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This sounds like the "mashing together whatever two things are going on at the moment together and claiming they're related" theory of politics.

I've had pretty much the opposite experience. I tried to get better at chess and I managed to push to a rating of 1800 on lichess rapid. After that I felt like my natural ability had come to its limit and the only way left to improve was by memorising a lot of positions. And, of course, memorising an endgame table doesn't help you solve any other problems.

Australia is the country wih the world's largest uranium reserves. They seem to be a more agreeable trading partner than Russia.

Victim blaming.

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