part of the discussion per se, or at least that can be found.

Gawan

Thread '"Puzzling People" by Thomas Sheridan - a puzzling person'

I'm almost through the book of Thomas Sheridans: Puzzling people: the labyrinth of the psychopath and imo it gives a great overview of many aspects of psychopaths female and male for example and some hints from behind the curtain. I also like the approach of Sheridan, since for example R. Hare is mainly focussing on criminal psychopaths that the author gives some other views of the day to day characteropath.

The flip-side is imo that Sheridan gives almost no sources where he got the knowledge and facts from he represents. The other minor thing is it has no table of contents...
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Sheridan comes in at 15:40

 
EXCELLENT!, EXCELLENT!, EXCELLENT! Article from Political Ponerology substack.
Chapeau! to H. Koehli.

Revolutionary Politics in the Tropics​

A case study on logocratic ideas​


Harrison Koehli
Jan 13, 2026


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I would like to highlight a critical point, which is the reason for what has happened, is happening, and will happen worldwide, not only in Venezuela, if we do not take into account not the problems themselves, but the CAUSES THAT PRODUCE THEM.

The principle of competence forms the basis for the selection process in a wide variety of fields. It is widely accepted to the point of second nature by most today, especially in high-stakes fields. No one wants an untrained neurosurgeon; they want the best, if possible, which in today’s world often means the most educated and qualified, with a lot of experience and a proven track record. A recent failure of this principle was in the news last year: the issuing of commercial driver’s licenses to unqualified immigrants, leading to several fatal road accidents in the U.S. But one area where its implementation is often explicitly verboten is democratic politics.

This is where Lobaczewski’s fundamental criticism of universal suffrage comes into play. Competence should play a role both in the selection of elites as well as that of the electorate. In a logocracy, therefore, voting is restricted to those citizens able to pass exams on a range of subjects (e.g., economics, psychology, national history, economic geography, law), effectively disqualifying about 10-20% of the population from the possibility of voting in most western countries, either due to low intelligence or lack of interest. Candidates for higher offices would require more advanced preparation. The logocratic ideal is for competence to guide all aspects of social life, with each individual finding work in a field and in a position suited to their aptitudes and degree of education.
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I am adding information in Spanish that H. Koehli may not be aware of from Héctor Rodríguez, who follows the same pattern as Hugo Chávez, for example:

The official monopoly on Venezuelan cocoa begins in Miranda

Producers are paid a pittance for "the best cocoa in the world," which is then sold abroad in foreign currency at international prices. The business, while not yet showing significant figures, is highly lucrative for whoever manages to establish control over the harvests, their transport, and marketing—a task the new governor of Miranda state undertook as soon as he took office and which he intends to implement in other producing states such as Aragua, Sucre, and Zulia.
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Héctor Rodríguez, the ambitious young man who lost ground in the race to become dictator Nicolás Maduro's heir

The governor of Miranda, one of the Chavista negotiators with the opposition in Mexico, was considered the leading candidate to succeed Maduro at the top of the regime, until the emergence of the socialist president's son.
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The Venezuelan cocoa monopoly
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